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NHS Vent (Thread Removed)

SpammyTheSpammer
SpammyTheSpammer Posts: 1,773 Forumite
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Odd, I started this yesterday as a jokey comment about Nigel Farage's recent experience with the NHS and it is now gone.
No message from Mods or anything and it was posted with a smiley to indicate a "spoof" post.
Did I upset someone?
I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.
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  • tomtontom
    tomtontom Posts: 7,929 Forumite
    The only post that should have been removed was the one suggesting it would lead to genocide! Some people can make a drama out of anything ;)
  • Hermione_Granger
    Hermione_Granger Posts: 1,418 Forumite
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    and it was posted with a smiley to indicate a "spoof" post.

    A very small smiley and then the following in extremely large font:
    Bloody useless NHS, why didn't they completely kill him?

    Maybe some people don't think that wishing someone dead is a "jokey comment"
  • SpammyTheSpammer
    SpammyTheSpammer Posts: 1,773 Forumite
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    Good old Google Cache....

    Perhaps it was my quoting of Godwin's Law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law) that got the thread pulled?

    Whatever, you cannot please all of the people etc etc.
    I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.
  • London50
    London50 Posts: 1,850 Forumite
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    I do not think it was the Godwin's law that got it pulled. I used it on a post on the 15/01/2015 and it is still there as I just checked

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5152604
  • wary
    wary Posts: 789 Forumite
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    SpammyTheSpammer wrote: »
    Odd, I started this yesterday as a jokey comment about Nigel Farage's recent experience with the NHS and it is now gone.
    No message from Mods or anything and it was posted with a smiley to indicate a "spoof" post.
    Did I upset someone?

    I once started a joke thread entitled "Pointless Thread" as a spoof about some of the recent threads, in particular those that everyone could tell had been started by a troll. The Mods deleted it whilst the troll threads were allowed to remain.
  • geerex
    geerex Posts: 785 Forumite
    wary wrote: »
    I once started a joke thread entitled "Pointless Thread" as a spoof about some of the recent threads, in particular those that everyone could tell had been started by a troll. The Mods deleted it whilst the troll threads were allowed to remain.

    Just because this forum is moderated does not mean that you should expect it to be moderated competently.
  • wary
    wary Posts: 789 Forumite
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    edited 16 March 2015 at 5:03AM
    geerex wrote: »
    Just because this forum is moderated does not mean that you should expect it to be moderated competently.
    ... and indeed I shouldn't expect it to not be monitored over-zealously at times, it would appear.
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    geerex wrote: »
    Just because this forum is moderated does not mean that you should expect it to be moderated competently.

    nail the the head on hit.......rearrange to suit ;)
    It's someone else's fault.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    geerex wrote: »
    Just because this forum is moderated does not mean that you should expect it to be moderated competently.

    That comment is way more severe than anything I said that lead to my PPR. :eek:

    But then again, maybe you're lucky enough to not have someone vexatiously report your posts. ;)

    (No - I haven't reported any of your posts, and I know it wasn't you reporting my posts). :)
  • SpammyTheSpammer
    SpammyTheSpammer Posts: 1,773 Forumite
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    but not by me ;)
    I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.
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