What happened to the modeling urban thread?

[maxman]

I still say that the polite thing to do if a thread is to be removed is to allow the thread subject title to remain but remove all the postings.  The postings could be replaced with a posting stating that they had been removed, explanation optional.  That would help us old guys who forget where we saw stuff remain somewhat sane.

[tomikawaTT]

And now you know why there's a report abuse clicky at the lower right of each post.

I have used it in the past to alert the moderators to threads in inappropriate forums (full-scale train crashes in the MR forum instead of the Trains forum, toy train questions here instead of Classic Toy Trains.

Last night, when Mr. Spray-Can flamed Steinjr I figured it was time to pull the plug, and so informed the powers that be.  Apparently, the Moderator on Duty drove a stake through its heart.

As to why I am adamantly opposed to grafitti:

• I was taught as a very young child to respect the property of others.
• I learned as a very young man that any horse's butt can destroy, but only the creative can create.
• I followed a career track (traditional in my family) where conforming to standards is mandatory and deviation brings undesired consequences.
• My sub-career (aircraft maintenance) is even less tolerant of deviation from standards.
• I am aware that cleaning up after 'taggers' costs me money - a line item on my city utility bill.
• Finally, I model a prototype that existed in a time and at a place where socially unacceptable conduct was not condoned.  A 'tagger' would have found himself the immediate center of attention of a hard-nosed, no-nonsense O-Marisan and an unsympathetic magistrate.

Is it a surprise that the Old Sarge is opposed?  Not to anyone with one functional brain cell.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with one finger on the report abuse button)

[Red Horse]

You crack me up with your replies "Flush" , yup, that thread did seem to be going into the gutter rather fast!!!

[loathar]

The same thing that should happen to ALL graffiti threads. (FLUSH!) I think the words Graffiti and Tagging should be added to the cuss word list that gives you all ****when they post.

[MisterBeasley]

Yes, Jesse is probably right.  Forum rules forbid discussions of politics and religion, and maybe grafitti (and lawsuits among train manufacturers) are good topics to avoid as well.  It seems to be difficult to have a polite discussion of these topics.

[Red Horse]

My Guess would be that the thread was getting out of hand and the powers that be stepped on it before it got out of hand, I've seen it happen befor, oh well.

 

 

[allaircooled]

What happened to the thread about modeling urban with graffiti on freight cars?  I was really interested in knowing why some modelers are so opposed to this and why its such a sore topic here.  I am planning on trying some graffiti on some of my cheap cars that I picked up at a show.  With a little graffiti, some weathering and dirt I think it will make a very realistic car.  Just trying to learn from you guys so please don't take this as me trying to convince you to change your opinion.