[bland]

DARN. No more confessional.

I really liked reading those stories

 

[Roo]

Unfortunately, it was viewed as too much of a liability, and a LOT of the wording wound up being synonyms for street racing slang. There were stories by GTP that were what the forum was intended for, but alas, we find we need to move on, and away from that type of writing.

 

[DOHCammin]

confessional forum?

am I blind, or is it gone?

 

[pleiad7]

http://www.subaruforester.org/vbulletin/forums/showthread.php?t=1441

 

[jmaiken]

Not to be PITA but what is the liability of the confessional

Not trying to push an issue but I am curious as to how the "Confessional" forum is a liability?

thanks

 

[Subifreak]

Not trying to push an issue but I am curious as to how the "Confessional" forum is a liability?

thanks

Not sure what your asking exactly?

 

[jmaiken]

The "Confessional" forum has been removed because of liability. I have seen this happen before on other forums. Normally it seemed like this happened because a bunch of punks were flaming each other and the forum degraded into a cesspool. I always figured the the liablility claim was just an excuse to end the forum.

This doesn't seem to be the case here, the contributions to the forum seemed to be reasonable. This leads me to belived that there might really be a liabilty issue that some forums don't want to assume and I was looking for an explanation.

 

[Aleksey]

Jmaiken, I think there are some "great" minds out there that think that this kind of forums can provoke members to race more, so they can write more cool stories. Clearly those people have no grasp of real life, but this fact won't help much if those people decide to get legal on the administration of this forum, therefore it is much easier to just remove the forum before they see it. This would not be an issue somewhere else, in more barbaric countries, where everyone is responsible for their own actions and the kindergarden time is over after a kid is 6 years old. But here, in States, society doing their best to ensure the flawless living of their citizens, which often leads to the results like this. Of course this is only my personal opinion, based on a very short time living in America, so I most likely don't see the big picture. In any case the reasons why the forum is gone are well understood, and it was done only to ensure the long life of the whole website.

 

[Corporal_Punishment]

Jmaiken, I think there are some "great" minds out there that think that this kind of forums can provoke members to race more, so they can write more cool stories. Clearly those people have no grasp of real life, but this fact won't help much if those people decide to get legal on the administration of this forum, therefore it is much easier to just remove the forum before they see it. This would not be an issue somewhere else, in more barbaric countries, where everyone is responsible for their own actions and the kindergarden time is over after a kid is 6 years old. But here, in States, society doing their best to ensure the flawless living of their citizens, which often leads to the results like this. Of course this is only my personal opinion, based on a very short time living in America, so I most likely don't see the big picture. In any case the reasons why the forum is gone are well understood, and it was done only to ensure the long life of the whole website.

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Ben

 

[Roo]

Jmaiken, I think there are some "great" minds out there that think that this kind of forums can provoke members to race more, so they can write more cool stories. Clearly those people have no grasp of real life, but this fact won't help much if those people decide to get legal on the administration of this forum, therefore it is much easier to just remove the forum before they see it. This would not be an issue somewhere else, in more barbaric countries, where everyone is responsible for their own actions and the kindergarden time is over after a kid is 6 years old. But here, in States, society doing their best to ensure the flawless living of their citizens, which often leads to the results like this. Of course this is only my personal opinion, based on a very short time living in America, so I most likely don't see the big picture. In any case the reasons why the forum is gone are well understood, and it was done only to ensure the long life of the whole website.

Thanks. I think this sums it up entirely. If not, then try visiting: http://www.fiberpipe.net/~ctown/warning.html

This is the SVX networks' view on stories...

 

[Eclipse]

Got something to share. Here's a place for it:

http://www.streetracersonline.com/forum/