Project Radiant Light - Project Radiant Light Rules

NightRunner417
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Project Radiant Light Rules
« on: 06/15/05 at 18:40:32 »

Welcome one and all,

Project Radiant Light has its origins in the esteemed William Buhlman OBE Forum. Some of us needed a place to get away, to talk privately about some pressing issues that were on our minds. One of those issues was the "negative element" that was residing on that forum, in the form of six members who's major interest was to force other members to accept their beliefs, or just to create meaningless dissent and chaos amongst it's members. At the time this was going on, the purpose of Project Radiant Light became less and less the other reasons for it's original existence, and more and more of a place to escape the nonsense we were enduring on that other forum. I, your humble forum admin, foresaw a day when the WBOBE Forum, as I call it, would collapse and be decommissioned by its increasingly angered and disgusted administrator, William Buhlman himself. Some of those six agitators were banned, and some moderators put into place, but those who were banned sought endlessly to rejoin and continue their increasingly aggressive attacks on the system. Seeing trouble on the way, I then created this forum as you see it now, and pretty much just in the nick of time.

Thus, and this is important, this forum was born of need to escape strife and persecution, and share our lives and ideas with each other without fear of rejection or attempts at forcing us to change to suit another's ideals. Our members simply want a peaceful place to relax and share their thoughts with one another, and there is NO room for agression on this forum. I won't punish a member unless I see no alternative, but when that time comes I will defend this forum and its members, whom in my opinion are the best on the Net. We came here as one, created a sanctuary which we all dearly enjoy, and it must be preserved.

Our rules are simple enough:

1) No posting of inflammatory, insulting, rude, explicitly sexual, intentionally frightening, or threatening material, comments, questions, or accusations. One or two occurences of this and I will warn you. Repeated occurences after a warning, or in a clearly blatant way, will result in my freezing you for a time of my own choosing. You will be able to read the posts, but not contribute during this time. If after a little time out, you resume attacking, you will be permanently frozen, able to read but never to post again. Also remember this - YOU ARE NOT HERE TO POLICE PRL. If you take offense at something someone said, DO NOT "counterattack". You could be wrong, but even if you are NOT wrong, this is not the place for battles or setting someone straight. Be polite and settle your differences in PRIVATE, and/or let me or a moderator know you've been offended by something someone said. This sort of public retaliation has happened only a few times on PRL, but nevertheless my patience is now thin on it, probably since I've been the target of it most of those few times. Don't be the one to make me remind everyone who owns and runs this forum on his own time and at his own expense. In short, be kind even when you think someone doesn't deserve it, and put your energy into better things.

2) Do not EVER try to break the system. By this I mean group attacks, DOS type attacks, ganging up on any one or group of members, etc. Any such attempts to break or damage PRL will result in an immediate ban. Continuous attempts to do this will result in whatever legal action seems best under the circumstances. Believe me, PRL is almost ALL in the world that matters to me and I will defend it agressively.

3) No multiple names, please. Trust me, one is enough. You can't get by me on this, so please don't try. I am plenty good with computers and I will know. If you need help with your account, like a change of name or restoration of an old account or it's password, just ask me and I will be glad to help you.

4) No flooding, excessively big or colorful posts, or such as that. If you can't get your message across by normal typing means, then maybe you need to ask yourself what is wrong with your message, and reword it. This is not The Mall in Washington DC, so please, no gigantic protest signs or repeated posts hammering home your ideas. We make an exception for birthday and holiday greetings, where big, colorful, flashy posts are not merely acceptible - they are in point of fact quite neccessary. Wink

Any clearly willful violation of these rules would result in a couple of days of "Troublemaker" status. You would have the infamous dancing monkey icon and the word "Troublemaker" under your name on all your posts. You would not be able to post, participate in votes, or email anyone through the system. You would be able to read, however, and see what you are missing out on. Your "time in the corner" depends on what you did. If it was minimal, figure a day of "Troublemaker" status. If it was severe enough, expect up to a week. If it was unforgiveable, then you would be permanently frozen, and no amount of apology will return your rights. Do NOT attempt to fool me or my mods by making a new alias for purposes of evading the forum rules of punishment for an offense. I'm fluent in the language this forum was written in, and I have MANY means of knowing your true identity. If I catch you at this, you will receive a permanent suspension or ban.

These rules have one simple purpose - to keep PRL what it is and always has been, which is a haven for truly spiritually minded, compassionate and supportive people. Like any church or temple or what have you, it's nice to have an atmosphere of peace and respect to others. That's all, nothing more. We are not in any way an exclusive group, but anyone who disrupts the peace that we have worked so hard to maintain here, really does need to go somewhere else. It is our hope that ALL can find happiness here, and can bestow it on others without ever having to feel a need to lash out and disrupt the harmony that we have enjoyed through our dedication to love and light for all.

Please do enjoy your stay here, and if you haven't already then please do consider registering, which entitles you to read and post on ALL forum sections for life. There has never been a fee for registration on PRL, and as long as I remain admin, there never will be. Our aim is to be as open and free to all as we possibly can, and to allow anyone to take or give to the mass of knowledge on PRL as they see fit. The true strength of PRL lies in it's open nature and the diversity of its members, so please do consider joining us and sharing your life with us as we share ours with you. We hope you will feel a sense of welcomeness and being at home that surprises you, just as we ourselves feel it here.

Love and light to you all,

Rick - NightRunner417, Admin of PRL

« Last Edit: 09/21/08 at 09:31:50 by NightRunner417 »

"We made it!" Arthur rasped deliriously. "Mr. Schuhart, we did make it, after all, right?"

He laughed a happy laugh, crouched down, and beat both fists as hard as he could on the ground. His matted hair bounced ridiculously, and dried clumps of dirt flew in all directions. And only then did Redrick look up at the ball. Carefully. With caution. With a hidden fear that it would turn out wrong — that it would disappoint him, evoke doubts, throw him from the cloud that he had managed to scramble up on, and leave him to wallow in filth.

It was not golden, it was more a copper color, reddish, and completely smooth, and it shone dully in the sun. It lay at the foot of the quarry's far wall, cozily ensconced amid the piles of accumulated rocks, and even from that distance, he could see how heavy and massive it was, and how solidly it lay in its place.

There was nothing disappointing or doubt-inspiring about it, but there was nothing to inspire hope either. For some reason, his first thought was that it was probably hollow and that it should be hot to the touch from being in the sun. It obviously did not glow with its own light and it obviously was incapable of floating up and dancing in the air, the way so many of the tales had it. It lay where it had fallen. Maybe it had fallen out of some monstrously huge pocket or had gotten lost, rolled away during some game between some giants. It had not been carefully placed here, it had been left behind, littering up the Zone like all the empties, bracelets, batteries, and other rubbish remaining after the Visitation.

But at the same time, there was something about it, and the longer Redrick looked at it, the clearer it became that it was pleasant to look at it, that he wanted to go up to it, to touch it, pat it, and suddenly the thought came to him that it would be good, probably, to sit down next to it, or even better, to lean back against it, close his eyes, and think, reminisce, and maybe just dream and drowse and rest...

- "Roadside Picnic", by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

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