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10/05/2008, 9:57 Dantheman Joined on 10/05/2008 Posts 3 Re: Balanced Forum  Cat wrote: A post from a new user has been removed, in accordance with the code of conduct... The forum is an open discussion board for Francophiles. Please be aware that it is a message board which from time to time is visited by hoaxers and those not necessarily interested in discussing France and French lifestyle. If you encounter users who you feel are abusing the message boards, please do not respond to them. These users are only encouraged when their messages provoke a response, so the best thing you can do is ignore them. Click on the 'Report' link on their message and Forum Admin or a moderator will deal with the complaint. It was my post you removed.  My sincere apologies if it offended or broke the rules, that was not my intention.  By way of explanation I have PM one of the moderators.    DJ    Report

10/05/2008, 13:46 Benjamin Joined on 21/08/2005 Vendée South Posts 1,563 Re: Balanced Forum  Deby wrote:   LF want to paint a lovely view of perfect life in France.  It's just that as a member of the public I happen to care that someone might throw a bit of caution to the wind, sell up their house, move their kids to a foreign country all in the name of selling magazines. Did you see how that nasty Archant crowd suppressed all that negative publicity concerning health care issues for ex-pats in France.  Benjamin Snips, snails and puppy dog tails    Report

10/05/2008, 14:03 Benjamin Joined on 21/08/2005 Vendée South Posts 1,563 Re: Balanced Forum Or for that matter go and read what's being posted this afternoon on the thread entitled Re: Cost of Living for families in France.  That Archant lot will certainly pull that one. Benjamin Snips, snails and puppy dog tails    Report

10/05/2008, 14:07 Dick Smith Joined on 23/08/2004 Surrey and Manche (Pays Mortainais) Posts 8,730 Re: Balanced Forum Blimey, Benjamin! You working on getting a Badge? Regards Dick Smith Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground    Report

10/05/2008, 14:26 Benjamin Joined on 21/08/2005 Vendée South Posts 1,563 Re: Balanced Forum Can't pull a fast one with you watching Dick.  Benjamin Snips, snails and puppy dog tails    Report

11/05/2008, 11:29 trees 2 Joined on 28/04/2008 Posts 64 Re: Balanced Forum  Deby wrote: This Forum is losing its way.  We can only say good things about companies/people but we cannot  say not so good things!!! Oh please be sensible, by saying someone is not good or not recommended is not naming and shaming. The Forum needs to have a balanced view. Otherwise everything is Disneyland and not real life.  People get shot down for offering this here. The Forum should offer balanced opinions. What do others think? Deby I think you run the risk of having this thread deleted by a mod for MENTIONING this, and you also risk being banned for QUESTIONING it    Report

11/05/2008, 13:10 Russethouse Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 9,485 Re: Balanced Forum I think there are two issues: The first concerns anyone who runs a forum that is readily accessed by the public: they have to do their best to protect themselves against being involved in cases of libel etc, therefore the no naming and shaming rules exists and will continue to do so, as far as I am aware. Whether an accusation is true or not is hardly the point, whether Archant want to start getting embroiled in law suits, is. There is no pretence here, it is perfectly clear that this forum is provided by a commercial organisation. Other forum owners may have different priorities, but, I suggest they are in the minority. The other issue is the tone of the contributors. From my perspective I think it is fairly balanced, in fact those who arrive here wearing rose tinted glasses are soon stripped of any illusion they may have about France www.quimperclub.org 99    Report

11/05/2008, 13:24 Christine Animal Joined on 14/05/2005 Deux-Sèvres Posts 4,111 Re: Balanced Forum I have no problems with this forum, Monika seems to be happy with it.  If you don't like the food in a certain restaurant, you don't keep going there and moaning about it, you find another one which suits you better.     animalaidsaintaubin.monsite.orange.fr/ Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful    Report

11/05/2008, 13:35 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 963 Re: Balanced Forum So, after a couple of years, those living here are stripped down to their rose coloured fluffy bits, RH, is that it? Well, the last few months had certainly seen a major change of tone I must say, from bright aggressive pink to a sort of browny grey. And it is a pity because it means that people's dreams have gone up in smoke. Which means unpleasantness and sometimes hardship all round. Sadly too, there seems to be an 'I told you so' brigade out there who are only too keen to use their electric hedge trimmers to remove the remaining fluffy bits. They are the ones whom I should like to hold upside down in a barrel of pig's whatsit for being such killjoys. Nobody deserves too much reality thrown at them at any one time. Ironically, just being able to dream might increase Archant's magazine sales. Is the forum balanced? No, of course it isnt because balance is subjective and is made up of the accumulated opinions experience and feelings of the mods, as well as their prejudices.    Report

11/05/2008, 17:17 Quillan Joined on 23/08/2004 Forum Moderator Posts 3,576 Re: Balanced Forum Are you saying the people here are looking at France with pink tinted glass's or are you saying we are not? http://www.chambresdhote.com    Report

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