Well said.
We're not all the same...
- Thread starter TATE
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Well said.
sometimes we jump to conclusions!
We read posts, they usually have no "tone" so we put our own tone on them, often wrongly. Then we have posters that have major issues and need to be accepted. I can think of a young man from Louisiana like that a few years ago that the board was quite kind to. Then we have the trolls and seeming trolls. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is gonna get treated like a duck!
We should be very careful and slow to decide something is a duck though. Not good to throw a chicken in a pond.
I agree with Tate, and also a bit with Shawn. It isn't tough love, we don't love posters we don't know. However, when the BS gets too deep it is time to call somebody on it. We just need to be about 99.44 percent sure it is BS.
Hu
We read posts, they usually have no "tone" so we put our own tone on them, often wrongly. Then we have posters that have major issues and need to be accepted. I can think of a young man from Louisiana like that a few years ago that the board was quite kind to. Then we have the trolls and seeming trolls. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is gonna get treated like a duck!
We should be very careful and slow to decide something is a duck though. Not good to throw a chicken in a pond.
I agree with Tate, and also a bit with Shawn. It isn't tough love, we don't love posters we don't know. However, when the BS gets too deep it is time to call somebody on it. We just need to be about 99.44 percent sure it is BS.
Hu
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree.
Great post and thank you and your employees for pressing on!
I post under my own name. There isn't anything more I can do to be proud about who I am, online.
How the hell are we supposed to know about these "differences" unless someone clues us in??? If some yahoo keeps making off-the-air posts they're gonna get hammered. Sorry but this isn't a day-care center. I WAS informed about one certain poster and i've relayed the info to a few others.
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
There's an old joke (based upon real truth) about a Southern Belle responding to her obnoxiously braggadocius friend:
"my daddy gave me . . . "
"That's nice."
"my daddy gave me . . . "
"That's nice."
"what did your daddy ever give you?"
"My daddy sent me to charm school."
"what did you learn there?"
"How to say, 'That's nice', when I really wanted to say . . ."
At worst, we can aspire to the above. At best, we can transcend all animus and muster an earnest "Bless his heart" in dealing with those afflicted with less than perfect social grace.
"my daddy gave me . . . "
"That's nice."
"my daddy gave me . . . "
"That's nice."
"what did your daddy ever give you?"
"My daddy sent me to charm school."
"what did you learn there?"
"How to say, 'That's nice', when I really wanted to say . . ."
At worst, we can aspire to the above. At best, we can transcend all animus and muster an earnest "Bless his heart" in dealing with those afflicted with less than perfect social grace.
That was always one of my favorite jokes when told with the beautiful Southern belle accent.
That's nice.
Real, Real nice.
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
Around here, we tend to take beautiful feminine southern drawls for granted, but, when one stops to consider, they are truly things of beauty -- very nice.
I am reminded of Postel's Law. Jon Postel, may he RIP, was a true giant of the Internet who created much of the underlying technology we use today. Postel's law was all about interactions between computers, and the words he uses are NOT to be taken as political in ANY way (you've been warned:angry
but I think the principle applies to interactions between people (and the words are still NOT POLITICAL).
Postel's Law
Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.
Dave
but I think the principle applies to interactions between people (and the words are still NOT POLITICAL).Postel's Law
Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.
Dave
I am reminded of Postel's Law. Jon Postel, may he RIP, was a true giant of the Internet who created much of the underlying technology we use today. Postel's law was all about interactions between computers, and the words he uses are NOT to be taken as political in ANY way (you've been warned:angry
Postel's Law
Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.
Dave
I think that's brilliant. Too much effort spent on arguments that yield nothing but but permanently damaged relationships.
Guess I'm the only one who has no idea what this thread is about...
What?
What? Do you think not having a clue what a thread is about has ever stopped AZB'ers including me from posting in it? :thumbup:
Hu
What? Do you think not having a clue what a thread is about has ever stopped AZB'ers including me from posting in it? :thumbup:
Hu
Biloxi Boy
Man With A Golden Arm
What is the command we read here on AZB, "Ready, fire, aim"?