#239957 - 03/11/2004 22:44
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
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Loc: Providence, RI
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Then you already were one.
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#239958 - 03/11/2004 22:54
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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CommOri,
I'm sorry that some people here are being very rude to you. You are basically asking "can't we all just get along?" and some people are throwing it back in your face. It's quite sad. In the good ol' days, owning an empeg was good enough to make you "part of the community" but now, some people would rather you leave than voice an opinion they disagree with.
I think whatever rudeness came from the poster's presumption that YOUR desire to get along together was impossible, as well as his assertion that he wouldn't be back to check responses to assess such possibility. Anyone who doesn't care to debate...shouldn't... that doesn't require a rude exit line. I can see your frustration here at times, but you generally hold your own, and as you note, when you don't choose to engage, you take a break....perfectly reasonable response; his wasn't.
Edited by wfaulk (03/11/2004 23:23)
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#239959 - 03/11/2004 22:59
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: Laura]
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Can I be a dick too even if I don't have one 
As you said...4 or 5 of us here lack the physical equipment...but that kind of kook has other words for us....
Edited by wfaulk (03/11/2004 23:22)
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#239960 - 03/11/2004 23:03
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
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pooh-bah
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but that kind of kook has other words for us.....
I'm sure he does but those words just don't have the same ring to them as dick does.
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#239961 - 03/11/2004 23:14
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: kayakjazz]
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Registered: 21/01/2002
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Loc: Erie, CO
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Off topic, but dude, can you chill on the italics?
On topic: I'm a dick.
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#239962 - 03/11/2004 23:21
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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You are basically asking "can't we all just get along?" and some people are throwing it back in your face.
Perhaps you missed his post from a minute or two earlier in a different thread:
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Ya know, I *hate* both parties...but I will say this:
The liberals on this board seem to have a BUNCH of free time to type a LOT of stuff without backing it up at all (a la Michael Moore; much conjecture and shark jumping, much emotion, LONG, LONG, LOOOONG lines to connect the imaginary dots).
Now, he does go on to say "I can bash the RIght, too". But he didn't. Many people are accusing us of making things personal. I totally disagree with your politics, Brad, but I don't hate you, nor do I intend to imply that I do in any way. But he took a personal shot, which seems to be just the non-existent thing he's complaining about. And then the "can't we just stop" post immediately afterwards feels like punching someone in the face and then calling "truce!"
Maybe it's just me. Maybe I'm taking that "seem to have a BUNCH of free time" line too personally. I am having a bad week, after all. If so, I apologize. I still wonder about the post's propriety, but whatever.
Edited by wfaulk (03/11/2004 23:33)
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#239963 - 03/11/2004 23:22
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: cushman]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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It looks like she keeps missing the slash on the closing italics tag for her quotes. I'll fix it. Hope no one thinks I'm trying to edit out what she's saying.
Edit: Uh, oops. She. Kayak's a she. Sorry about that.
Edited by wfaulk (03/11/2004 23:28)
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#239964 - 03/11/2004 23:55
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: wfaulk]
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Registered: 14/01/2002
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Loc: NY
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Uh, oops. She. Kayak's a she. Sorry about that.
Yay!!! More of the good kind of bush represented on the board!
On Tpoic: I'm not a dick, but I do have a certain fondness for them.
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#239965 - 04/11/2004 00:04
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
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Registered: 28/12/2001
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You are basically asking "can't we all just get along?"
Brad, that wasn't a peaceful "can't we all get along" kind of post. That was a "shut up the lot of you, I hate you all and I am leaving so you can kiss my ass" kind of post.
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#239966 - 04/11/2004 00:10
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: wfaulk]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 05/01/2001
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Why would he need to bash the Right when you guys are doing it for him?  I didn't see the other post, and I don't want to start merging threads, but I can see how that was a factor. I thought he was just an observor of Off Topic and was fed up with the moveon.org type stuff. So, not seeing the other thread, I thought he was just pleading for the threads we all miss...
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#239967 - 04/11/2004 00:43
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: cushman]
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Registered: 10/09/2004
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Loc: Bay Area, CA/Anchorage, AK
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Off topic, but dude, can you chill on the italics?
On topic: I'm a dick.
I'm a newbie, so if I need correction it requires specificity. If you mean the earlier posts on this topic, it took me awhile to get the syntax right, but I think I have it in the last couple...the quote *is* italicized, isn't it?
On Topic: I'm NOT a dick, therefore not a dude---maybe dudette?
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#239968 - 04/11/2004 00:49
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: kayakjazz]
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Registered: 21/01/2002
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I'm a newbie, so if I need correction it requires specificity. If you mean the earlier posts on this topic, it took me awhile to get the syntax right, but I think I have it in the last couple...the quote *is* italicized, isn't it?
No worries, I thought you might be doing it on purpose. Bitt actually fixed your two posts previous to this one, but you got this one right.
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On Topic: I'm NOT a dick, therefore not a dude---maybe dudette?
