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This forum has always been one of the more civilized bulletin boards on the internet. I like the moderation on here, as there are other places for people to flamebait and hurl insults at each other. When Mshop was started, there wasn't even an open discussion.
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Think of all the typing it'd save!
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And who could forget longston, dlswnfrd, and of course Benzmac.
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Where's Spock, bardii, Tank.......................
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People just don't know how to carry on a good healthy debate while maintaining respect for one another. Members have come here just to force their opinoins down other's throats and flame those who disagree all because they are too narrow-minded to see that they might be wrong.
Just my two cents...............then again I could be wrong.
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I miss the old days as well. It seemed like their were a lot of good threads every day on OD. I pretty much just skim over them. You can only take so much of the US sucks and Bush is stupid crap before your head explodes.
Now lets number the sayings to save bandwith. For example insted of typing liberals are commies, type #3. I think we could make up a chart and get threads to this point. 2,3,5,6,7,8 See look at all the space saved!
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[QUOTE=Hatterasguy]Yeah well maybe if you guys didn't run and complain when you got your feelings hurt we wouldn't have needed to take some of the actions that we did. [QUOTE]
Oh God, I hope the Cheney thread really wasn't closed yesterday because of the admitted tattling??? There have only been a dozen (or less) out of thousands of members banned. I don't think that has affected the forum. I agree that it is the repetition, not the censorship. |
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[QUOTE=John Doe][QUOTE=Hatterasguy]Yeah well maybe if you guys didn't run and complain when you got your feelings hurt we wouldn't have needed to take some of the actions that we did.
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When I first started brewing beer I really enjoyed it and thought it would be fun to find other brewers and learn from them and drink lots of good beer. So I found a local club and they made great beer. Every one of them. And they were extraordinarily dedicated and knowledgeable. In fact, they were so dedicated and knowledgeable that they were kind of snobby. I mean, I was and am happy with using malt extracts and dry malt while they believed taht malting your own barley was the only good beer. I'll say that their beer was bar far the best I'd ever tasted so I don't doubt the truth of what they said. But they were snobs and not really interested in welcoming somebody new who was obviously unsophisticated in palate and dedication.
I think there maybe a danger of some of that attitude on car fora. What do we do whenever a newbie shows up with a question? Most of the time we welcome them and answer their question, introduce ourselves and then ask them if they've used the search function. Sometimes we aren't that considerate. For what it's worth. Bot |
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I'll never forget that 16 yo girl who got raked over the coals for announcing that she was a girl a few months back. Of course, then I recall that she attacked me for doing nothing but defending her. So, I guess she had it coming after all.
Anyways, you're right Bot -- not a lot of newcomers check in here. And that's partly a strength and part of the problem. The stability here is wonderful, but the lack of fresh ideas makes it seem a bit ho-hum at times. |
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