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Post by Rit on Feb 26, 2006 1:09:57 GMT -5
I made my daily weekly monthly visit to the RS veterans reunion board today, and noticed that the "rnrdr" impostor has been banned. Probably for the post that had the picture of a member from here. The troll will likely find a work-around -- I don't know how secure their boards are. If they can effectively block IPs it might have eliminated a handful of the impostors at once. It's still a troll wasteland, though, which is why it continues to be largely uninhabited. Poor Tok. In all honesty, what exactly is the difference between the way things are handled over there, and the way they are here anymore? Thorn can get away with saying vile and disgusting things and it goes unchecked. Melon can be wished everything negative short of death, and it's considered justified. Shin can do absolutely NOTHING but work to provoke angry responses from people, and it's written off as Shin being Shin. So people don't stretch the screens around here. BFD. I wouldn't be shaking my head too much at the way thing are done there before taking a look at what is going on here. ? this sounded like the whining of a egomaniacal loner. how can you tell? its key reference points were either adrift from reality or they inevitably circled back to self-absorption. |
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Post by strat-0 on Feb 26, 2006 1:42:29 GMT -5
Thorn, you'll apologize for the "clit rubbing" remark if you are a gentleman. That really was out of line. Chris, you need to chill out a little.
I don't touch nothing unless it's just about universally offensive, or a threat to the site. Somebody could have told Thorny he was out of line. I was busy.
But I would like to say that if we don't treat other's opinions with a modicom of respect at CE, then we will lose the privilege of having other viewpoints expressed at all. You know we are left-heavy, so I think it would be nice to be polite to the "other side." Or, we can run the rest of them off and all talk about what a fuckup Bush is.
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JACkory
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Post by JACkory on Feb 26, 2006 9:15:45 GMT -5
The whole Thorn/Chris thing started when Thorn said he wanted a hug and Chrisfan implied that the thought made her throw up. Then Chrisfan made another post that was pretty doggone demeaning...and though I stayed away from CE after that, it would appear from the conversation taking place here that thorn must have gone gonzo on her... Well, I ask, what the hell did you expect, Chrisfan? By now I think we all know thorn well enough to realize that he's not going to take being dismissed in an insulting manner lying down, without extracting a modicum of vengeance. Surely you knew when you wrote your initial posts that it would "start a fire". Maybe thorn did get out of line (I don't plan on checking it out, because CE has ALWAYS been a hotbed of personal animosity...EVERYONE knows that, just like everyone knew it was the same at the old RS boards...why the hell do you think it was so popular?)...maybe he does owe an apology for something he might have said... But it goes both ways. Thorn would never have gone on a tear if he hadn't been provoked, and I'm here to testify as a witness to the fact that he was, indeed, provoked. And to compare these boards with the new RS boards is absurd and ridiculous. This IS a community. A fairly diverse community...why would anyone complain about what they might consider "a few bad apples"? It's a necessary part of the recipe that helps challenge and keep us on our toes. The new RS.com boards are a sewer. There is NO spirit of community there and as long as they remain as susceptible to manipulation they will remain that way. The reason I stay here is because I've come to really love a lot of the people who post here. For whatever reasons I enjoy reading their posts. There are a few who get under my skin (not quite as many since pissin got banned), but you know what? The best way to deal with that issue is to exercise silence. Don't respond to 'em. And for God's sake, don't try your hand at insulting someone who delights in insulting (not saying that thorn qualifies on that point, but I think we all have an idea of who gets off on negativity around here). In conclusion, I would like to quote the old spiritual, "There will be peace in the valley someday". No particular reason for the quote... I just like that old song.  |
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Post by samplestiltskin on Feb 26, 2006 18:43:44 GMT -5
eek, drama.
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fredrum
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and I'll burn....like a roman fucking candle
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Post by fredrum on Feb 26, 2006 21:08:20 GMT -5
haha
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Post by RocDoc on Feb 26, 2006 23:21:22 GMT -5
Rit's actually wasn't at all funny. Purely an opportunistic cheap shot...which I would have hoped was a gesture that would be beneath him.
Dirt cheap and shameful.
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Post by maarts on Feb 27, 2006 4:34:29 GMT -5
Rit might not have known what happened on CE to begin with.
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Post by Rit on Feb 27, 2006 7:49:43 GMT -5
yeah, i feel bad. i didn't know what the source of the argument was, though i knew that it had something to do with clits and touchy feelings. i haven't been posting much, and i lost track of where conversations had been or where they were going.
i apoligize.
