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Posted on 08/26/2002 7:21:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
She's gonna blow, I tell ya, she's gonna blow!
Cool! Once I get the hang of making them, I can market tinfoil hats to hobbitses. You know...to block out Palantiri rays!
You're preaching to the choir. I don't recall a single post that I've ever been ashamed of. I've read plenty of responses to those posts (and others posts too) that have made me ashamed to be associated with this forum.
This is Jim Robinson's site, but the quality of discussion is what we make of it.
Yes, it is Jim's site and I'm not going to sit here and tell him what to do with it. But I will say that having the policy he's stated (ie: moderators go as easy as possible) is only going to increase the SNR exponentially and increase -not decrease- the number of flamewars here. If that's the "quality of discussion" that's desired here, go ahead and proceed with that policy.
Of course this is a most positive developement.
One thing, though?
I for one, never for an instant considered this to be a, "battle."
What happened between JPhillips & the Old Man was a family dispute.
I had faith they'd come to terms, with each other.
None of which, incidentally, was any of my damned business.
That several dozen agitators piled on & kept BadJoes's thread going for several thousand entries with THEIR petty interpersonal squabbles, personal likes & dislikes, and assorted personality [disorder] conflicts & all at the EXPENSE of Bad Joe AND the forum's founder????
I suppose those agitators found the chance too irresistable an opportunity to poison the waters (time & again) once they saw *who* it was speaking, & what was being said.
Nothing much more than a display by the forum's shameless opportunists & their runaway egos to feature the blatherings of their big mouths; &, from my POV, they were shameless in the extreme.
From the start this entire matter appeared to be simply a case of BadJoe reaching a point whereby he felt a need to state -- what *I* also just happened to think were -- a small handful of legitimate beefs & concerns.
That's it; no more & no less.
It needn't be said -- as far as I'm concerned -- that the Old Man needs HELP running this place, badly.
FR's grown to become a virtual monster that'll consume the most precious things there are like time & every cent one can throw at her.
The need for "moderators" to help with day to day site policing is a real & genuine necessity.
Those select "moderators" then, have a tough job & NEED our support, to that end; lest, we be overrun by people who're quite frankly, insane.
While just the same & having said that, first?
It's imperative all levels of management understands how inmportant it is we be able to trust the moderators will do the correct thing at the correct time, & act without prejudice.
Some would be correct to point out such a mission's a super-human expecation.
Be that as it may; therein, lies the challenge in direct proportion to the site's ability to survive & prosper.
...yes, this is good, sultan.
BTW?
So YOU once got bounced from here, eh??
HA!!!
Drop me an email (private) & explain the details surrounding the sorry event, will ya?
...now this I'd *love* to hear!! :o)
IMO for the most part any banning and thread deleting have been deserved. Way to much in the way of thin skins around here.
Personally I'd like to see some sort of tutorial on flaming. So at least it could be done with some wit and style.
Seems like there were a couple of threads on flaming back in the spring of 2001 that were pretty good.
Of course, there's nothing like, "The Ultimate Flame" to really get things going.
Thanks, Jim. I figured this was the case. I used to get all bent out of shape when Tuco or MurryMom posted one of their famous BS posts but after a while I realized they were still around here for comedy relief.
God Bless and Free The Republic...
Karen AKA KLT
HA!!
*You*??? ~a nasty jpeg??
Say it ain't so, Kar. :o)
You sound like my wife in that you're my polar opposite.
Why?
'Cuz if I ever get the boot??
...it'd most certainly be for a *fight*. ;^)
Words fail me...
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God bless you, man...
133 posted on 8/26/02 8:41 PM Pacific by ArneFufkin
Let me guess... this rant is NOT an unsolicited personal attack on certain FReepers and former FReepers. Am I right? You are a self-righteous hypocrite and IIRC Jesus had a few things to say about your ilk. Wise words even if you are not Christian.
I know you was drunk, but, kin ya jest tell me how the hail you got a whole dang train up on the secont floor ta begin with?
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