Hand wringing about Jill leaving. - Page 10

Flint · 05-09-2011, 01:28 PM

Oh heck, I messed up. Is that a red card?

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 01:29 PM

Ahahahahaha.

Very good.

[eta] damn. The pre-edit post was funnier.

Flint · 05-09-2011, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

[eta] damn. The pre-edit post was funnier.

Sorry, I'm a compulsive editor. I questioned whether the additional "paraphrase" reference was repetitive.

I had said:

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You're a slippery one. I will paraphrase you yet!

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Originally Posted by DanaC

You may have made yourself perfectly clear but you're making yourself clear on a tangential point.

Then I haven't made myself clear. It isn't a tangential point. It is a solution to all of the problems that have been discussed.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Then I haven't made myself clear. It isn't a tangential point. It is a solution to all of the problems that have been discussed.

On that I am afraid we will have to agree to differ.

Spexxvet · 05-09-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Because of the nature of the lefty pack here,

You've made that reference twice, now. Do you mean that Liberals think as one, or that Liberals gang up on an individual?

Big Sarge · 05-09-2011, 01:59 PM

the lefty horde "gang up" to silence the voices of reason

SamIam · 05-09-2011, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fair&Balanced

I've never had any interactions with UG, but I do get a good laugh out of his posts.

I guess I wasnt clear enough. In my experience, Mercenary is the primary instigator and the one who has two sets of rules, one for himself and one for those who challenge his opinions with their own.

I get fed up with Merc's disrespectful treatment of other posters and the way he posts long cut and pastes. I often skip his replies. However, I have communicated with Merc through PM's and he did me a kindness once. Perhaps, because of these things, he doesn't respond to me as virulently as he does to other dwellers. At any rate, this shows he can be civilized when he feels like it. He just seldom feels like it.

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Originally Posted by Lookout123

And SIA, I'm glad you enjoy that other forum but if UT were to start something along those lines in the cellar I don't think it would work. Actually the cellar would probably become a much friendlier place but it would be at the cost of a large portion of long term dwellars.

Actually, we have very passionate debates on that board. I don't think rep points stop anyone, including me, from expressing their opinions. There, rep points are more about longevity on the board than they are anything else.

I don't see that rep points would make the cellar "friendlier," either. If UG, for example, had a string of red squares after his name, he'd probably take it as a sign that he's been successful at lambasting all us wimps. And if Merc or UG or the like gave me a negative rep, I'd consider it a badge of honor. But the Cellar is small enough that we really don't need score cards on the members, and I think people would ignore them, anyway.

It's been said a thousand times before, and I'll say it again. People who are interested in an intelligent debate and consider name calling the provenance of kindergarteners do just ignore the politics forum which is too bad. There's no point in having it as long as Merc and UG are allowed to attack anyone who suggests a different point of view than their own.

I don't like banning people, but maybe those two should be banned from that forum. Don't know if this is possible. But in the absence of any other solution, we should just rename "Politics" to the "Merc and UG Ugliness Forum." That way, new members like Jill would at least be warned.

lookout123 · 05-09-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SamIam

, we should just rename "Politics" to the "Merc and UG Ugliness Forum." That way, new members like Jill would at least be warned.

Go back some months or years and you could use other names. The instigators and asshats change and the people who are irritated change. Personally I don't think the politics forum ever really recovered from the 04 election. or was it the 06?

Pico and ME · 05-09-2011, 03:11 PM

It was probably the '04...it was widespread.

limey · 05-09-2011, 05:04 PM

[pipes up in childish voice]
This board looks centre-right to me, too. I do think there is a difference between where the Americans and the British place the "centre".
I volunteered to mod a thread if people found that a helpful idea - I can't say I'm particularly in favour of modding, but feel that I can tell a gratuitous insult from a reasoned argument and offered that as a contribution to calming things down.
I'm not at all sorry the offer's not been taken up.
I "self-police" my involvement with the trolls, unpleasant regulars and other nastinesses on the board by not engaging with them. I have employed the "ignore" function twice, but mostly I skip over the stuff I want to avoid. As a lot of this is in the politics forum, I don't go in there at all.
Usually the shit settles down after a while and the Cellar becomes a pleasant place to hang out again for a while.
[/childish voice]
Thanks Dana for covering for me (mwah!).

plthijinx · 05-09-2011, 05:20 PM

i don't post (with the exception of the osama thread and a couple others) for basically the reason here everyone is discussing. why would one want to post their views only to be butt fucked (and not in a good way mind you) for their beliefs? seems to me that went down in the mid 1900's and the outcome was useless death and torture. not saying that the politics thread here is useless death and torture but hey, why post my views when someone is gonna come along and say that i deserve to be raped by tribbles from star trek? ok thx bai!

lookout123 · 05-09-2011, 05:24 PM

That's it. Get the tribbles.

Aliantha · 05-09-2011, 05:27 PM

I've changed my mind. I'm on Flint's side now.

lookout123 · 05-09-2011, 05:30 PM

weakling.

plthijinx · 05-09-2011, 05:31 PM

thank god it's time to cook supper!

grilled black drum and jalapeño poppers. any takers?

05-09-2011, 01:28 PM	#136
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh heck, I messed up. Is that a red card? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-09-2011, 01:59 PM	#141
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	the lefty horde "gang up" to silence the voices of reason __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

05-09-2011, 05:04 PM	#145
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	[pipes up in childish voice] This board looks centre-right to me, too. I do think there is a difference between where the Americans and the British place the "centre". I volunteered to mod a thread if people found that a helpful idea - I can't say I'm particularly in favour of modding, but feel that I can tell a gratuitous insult from a reasoned argument and offered that as a contribution to calming things down. I'm not at all sorry the offer's not been taken up. I "self-police" my involvement with the trolls, unpleasant regulars and other nastinesses on the board by not engaging with them. I have employed the "ignore" function twice, but mostly I skip over the stuff I want to avoid. As a lot of this is in the politics forum, I don't go in there at all. Usually the shit settles down after a while and the Cellar becomes a pleasant place to hang out again for a while. [/childish voice] Thanks Dana for covering for me (mwah!). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-09-2011, 05:20 PM	#146
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	i don't post (with the exception of the osama thread and a couple others) for basically the reason here everyone is discussing. why would one want to post their views only to be butt fucked (and not in a good way mind you) for their beliefs? seems to me that went down in the mid 1900's and the outcome was useless death and torture. not saying that the politics thread here is useless death and torture but hey, why post my views when someone is gonna come along and say that i deserve to be raped by tribbles from star trek? ok thx bai! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

05-09-2011, 05:24 PM	#147
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	That's it. Get the tribbles. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-09-2011, 03:11 PM	#144
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	It was probably the '04...it was widespread.

05-09-2011, 05:27 PM	#148
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I've changed my mind. I'm on Flint's side now. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-09-2011, 05:30 PM	#149
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	weakling. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-09-2011, 05:31 PM	#150
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	thank god it's time to cook supper! grilled black drum and jalapeño poppers. any takers? __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

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