Can you give us a hint? Pretty please with sugar on it? Do we know him/her? Is he/she a member?

The suspense is killing me!!!

Saintsational and M-E both do a fine job of putting words together. But a third contributor is welcome.

When HansDat referred to “him/her” he was onto something.

that it’s satch or maybe stujo is acting like he doesn’t know b/c it’s really him?
I’d welcome a 3rd person. 3 perspectives is better than one. have the overly opptimistic person, the middle-type person, and the pestimistic person

aka Jeff Duncan…doing some moonlighting

Since you have your hands full with this blog and are probably lacking time for domestic choirs I guess she’ll fanpost, once in a while, something about not forgetting the garbage, taking the dog for a walk or her folks coming over for the week-end.

or is Hap Glaudi’s Ghost (he/she) the masked contributor

But a ghost has no mass and occupies no space. Whatever…welcome back, Hap. What’s the morning line on a Saints Super Bowl?

The post is MIA.

Did you all already pull him off?

Dave is the man. Let’s enjoy our Saints again. It’s like old times.

I get home from work and pull out da chronic and see that a post has been pulled because apparently the poster referenced a cat raping punter. I need an explanation.

I’m not sure pulling it was the wisest move, Saintsational. Not that I liked it. I didn’t. But the internet really is forever. The caches at Google are still there, and they aren’t going anywhere. The Internet Wayback Machine probably won’t have it for awhile (6 months or so) but eventually it will likely be available there. Etc.

Religion and PG-ratings and whatever else aside, this is really the #1 reason to be careful with what you post. It’s hard advice to follow… few if any manage to do so all the time. No matter what you do, this site will forever be associated with the phrase cat raping punter. Even if you delete this comment and every other comment that references it.

My initial reaction was based on the idea that the kind of bilge we saw was going to be a common feature on the site. When I realized that wasn’t likely I backed off a bit, and when you asked for compromise I tried to give it. And I’d be willing to stick to that. I think many others would too. Some wouldn’t, and for both their sake and the sake of kids (or parents of small kids) who want to be able to view this site I would say it’s better that the profanity (at the very least) and especially the crude sexual references be kept to a bare minimum or even zero. But I wouldn’t say he can’t post. As I said before the comment become unavailable, passionate arguments are not a problem, and indeed if you don’t hold your opinions passionately you are not a true fan but merely a dabbler. I would, however recommend that if he does post it’s easy to know at a glance it’s his writing so those who do not wish to read it can avoid it.

But the post itself shouldn’t have been yanked. Neutered, maybe. I would have renamed it and cut out all the original text but replaced it with something else to explain it. Like maybe “This post was a test to see how our users would react to a new poster’s style. It did not go over well at all, so the post has been deleted.”

But trying to pretend it didn’t happen isn’t a good idea. Sorry, but it’s just not.

I think the offending post was over the top, and too much for a football fan site. While I was in no way offended, I have no problem with removing it from the site since it was offensive to the reader base.

But I liked the thought of having a Saint’s fan who was focused on what needs to be fixed and what the organization has done wrong. Too often the tone of the articles is overly optimistic. For example grading the graders. Strory summery: The Saints did awesome and analysts who don’t see that are morons.

As a fan site objectivity is lost. And that’s fine. We are all fans here, we will have baised opinions. But we need a pessimistic voice. Someone who thinks Shockey is extremely overrated, and that we’d have been much better off with our 2nd round pick this year.

I hope when looking for an additional writer that we try this vein again, and do not get discouraged by our first try.

Your quotes.

I think the offending post was over the top, and too much for a football fan site.

And

I hope when looking for an additional writer that we try this vein again,

Which is it?

Offend half the people, and lose them forever? The other half couldn’t care either way. At the end of the day, you have a site with only the half that doesn’t care.

Is it worth, losing half your readers, have the site blocked by concerned parents, and have CSC drug through the mud all over the web so one blogger can spew filth?

It’s hard to hear a defense for a counter opinion when the wounds are this fresh. You may disagree but hear my point about “hate fans”. When I go to a game, high school, college, pro, baseball, soccer, football or pingpong for that matter, I go to release stress and enjoy my passion. I work hard and have lots of pressure on me everyday. When I go to a game, which is my hobby, I get there early and leave late. I enjoy being there because I know that one day I might not be able to go. Things change, life is short. Whether my team wins or loses, I enjoy being there. If I sit next to a “fate fan” that yells at the team that he is there to support, questions every call like he a better coach than the professionals, and leaves when we are behind at the half, I get up and find an open seat far away from that person so I can enjoy my hobby. I’ve been a Saints fan since about 1975 and I will be Saints fan far after the “hate fan” has moved on to hocky or deer hunting. With that same thought, I’m not coming to CSC if I’ve got to sit next to the “hate fan”. It just ruins it for me. It take all the fun out of the thing that I love. That’s just my opinion.

You know I would never ask a fan to be like me. That’s why I would change seats. I wouldn’t sit there and lecture him about the proper way to support his team, that’s his business. I would just go to get a hotdog and return to a better spot. That’s all I’m saying. I don’t let others dictate how I experience the game I’m watching. That is the way civilized society works. We associate with like kind. We all choose, not to have the same exact opinion about everything, but the same spirit about the subject we are speaking. All I’m saying is, it would be a shame to loss what we have here in the name of ruffling feathers. You know I love this team and have began to love the site. I am willing to stand up for things I believe in.