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Post by Galactus on Feb 27, 2006 10:17:30 GMT -5
Honestly, I think the thorn situation is a bit of mountain/molehill kinda thing. Both thorn and chrisfan were being extra bitchy...but I think the biggest problem is that chrisfan feels like she has no support over there. She doesn't agree with the conservatives that are over there and she feels like she's alone up against four to five liberals (who do for the most part agree with each other and honestly can dominate to conversation when we want to) it's frustrating, but it's not a cess pool and it's nothing to blame strat-o about. I admt I think we take the proceedings alittle less serious over there and for that I get called a moron by rocdoc almost daily... but that's okay...
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Post by Thorngrub on Feb 27, 2006 10:29:45 GMT -5
wow . . . just got back from a fairly uneventful weekend housesitting . . . catching up around here . . . didn't realize this confrontation 'tween me & chrisfan got so out of hand.
JAC is right of course, about me goin' gonzo on chrisfan when instead of just accepting my hug, she simply hurt my feelings, lol.
Hey, in retrospect, I don't blame her for being paranoid/suspicious about my true intentions . . . maybe she thought I was layin' out a trap -!!- I don't know...(*head scratch*)... so I've decided, so what if she can't spot legitimate sincerity from me -?- after all, peas in a pod we are not (am I right chrisfan;) . . .
and yes, JAC is also right about my penchant for extracting a "modicum of vengeance" (nicely put there JAC) when provoked/attacked/insulted/demeaned or whatnot.
As I surely never intended this to blow out of proportion, chrisfan I am sorry I said such vile & nasty things to you. Take this with your proverbial suspicion and/or mistrust of my ilk if you must, but on the way home Friday I was filled with sadness. Sadness over our insipid little altercation, and I felt really bad for the things I had said to you. Believe me: I even spilled my guts to a friend about it, and we both got to regard w/wonder how I'd be so concerned over what happened on a "message board" (as if such matters were of insignificant value in our lives).
Well this is a community I have been a part of since its inception, and I don't want to further or contribute unnecessarily towards its continual downfall, disintegration (not that this is really a danger necessarily), or even towards its developing its own petty warring factions (as if they haven't already been perfectly incubating). As we all know. . . well that's the beginning of the end, right there. Certainly not the "end" of this forum. . . but perhaps the end of a "Golden Age" . . .?
Well I'm rambling. Leave it said that I'll do my best to maintain a modicum of civility when forced to opine on a topic which Chrisfan's input is necessarily to be considered. I want to say that I have tried in the past (back when I frequented the dread CE board on a more regular basis) to be really civil w/Chrisfan, I've bent over backwards for her, I've gone out of my way to be nice on many occasions, all to absolutely no avail.
This last time, when I offered a hug out of the blue . . . was yet another example of these efforts on my behalf to befriend her. I can see she will be having none of that. That's too bad .. .because my greatest dream on this earth is to help unite the corroding gap between people like christians and muslims. . . the left and the right . . . liberals and conservatives . . . heterosexuals and homosexuals . . . the rich and the poor . . . . chrisfan and me.
It is what I believe is the true underlying principle of this country: The United States Of America.
But when all is said and done, my getting upset about the absolute inability to "see eye to eye" w/chrisfan or even put down our differences (well, speaking for myself, I most certainly am quite capable of putting down my differences; I've tried in vain again and again), well, being upset about such a triviality as all that, it seems kinda silly, don't it?
In any event, chrisfan, if you can let bygones be bygones, I assure you I can do the same. I was somewhat ashamed of the inordinate degree of nastiness in my retort back to you, to the point I considered going back and deleting my posts. However, I won't do that, because I have too much integrity to cover up any vileness that may have spewed out of my own "pie hole". Leave it there for me to be judged fairly by any who may trespass upon these pages.
I look forward to resuming a civil discourse w/you on these threads, chrisfan. I just hope you can do the same. Or we can just ignore each other. . . whatever floats our boat, right? Or keeps it anchored. . .whatever the case may be.
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Post by Rit on Feb 27, 2006 12:41:18 GMT -5
it's also a bit of arrogance on her part, Thorn. if a person gets annoyed by LACK of process and instead tried to show some kind of false modesty in a debate, that person is (basically) out of their league. imo.
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Post by Rit on Feb 27, 2006 12:49:59 GMT -5
or maybe i'm an antagonist dummy, and i should just shut up now.
er, yup.
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Post by poseidon on Feb 27, 2006 13:26:06 GMT -5
Did I miss a flame war. Shucks. Those always have me LMAO.
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Post by phil on Feb 27, 2006 13:37:52 GMT -5
Bah ! T'was more like a duel, a small skirmish at the most ... They sure don't make'em like they used to ...  |
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Post by Thorngrub on Feb 27, 2006 13:40:59 GMT -5
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