Is it ok if we speak in dutch about the dutch elections and political issues?

[Ming]

It's just not in the past... People continue to use other languages to break the rules... just as they do in English. Childish behavior to say the least... but it still happens. At least in English, we can catch it faster.

This is an English Speaking Forum... again, I see no reason why you can't have the discussion in English.

[Dauphin]

Ming, just learn Dutch.

[Hueij]

Which brings us back to the arguments you use for allowing the Suomi threads...

[Dauphin]

It does appear to be a two tier system.

[Ming]

Nahh... just the old grandfather clause... they were first, before the rule was put in place.

So feel free to complain all you want... Apolyton has never been a democracy...

[MarkG]

So you deny everyone else the right to start a thread in his/her own language because some people misused that right in the past?

yeap, it's just like civilized countries banning guns cause some people will misuse them

[Zopperoni]

...but the guys who had a gun before the ban, can bang on

[Hueij]

So feel free to complain all you want... Apolyton has never been a democracy...

Hm, seems my first reaction to this seems to got lost somewhere in cyberspace so I give the short version here: Ming, that is the lamest excuse you can come up with

[Saint Marcus]

this is absolute rubbish. prohibiting the use of foreign languages other than finnish and english...you guys are threading on dangerous grounds with this one.

[Dauphin]

OK, so what is the restriction on use of foreign languages? Will someone be penalised for a 'foreign' discussion within a thread?

More importantly will I be penalised for using English slang, such as "Got to my mickey, found me way up the apples, put on me whistle and the bloody dog went. It was me trouble telling me to fetch the teapots" or other English colloquialisms that you can't understand?

[Ming]

You are welcome to your opinion... as lame as it is

When you became a member of this site, you agreed to follow the rules. This just happens to be one of the rules. Deal with it. If you don't like the rules, you can always post somewhere else

[Ming]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
this is absolute rubbish. prohibiting the use of foreign languages other than finnish and english...you guys are threading on dangerous grounds with this one.

And what dangerous grounds are those. Again... If you don't like the rules... go elsewhere... your choice...

[Saint Marcus]

let's all start speaking singlish then.

[Saint Marcus]

And what dangerous grounds are those. Again... If you don't like the rules... go elsewhere... your choice...

I can understand why you want english as an official language, but it's extremely unfair finnish is allowed but dutch/german/french/spanish/chinese/hebrew isn't.

also note that numerous israeli posters have made posts in hebrew from time to time.

[Ming]

And people speak in other languages on other occasions as well. It happens... just like people getting around the censors...

But I have a tip for your SM... Life isn't fair. So deal with it. Again... follow the rules YOU agreed to when you became a member... or pay the penality. Your choice