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August 8, 2008 at 2:52 PM #254991August 8, 2008 at 2:52 PM #255040
Allan from Fallbrook
ParticipantShadowfax: Fine, MOM! I would respond with some additional musical choices, but I don’t want to get any further in trouble.
Gandalf: We missed you, Bubba. It has gotten alarmingly quiet around here, to the extent that Rus and I are keeping busy by comparing notes on music, social norms and pharmacological products (yes, Shadowfax, we’re stopping now).
Re: Casca: I don’t have any issues with what he said. I do have issues with both the approach and the tone. You can disagree quite strongly with someone, but still maintain respect and decorum. If one feels that they are so above everyone else in the discussion that they cannot handle themselves appropriately, then they should leave. This “dear fellow” and “dear boy” nonsense coming from anyone is condescending and rude, and it is an obvious device meant to establish distance and superiority. The same goes for the constant employment of $6 words. Unless this guy is the reincarnation of Bill Buckley, stow it. I have this mental vision of some pontificatory pinhead in a tweed jacket with elbow patches stoking a pipe while he lectures the proles. Sorry, Bub, that s**t don’t fly. I’m well past the point of having to deal with a clown like that, and as a peer no less. Go polish your hakenkreutz (and I’m sure that Casca knows full well what that is).
August 8, 2008 at 4:48 PM #254809NotCranky
ParticipantShadowfax. I don’t do drugs. The Sheriff isn’t going to do anything out where I live anyway. FBI better have more important things to do.Best wishes to you and your little one.
Gandalf. Lemmings have social norms too but I think there are occaisional non-conformists in the crowd. Moderation sounds great. I could have moderated my behavior toward casca better than I did.I kinda of enjoyed my part though. I have met people with really good social skills they can go anywhere anytime and never lose their sense of humor. They don’t take the bait. I think detachment is your responsiblity especially on a thread called “Obama is as dumb as a box of rocks”. Now if casca were beating you over the head with a hakenkraut or whatever, in a public place, that would be another thing. He had opinions about torture and he insulted people. We had opinions and insulted him . That’s the way I see it.
Rich has quite reasonably explained why he doesn’t want to moderate OT other than by personal responsibility. Have you thought about making your own site?
August 8, 2008 at 4:48 PM #254982ParticipantShadowfax. I don’t do drugs. The Sheriff isn’t going to do anything out where I live anyway. FBI better have more important things to do.Best wishes to you and your little one.
Gandalf. Lemmings have social norms too but I think there are occaisional non-conformists in the crowd. Moderation sounds great. I could have moderated my behavior toward casca better than I did.I kinda of enjoyed my part though. I have met people with really good social skills they can go anywhere anytime and never lose their sense of humor. They don’t take the bait. I think detachment is your responsiblity especially on a thread called “Obama is as dumb as a box of rocks”. Now if casca were beating you over the head with a hakenkraut or whatever, in a public place, that would be another thing. He had opinions about torture and he insulted people. We had opinions and insulted him . That’s the way I see it.
Rich has quite reasonably explained why he doesn’t want to moderate OT other than by personal responsibility. Have you thought about making your own site?
August 8, 2008 at 4:48 PM #254988ParticipantShadowfax. I don’t do drugs. The Sheriff isn’t going to do anything out where I live anyway. FBI better have more important things to do.Best wishes to you and your little one.
Gandalf. Lemmings have social norms too but I think there are occaisional non-conformists in the crowd. Moderation sounds great. I could have moderated my behavior toward casca better than I did.I kinda of enjoyed my part though. I have met people with really good social skills they can go anywhere anytime and never lose their sense of humor. They don’t take the bait. I think detachment is your responsiblity especially on a thread called “Obama is as dumb as a box of rocks”. Now if casca were beating you over the head with a hakenkraut or whatever, in a public place, that would be another thing. He had opinions about torture and he insulted people. We had opinions and insulted him . That’s the way I see it.
Rich has quite reasonably explained why he doesn’t want to moderate OT other than by personal responsibility. Have you thought about making your own site?
