IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING FUTURE OF THE FORUM!

Turtwig

Hi folks,

Following the recent blasphemy law changes, After Hours related controversy and "Pantigate" defamation incident, Boards.ie's legal team, Orla Polfi and Associates, conducted a full review of all site operations. It is with a very heavy heart that we must inform you that due to these recent events several forum changes must be made for A&A to remain open:

• Effective May 1st 2014, this forum will no longer be allowed to leave published posts that may in any way be deemed offensive either to an individual's character or a specific religious ideology.
• Posts containing blasphemous material will be deleted and the infringing poster may be infracted or banned.
• The 'Funny Side of Religion' Threads will be closed and permanently deleted.
• Posts made on the 'Hazards of the Belief' will not appear until they have been approved by a moderator.

In general, posters are asked to give deep consideration before posting any material of a potentially blasphemous nature. If in doubt, do not post. At the very least consult your friendly local mod team.:) We can by all means still discuss biscuits, abortion, education, the usual stuff really. Just that now we ask that posters be a bit more conscientious about what they are posting. We know that you are conscientious bunch anyway. We ask that you continue to remain vigilant about the new changes and report any posts that contravene the charter which shall be modified shortly.

Thanking you for being such a wonderful community,:)
Robin, Dades and Jernal.

smacl

Wow, crap news, must be a blow to you guys at the coalface. Bullied into self censorship by the financial muscle of the zealots, freedom of religious expression indeed! Hadn't ever planned to, but I'm off to sign up with Atheist Ireland now as the most credible counter lobby.

Peregrinus

Orla Polfi? Did they not used to employ that well-known Swedish advocate, Olaf Orpil?

Dades

smacl wrote: »

I'm off to sign up with Atheist Ireland now as the most credible counter lobby.

Expect similar new policies there, too, at some point. Or they'll encounter the legal issues we're avoiding.

smacl

Dades wrote: »

Expect similar new policies there, too, at some point. Or they'll encounter the legal issues we're avoiding.

No doubt. While I'm not always their biggest fan, they do seem to be the most visible and active lobby group with a secular agenda, so I'll throw my lot in with them on that basis, and email my local TD and councillors. Probably about as effective as farting in a hurricane but there you go.

gaynorvader

Any other day...

Mr. CooL ICE

I won't be using this forum any more. Regardless of the new changes, I took a free personality test this morning and found out that I am a very unhappy person and need to change my ways.

Mark Tapley

Jesus!

actuallylike

smacl

Haha, ya got me. Orla Polfi -> April Fool, Doh!!!

Genghiz Cohen

... I was saying Boourns...

PopePalpatine

Suddenly Jernal's user title has taken on a more sinister tone.

Orla Polfi - very good

GLaDOS

Gosh darn it!

freyners

Well played Jernal, very well played

robindch

I feel offended. But I'll be happy if somebody can buy me off with thirty grand.

Thirty pieces of silver would do fine too.

I've set up a site to register complaints here:

http://www.nofreespeechonboards.ie

legspin

Oh, you bastards...

Turtwig

legspin wrote: »

Oh, you bastards...

I take it then you then you don't want to be banned now. :P
Awws:(
Cos you know it wouldn't have to be any bother on us. Are you sure now?

Pherekydes

Polfi? I used her over many years and she's not what she seems. She'll be exposed in the end.

Anyway, I, too, am off to Atheism Ireland+, to sign up for their new A&A forum.

Akrasia

I for one welcome our new blasphemy overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted Boards.ie personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.

legspin

Jernal wrote: »

I take it then you then you don't want to be banned now. :P
Awws:(
Cos you know it wouldn't have to be any bother on us. Are you sure now?

Your mother was a hamster...

Turtwig

legspin wrote: »

Your mother was a hamster...

Aye she was, Dad smelt of elderberries too. Hamsters run boards.ie, so it would logically follow that some mods are hamsters. I take it this affirms your desire to be banned?

gaynorvader

Jernal wrote: »

Aye she was, Dad smelt of elderberries too. Hamsters run boards.ie, so it would logically follow that some mods are hamsters. I take it this affirms your desire to be banned?

I demand satisfaction!

...if you know what I mean!

legspin

Jernal wrote: »

Aye she was, Dad smelt of elderberries too. Hamsters run boards.ie, so it would logically follow that some mods are hamsters. I take it this affirms your desire to be banned?

GIFSoup

Bannasidhe

Heh Heh.

Nice One Jernal.

Obliq

Bloody hell....very glad I didn't see this when you first hit us with it Jernal (thankyou all my A&A pals with more cop than me ) You can count me as officially OUTRAGED for a bit. Hope that makes you happy, you moderator, you.

Kiwi in IE

Jernal you Sh*te!

Waking-Dreams

Damn it, that was a good one! I almost got through the day without being taken in. Oh well, roll on next year.

PopePalpatine

I wonder how many from t'udder forum read Jernal's original post and celebrated inside...and then realised the date.

el pasco

Is this an April Fools joke?

Pherekydes

el pasco wrote: »

Is this an April Fools joke?

No, not at all. Deadly serious. No anti-religion posts and definitely no biscuits.

Turtwig

Pherekydes wrote: »

No, not at all. Deadly serious. No anti-religion posts and definitely no biscuits.

No, no, discussing biscuits is ok.

Pherekydes

Jernal wrote: »

No, no, discussing biscuits is ok.

What about religious biscuits?

Turtwig

Pherekydes wrote: »

What about religious biscuits?

Again ok, unless it's blasphemous or defamatory.

Bannasidhe

Jernal wrote: »

Again ok, unless it's blasphemous or defamatory.

So we can get a wafer if it's secular?

Turtwig

Of course.

Kiwi in IE

Pherekydes wrote: »

What about religious biscuits?

When I was back home last I brought a gift back for an family member who thinks I come from a 'heathen country'. I wanted to prove that, so I bought them a cookie cutter the size of a slice of bread with a picture of Jebus on it called 'Holy Toast'. It just occurred to me that it could be used to make religious biscuits. A perfect blend of our two favourite subjects.

Turtwig

Poisson d'avril.
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