@tonyaod
I always wanted an airpad - something super light and thin...like the ipad...useful for reading prolific docs, light email, IM...but off topic I suppose...

If you were to post an empty message on here (no text), would it be off-topic? :)

This site is hosted in China. So why is everyone so shocked at the level of censorship?

And censorship is hardly the only problem with internet forums. Animosity and hostility from people who disagree with your viewpoints is also part of the game.

...along as providing a place for idiots and trolls to roam.

The primary focus of this website is to make money. The forum sections is just an additional area to increase the number of viewers and increase profits through advertising. Maintaining Harmony is most important.

@HFCAMPO

I agree, however, can't the forum be more fairly and evenhandedly harmonious?

Why are some threads or postings, however flaming, kept and certain touchy discussions such as missionaries in China locked rather quickly at the slightest hint of argument?

On a side note, I do wonder though, what is the biggest driver of traffic to GoKunming? The articles? The classifies? Or the forum?

Cheers~

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P.S. I only wish the moderators would remove the tacky "looking for sex" classifieds as fast as they would "missionaries in China" threads.

By the way, I wonder if Davex would be as respectful as the the ladies he is looking for when one of them gets pregnant.

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P.P.S. I give props to the moderators for keeping this discussion open. Thanks guys!

Tony, I understand where you are coming from because I was under the same spell some time ago. However, I found there is very little intelligent conversation in this forum for some time now. Forget about harmony or respect because as you have been witness to many instances of the opposite.

I have only met 3 people from this forum in person. That is because they seemed reasonable to me when they wrote in this forum and our meeting was equally favorable. There is a definite congruence between how a person writes and how they really are in person. Respectful online and respectful in person. However, most other users of this forum are not interested in meeting in person and I am sure no one is really interested in ever meeting any of them as you can see their true nature by the way they express themselves on this forum. Good luck!

I think one of the lockdown reasons was me calling them human trash. Something i will never take back.
There was thus chinese colleague i once had, who had huge problems and working for a big chinese english training school who exclysively employs christian missionaries because they can push the price down to 30 to 40rmb per hour while they get paid from their church as well. Plus the headhunting bonus for new converts. So that sad little girl was in trouble and baby jesus wannabe in shining sandals promised to help her. His help being believing in god and jesus but more iimportant was to convert more people. Because god helps the ones that help him. (Btw. I.m quoting here). So she did and she got caught and she got jail time. The missionary got his pay for the converts and they even paid for the almost conversion of the gov. official she tried. And was send back home. He had no regrets...quote it's a test from god for her.
He is now a chaplain and she still in jail.

His denomination didn.t even try to contact her or tried to get her out. Without publicity they can keep on doing shaneful things like that. So please understand my feelings for those creatures.

Oh btw i was told it's standard procedure. Scary that there is one and terrible that this is the damage control of religious organisations.

The reviews is one place they censor because it directly effects the advertisers. The review section looks more like a place to ask questions rather than a review of a certain location.

@Dudeson's
I believe the phrase you used was "all missionaries are evil". I can't check, as it has rightly been removed. You may have had a bad experience with a missionary, you may have had 10 or 20 bad experiences, but to generalise this to ALL missionaries is just wrong (both inaccurate and plain nasty). I had already mentioned on the thread that many of my family are missionaries, so I found your comment personally offensive. You've never met any of my family, and yet you feel you can call them "evil". It's as stupid as me calling all Americans evil because I met a few that I didn't like.
I usually find your forum comments a good read, whether I agree with them or not, but that OTT rant before was not your finest moment.