August 8, 2008 at 4:48 PM #255045ParticipantShadowfax. I don’t do drugs. The Sheriff isn’t going to do anything out where I live anyway. FBI better have more important things to do.Best wishes to you and your little one.
Gandalf. Lemmings have social norms too but I think there are occaisional non-conformists in the crowd. Moderation sounds great. I could have moderated my behavior toward casca better than I did.I kinda of enjoyed my part though. I have met people with really good social skills they can go anywhere anytime and never lose their sense of humor. They don’t take the bait. I think detachment is your responsiblity especially on a thread called “Obama is as dumb as a box of rocks”. Now if casca were beating you over the head with a hakenkraut or whatever, in a public place, that would be another thing. He had opinions about torture and he insulted people. We had opinions and insulted him . That’s the way I see it.
Rich has quite reasonably explained why he doesn’t want to moderate OT other than by personal responsibility. Have you thought about making your own site?
August 8, 2008 at 4:48 PM #255096ParticipantShadowfax. I don’t do drugs. The Sheriff isn’t going to do anything out where I live anyway. FBI better have more important things to do.Best wishes to you and your little one.
Gandalf. Lemmings have social norms too but I think there are occaisional non-conformists in the crowd. Moderation sounds great. I could have moderated my behavior toward casca better than I did.I kinda of enjoyed my part though. I have met people with really good social skills they can go anywhere anytime and never lose their sense of humor. They don’t take the bait. I think detachment is your responsiblity especially on a thread called “Obama is as dumb as a box of rocks”. Now if casca were beating you over the head with a hakenkraut or whatever, in a public place, that would be another thing. He had opinions about torture and he insulted people. We had opinions and insulted him . That’s the way I see it.
Rich has quite reasonably explained why he doesn’t want to moderate OT other than by personal responsibility. Have you thought about making your own site?
August 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM #254825jficquette
Participant[quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John
August 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM #254997Participant[quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John
August 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM #255003Participant[quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John
August 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM #255059Participant[quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John
August 8, 2008 at 5:22 PM #255111Participant[quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John
August 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM #254845ibjames
Participant[quote=jficquette][quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John[/quote]
No.. I’m not talking about deleting threads or telling people they can’t say something.. I mean a moderator that deletes threads that are created in the wrong forum..
IE: putting OT: in the thread title and thinking it’s okay to put it in any forum.. if a moderator was here, they could have just moved it to the Off Topic forum and called it a day.. no harm no foul, and the rest of us don’t have to see Obama is dumber than a box of rocks every day..
then I get sucked into it because I have to see why the hell is this thing so popular and then laugh at everyone getting riled up at each other
August 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM #255017Participant[quote=jficquette][quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John[/quote]
No.. I’m not talking about deleting threads or telling people they can’t say something.. I mean a moderator that deletes threads that are created in the wrong forum..
IE: putting OT: in the thread title and thinking it’s okay to put it in any forum.. if a moderator was here, they could have just moved it to the Off Topic forum and called it a day.. no harm no foul, and the rest of us don’t have to see Obama is dumber than a box of rocks every day..
then I get sucked into it because I have to see why the hell is this thing so popular and then laugh at everyone getting riled up at each other
August 8, 2008 at 5:33 PM #255023Participant[quote=jficquette][quote=gandalf]I agree about moderating the blog. Add a link to democratically flag topics and posts as OTL.
Moderating is not censorship. It minimizes trolling and improves signal-to-noise.
[/quote]That’s bull. It is censorship unless you are moderating for abusive language, which of course would have had you bounced weeks ago.
John[/quote]
No.. I’m not talking about deleting threads or telling people they can’t say something.. I mean a moderator that deletes threads that are created in the wrong forum..
IE: putting OT: in the thread title and thinking it’s okay to put it in any forum.. if a moderator was here, they could have just moved it to the Off Topic forum and called it a day.. no harm no foul, and the rest of us don’t have to see Obama is dumber than a box of rocks every day..
then I get sucked into it because I have to see why the hell is this thing so popular and then laugh at everyone getting riled up at each other
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