The reference "dude" is non-gender specific, man. Unless you are talking about "The Dude" you are totally out of your element. I mean, this aggression will not stand, man.
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#239969 - 04/11/2004 00:59
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: kayakjazz]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 29/08/2000
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Loc: Canada
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...as a new poster,...
Welcome aboard, then! It's great to see lurkers shedding the cloak and joining in the discussions!
One possible reason for mass apparent civility here (apart from Bitt keeping our grammer honest), is that many of us have met each other in the flesh (face to face, that is), at one or more of the various meets.
Somehow, that always seems to help the atmosphere, though it doesn't explain Paul, or lots of others here. Maybe we're all just human, and realize it.
Cheers
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#239970 - 04/11/2004 01:19
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: mlord]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
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Loc: Providence, RI
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One possible reason for mass apparent civility here (apart from Bitt keeping our grammer honest), is that many of us have met each other in the flesh (face to face, that is), at one or more of the various meets.
Somehow, that always seems to help the atmosphere, though it doesn't explain Paul, or lots of others here. Maybe we're all just human, and realize it.
Cheers
Paul guessed how scary we really are, and cleverly avoids us
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#239971 - 04/11/2004 02:35
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: JeffS]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/07/1999
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how does a society determine what morals to enforce upon its people?
Ahh, Jeff, that's an easy one!
When someone's actions or "morals" are to the detriment of other people's well-being, then society is justified in enforcing a change in that person's behavior.
tanstaafl.
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#239972 - 04/11/2004 02:47
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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When someone's actions or "morals" are to the detriment of other people's well-being, then society is justified in enforcing a change in that person's behavior.
tanstaafl.
And then we see where the controversy over abortion comes from. It's a question of when you believe it's a person.
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#239973 - 04/11/2004 03:23
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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Ahh, Jeff, that's an easy one!
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...other people's well-being...
What kind of well-being are you talking about? Well-being as in "ensuring those people do not die"? Physical comfort levels? Emotional well-being? Financial?
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#239974 - 04/11/2004 03:38
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 20/01/2002
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Loc: New Orleans, LA
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many of us have met each other in the flesh (face to face, that is), at one or more of the various meets.
Sigh. I wish there was a meet less than hundres of miles away from me. I'd love to put some faces on some of you faceless people but I just can't see flying to one.
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#239975 - 04/11/2004 03:45
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: lectric]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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Hm. Well, I'd suggest one in Atlanta the week of Nov 14-19... but that's 3 states away from you anyway. Oh well.
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#239976 - 04/11/2004 03:50
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: wfaulk]
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Loc: Bay Area, CA/Anchorage, AK
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I'll fix it. Hope no one thinks I'm trying to edit out what she's saying.
Never occurred to me. I *did* think you might have caught a grammatic error and were "going easy" on my general newbie ignornace here--thanks! Just realized that what was causing the italics wasn't the forward slash, but the bracketed "i"...
Edited by dbrashear (04/11/2004 03:56)
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#239977 - 04/11/2004 03:55
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: kayakjazz]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
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And you just got italics in that one.
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#239978 - 04/11/2004 03:57
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: kayakjazz]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
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Loc: Providence, RI
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Ah. You don't need to add the bracketed i in quotes, but if you do, the second one needs to be a left bracket slash i right bracket; You dropped the slash.
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#239979 - 04/11/2004 04:19
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: cushman]
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you are totally out of your element. I mean, this aggression will stand, man.
I'm assuming that's deliberate provocation here,man...how can I resist?! Nothin' like a little gender confusion....  "Man" in the biblical sense I won't do any feminist quibbling about, but where is it written that "dude" isn't gender-specific? Thanks to you and Bitt for your help BTW.
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#239980 - 04/11/2004 04:22
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: Daria]
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...and everybody else! Long night last night and not a good day...
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#239981 - 04/11/2004 04:37
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: cushman]
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Ahh, Jeff, that's an easy one!
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...other people's well-being...
What kind of well-being are you talking about? Well-being as in "ensuring those people do not die"? Physical comfort levels? Emotional well-being? Financial?[/color:green]
Does it have to be more complicated than the Golden Rule?
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#239982 - 04/11/2004 06:59
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: kayakjazz]
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carpal tunnel
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Quick hint. To quote someone, just use [q] and [/q]. It's a shortcut I added a while back to help the frequent use of quotes here, one that follows the normal accepted format for what people want.
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#239984 - 04/11/2004 09:32
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
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Okay. I am awake now... Coffee nice and hot from the microwave, Route 287 successfully navigated and my player safely in the office dock... To be honest, I am merely a figment of someone's deranged imagination.
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#239985 - 04/11/2004 10:12
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: kayakjazz]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 14/01/2002
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Does it have to be more complicated than the Golden Rule?
I hope we don't start throwing people in jail for that one, because I'll have to admit to not keeping it too many times to count!
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Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.
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#239986 - 04/11/2004 12:40
Re: Can we stop the bashing now?
[Re: pgrzelak]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/12/2000
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I am merely a figment of someone's deranged imagination.
Ah, but whose?
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