I am pleased to report...

[hlthe2b]

Skinner stepped in to lock this obnoxious GD thread (after it failed to be locked by GD hosts despite majority opinion on that point):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024521817

[TDale313]

1. That's a really good thing...

But just curious- why didn't the GD hosts lock it if there was majority opinion to do so?

[hlthe2b]

4. Initially there was a clear majority to lock...it wasn't and...

as more time passed a few more hosts weighed in to the contrary.

Hosts are not supposed to lock in a major forum without CONCENSUS (and some hosts argue that that means unanimous support, not just majority).

[TDale313]

5. Ahh, got it.

Thanks

[DURHAM D]

6. Oh...the old Consensus argument.

That is why one turn hosting in that group was enough for me. Also, the fact that the Never Lock Brigade were mostly not even Hosts in GD but they kept butting in and turning the forum into META.

Glad you can put up with it.

[hlthe2b]

7. I just happened to see it...

I don't spend much time in hosts for that reason alone.

[seaglass]

2. ? The majority of GD hosts wanted it locked but it wasn't? Why?

Did I misunderstand?

[hlthe2b]

3. Split decision in the Hosts forum on the SOP alert.

though it definitely leaned towards locking as an SOP violation for GD>

[ismnotwasm]

8. Now they can buy the magazine and enjoy it in the privacy of their own homes

Instead of using it as flame bait bullshit here. Jesus.

[gaspee]

9. But he made it quite clear

That the objectification of women is A-OK in GD.

I didn't expect anything else.

I cannot believe that people have a hard time understanding that the objectification of women and girls is the underlying problem and not prudishness.

It is objectification - the valuing of women solely on their looks and not their worth as human beings - that causes much of the other problems women face in society.

it's not a difficult concept to grasp.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. I agree. Most people do get it. Most people stay out of the threads BECAUSE they get it

and have moved on. The ones that don't get it, don't care to Get it. They are happy in it.

I cannot believe that people have a hard time understanding that the objectification of women and girls is the underlying problem and not prudishness.

There may be a time and place for everything but, DU should never be the place for this type of crap.
They can do this crap on their own time, in another place.

[nomorenomore08]

11. Good. No need for that bullshit in GD. Make us look juvenile, if nothing else...