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 Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:51 pm
Erasmas Tiger of the Fire Erasmas WatersMoon110 Erasmas WatersMoon110 If by "re-think their position" you mean "report your post" then you are right. Eh, let 'em report the post. I don't know the mentality of the mods, but if someone calls me an a*****e, and I call them one back, I don't see I'd be the insitgator and bad guy. I'm sure I've been reported plenty of times. How many times have my posts actually been deleted or have I been banned? Not many. Flaming back is still flaming. As someone who does report many a thread and post, I feel I do know the basic opinion of the Mods. If someone flames you, you have to report them (at least, on Gaia - in real life you can't, of course). Responding to them just gets both of you in trouble. That's retarded, in my opinion. It takes elementary school 'Rules and Responsibilities' and dumbs them down even more. Because there is a such thing as instigating a situation that would not have occurred had it not been for one person. I understand you have to, at times, be the bigger person and walk away from the argument. But I also know that it's dumb as hell to take down BOTH parties just because one of them is an a*****e and the other just isn't going to accept it and walk away. Buddy...grab your self a dictionary and look up the word "maturity." What is that supposed to mean? I know what maturity means, and I'd suggest you brush up on its definition if you think making snide comments at someone you disagree with is mature, "buddy". Warning one. Three strikes and you're out
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:52 pm
Erasmas WatersMoon110 Tiger of the Fire Buddy...grab your self a dictionary and look up the word "maturity." Wow - I love you for that. You would. I can see I've wasted my time discussing anything with you. You're just like those people in the abortion thread would high five one another when someone makes some mean or rude comment. Since waters failed to issue it when she had full right to- Warning two You're scatting on thin ice now, buddy. The next one wont be a warning, it'll be a ban from the sub-forum.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:04 am
You know whats been bothering me for awhile? How some of the people in the pro-choice guild act (and how they assume that we're all Christians and lot's of others things that isn't always true). I try not to assume their all alike but it always bother me how we're all generalizing each other. If you want to know what i'm talking about, go here. http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=2780073I'm trying to be nice and not judge all pro-choices since I know not all are like that ( You guys on here are nice and at least try and understand us even if we disagree) and everyone has different opinons and views. But it's really frustrating how some people keep acting rude and it's really difficult not to get angry or be rude back. I try not to be but it's almost impossible at times when I feel insulted. And if I ever insulted anyone, I apologise. Some times I don't realise what i'm saying or how i'm acting is rude or i'm just angry and not thinking clearly. Why not try and work things out together for once? Wouldn't that be better? We all agree that people should learn about safe sex and that the adoption system needs to be fixed up. So are we really that different from each other? Besides a few things we disagree on I think not.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:53 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:27 am
sachiko_sohma You know whats been bothering me for awhile? How some of the people in the pro-choice guild act (and how they assume that we're all Christians and lot's of others things that isn't always true). I try not to assume their all alike but it always bother me how we're all generalizing each other. If you want to know what i'm talking about, go here. http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=2780073I'm trying to be nice and not judge all pro-choices since I know not all are like that ( You guys on here are nice and at least try and understand us even if we disagree) and everyone has different opinons and views. But it's really frustrating how some people keep acting rude and it's really difficult not to get angry or be rude back. I try not to be but it's almost impossible at times when I feel insulted. And if I ever insulted anyone, I apologise. Some times I don't realise what i'm saying or how i'm acting is rude or i'm just angry and not thinking clearly. Why not try and work things out together for once? Wouldn't that be better? We all agree that people should learn about safe sex and that the adoption system needs to be fixed up. So are we really that different from each other? Besides a few things we disagree on I think not. *grrr* I know what you mean. It's hard to be polite to people who sometimes can't seem to be anything but rude. And, while I didn't read through all of those threads, the one I did read I felt was rather insulting, as it basically claimed all Pro-Lifers are Christians. Which rather ignored both all of the non-Christians in here, and the Pro-Choice Christians. Stereotyping is not a good thing! I think that trying to work together is a very good thing. Teaching safe sex practices, fixing up the adoption system, and helping to eliminate discrimination against pregnant women are all very good goals, which I think everyone should be trying for!
