JimBo said:LOL to tell ya the truth I have no clue where this thread even came from or what the original point was, talk about a tangent LOL. I may have to go back and reread it to gain some focus. LOL that's funny. Why am I even here?
Jim
Don't fall over here, but on this I agree with you. The thread started out innocently enough with Bill posting a RC3 cue that he happened to like very much, with a sale pending on. Basically the cue was sold. A few 'I like' comments, some 'I don't like so much' comments...pretty normal stuff.
Where in the world the thread ricocheted at...well, I'm still scratching my head on that one. The only real point I was trying to make here is this:
It is, for whatever reason, basic human nature for people to stress on the negative far more than the positive. The negative always gets the attention it shouldn't deserve. Disparaging remarks don't just hurt those that they are made about, but tend to hurt those that made them as well. No good can ever come of it.
Now, I don't go through the world wearing rose-colored glasses, but...if a negative thing is to be said in a public forum, then one better have the facts to back their butt up, and be ready to produce them upon request...or leave it at the door, so to speak. It's something that can't be taken back once it's out there.
Negative threads here tend to proliferate quite well, while positive ones tend to wither on the vine. It's a shame, but it's just the way it is. I was brought up with 'if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say it at all'. I try really hard to live by that. Sometimes I fall short, but, for the most part, I stay within those guidelines. Some might perceive that as me being an a$$-kisser. Boy howdy, anyone who knows me personally knows I am far from that!! I recently took on some league officials here locally, because they did not want to follow certain rules voted in by the general membership because 'they didn't like them' and they had their own agenda. But I had the facts, in hand, to back myself up...as a result, those officials were ousted.
Silly as it may seem, I still believe one person can make a diffference.
Lisa
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