# Cossey: Ban? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 9, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240 "2009-11-09T12:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 270
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240/270 "2009-11-10T11:03:18Z")
That’s enough, to continue with BS go here. [http://shift518.gom-host.com/showthread.php?p=479021#post479021](http://shift518.gom-host.com/showthread.php?p=479021#post479021) If you want cliff notes > [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/25609/4): > > Come on guys, Vlad is just trying to do the best he can with this site… > > While it’s nice that the group has become more tight knit, the last thing anyone wants is to make it clique-ish and then exclude others from joining the community. > > The idea is to grow the scene locally, not turn people away with all of the inside jokes / slang on the site that outsiders do not understand or may be offended by. > > People post on this site, and of course it’s the internet, not to be taken seriously, yadda yadda but the posts and members are what define and represent the website to non-members, whether you like it or not. > > Someone who hears something offensive from a person they don’t even know is not being uptight- they are just reacting to the lack of respect from a stranger… > > Come on, if some random dude out on the street came up and called one of us any of the names here, he/she would be ignored… Or it could even escalate into a fight… > > Either way, it just leads to negativity… > [@Labor Rates Question](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/labor-rates-question/25617/6): > > I dont really see a need to use the slurs. If vlad doesnt want them on the forum then tough shit. I would suggest signing up for some sort of white power forum where you can have free reign to use any slur you woud like. > [@Oh yes more stereo pics.... shop car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oh-yes-more-stereo-pics-shop-car/25595/22): > > **For those of you still having trouble accepting the rules, keep in mind we are trying to run a business here, and while it’s free for the members it’s not free for us.** > > > > The way it stays free is that sponsors support it, however no sponsor wants to be associated with a site that discriminates against any group because one, negative associations never help a business, and two, they try to attract every customer, without cutting out a specific ethnic or racial group. > > Sponsors like a clean place that welcomes everybody, so new members are very likely to join to find out about a business. If a guest sees the site as racist and sees that a certain business is supporting it, it will come back to hunt the business, especially if the guest is offended. How likely is somebody to spend money by a business that supports offensive material to the race? I don’t see PJB investing $$$ in BET. > > **Guys trying to support this sort of offensive language are arguing a moot point. Sure you guys can pick on each other, but to an extent that it doesn’t offend others.** --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cossey-ban/248240)._