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:38 am
Erasmas Oh well. Do what you have to do. I like posting here, but if you're going to be snide and snippy with me without offering any kind of opinion of your own, then I'm going to respond in kind. It's only fair. has explained (in the Main Forum, I believe) that he no longer debates. If you like posting here, why not make an effort to be civil? It isn't too hard, everyone else has managed to do so. Then there would be no question of having to give you a third strike! crying I will more than agree with you that many people in the main ED thread are rude. And I understand, though I don't agree, why you choose to respond in kind. But I like to think that we are a bit nicer in here, usually. (Of course, I might be a tad bit biased as I totally love the SubForum and everyone in here. *wink*) Thanks!
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:42 am
If he no longer debates, that's fine. But him defaulting to one-liners like "you need to get a dictionary and look up the word "maturity" is going to tee someone off, no? It would piss you off. Zero in on who created this thread and why. You don't like snappy retorts any more than I do...or he does, for that matter. Yet I'm the punitive one? What sense does that make?
And if you love this sub-forum and everyone herein, why make a comment that obviously alienates a poster? I don't understand that either.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:02 am
Erasmas If he no longer debates, that's fine. But him defaulting to one-liners like "you need to get a dictionary and look up the word "maturity" is going to tee someone off, no? It would piss you off. Zero in on who created this thread and why. You don't like snappy retorts any more than I do...or he does, for that matter. Yet I'm the punitive one? What sense does that make? And if you love this sub-forum and everyone herein, why make a comment that obviously alienates a poster? I don't understand that either. Did you see my second to last post? He might not have said it in the nicest of ways, but I agree that your posts are not dripping with maturity (*laughs* I just imagined what something "dripping with maturity" would look like, and found the image really icky *grin*). Being mature (or being "the bigger man" *wink*) means not insulting people back, which as you can see will very well get you into trouble. If you felt alienated by me agreeing with his post, I'm sorry. That was not my intention. And I'm pretty sure that it wasn't his intention either. I believe that he was just trying to tell you something in a humorous way, not offend you. Did you notice that my first post was not made as a reply to the person that I found offensive? I went somewhere else, to a whole different forum in fact, and vented so that I didn't get reported for flaming. Perhaps you could also learn to vent elsewhere when a post makes you upset? It sure keeps one from being reported for flaming! *smile*
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:12 pm
sachiko_sohma You know whats been bothering me for awhile? How some of the people in the pro-choice guild act (and how they assume that we're all Christians and lot's of others things that isn't always true). I try not to assume their all alike but it always bother me how we're all generalizing each other. If you want to know what i'm talking about, go here. http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=2780073I'm trying to be nice and not judge all pro-choices since I know not all are like that ( You guys on here are nice and at least try and understand us even if we disagree) and everyone has different opinons and views. But it's really frustrating how some people keep acting rude and it's really difficult not to get angry or be rude back. I try not to be but it's almost impossible at times when I feel insulted. And if I ever insulted anyone, I apologise. Some times I don't realise what i'm saying or how i'm acting is rude or i'm just angry and not thinking clearly. Why not try and work things out together for once? Wouldn't that be better? We all agree that people should learn about safe sex and that the adoption system needs to be fixed up. So are we really that different from each other? Besides a few things we disagree on I think not. I had to stop reading that after the post on "Pro-life's position on gays and adoption" because it was too funny given the way a certain someone was treated and called names related to his sexual orientation in a certain guild. Certain people are very, very extreme and really don't represent the group. Certain people feel so morally (and intellectually) superior, they gloat and then when they're outdone in debate, they make angry threads about the people who won the debate. These people are messed up, and while they do a disservice to whatever beliefs they hold by being so fanatical, stand for those beliefs about as much as Fred Phelps stands for Christianity.
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:19 pm
I lol at how much failed effort they put into it.
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