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Please lay off the personals? // CommunityshredMay 7, 2003, 5:35pm
kahMay 7, 2003, 6:06pm
"e n z o" <enzo at activeworlds.com> wrote in
news:3eb8003c$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com: > There have been numerous threads lately involving personal attacks on > at least one of our citizens. While we might not agree with every > opinion or even the length of posts (and some people may not be very > "savvy" regarding nettiquete or AW issues/history) we should find > other ways to ignore people (without attacking them). Look under > TOOLS or OPTIONS or HELP in your newsreader. > > Personal attacks will not be tolerated and will be deleted when found. > > Please refrain? > > At least three late threads are now deleted... please do not start > them up again or continue them. If this continues we may have no > choice but to block posters or close the NG. Can't say that I've made a personal attack at this person myself, but if you ask me (and most of the NG crowd) she did pretty much attack the newsgroup herself. It's important that everyone is treated equally, just like in real life criminals still have rights. But honestly, please do ban her or warn her severely, as she behaved very rudely and selfishly, in addition to having flooded the newsgroup first. KAH mrbruceMay 7, 2003, 6:44pm
Here's my post again so you use it as a reference. And YOU tell me where you
see ONE name mentioned that makes it a PERSONAL attack. And after you read it get a dictionary and look up the word PERSONAL! And look at his heading I see the word PERSONAL there don't you? <snip> I say Bravo E N Z O! But they'll never learn, sometimes these people attack the ones who are trying to be the most helpful, even though they may not be doing it to EVERYONE's approval. But it seems to me it's the same people over and over again. MrBruce 327324. [View Quote] kahMay 8, 2003, 2:04pm
"bowen" <Bowen at andras.net> wrote in
news:3eb9eec2 at server1.Activeworlds.com: > *cuts KAH* I'm attacking you personally. *counter-attacks by stabbing Bowen with a rusty spoon* Oops, now E N Z O will have to ban us 0_0 KAH stecloudMay 8, 2003, 4:24pm
Read between the lines for God's sake. If ENZO doesen't want there to be
personal attacks then i'm sure he won't want attacks on whole groups of people. They really are related issues. I thought that was common sense. [View Quote] count draculaMay 10, 2003, 3:18pm
I never said I am pro-attacks, just that people do them. Not sure how it is
in other countries, but atleast here when for example people go to restaurants, quite often fights break out. Every time someone hit me I take it quite personal. I have heard that on many streets in big cities you are not supposed to go for a walk alone in dark streets. Getting killed in an attack is quite a personal thing. You are right people are desperate, I guess we could discuss the resons here forever. Another thing combinated with desperation is paranoia. This is a lethal combination unfortunatly. I guess all these "personal attacks" are a sign that our "society" is not healthy. I have personally tried to avoid personal attacks, maybe I occasionally say something ironical to someone, often tho after I have recived a similar comment. I have noticed for example each time I "attack" the US goverment, the israelian goverment or the goverment of some other undiplomatical country, people tend to take it extremely personal. I have been called a terrorist, anti-christ, USA hater and god knows what ( especially in those hate letters I have recived in my personal mail). I do not see why the AW community should be any different. If someone says something "bad" about the community here, people react the same way. I am usually just amused when I get these letters and name-calling. To a certain point I think personal attacks can even be funny and amusing as long as they are done in a mutual understanding. Drac goober king <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> kirjoitti viestissä:3EB8ECAA.3070005 at utn.cjb.net... > Umm, no Drac. Personal attacks are the weapons of desperate people. If > you can't carry an intelligent debate without attacking your "opponent", > especially here in the newsgroups where people are allowed the luxury of > spending time to think out their responses carefully and considerately, > then perhaps you need to step away from the computer until you're ready > to act more civilly. > > Attacking ideas and policies is one thing, but when you attack the > person you're arguing with, that's when it becomes... well, personal. > [View Quote] goober kingMay 10, 2003, 11:09pm
That's part of my point, Drac. In a text-based environment, mutual
understanding is very hard to come by. And besides, just because people do personal attacks doesn't mean we should condone or encourage that sort of behavior. It's like saying we should allow theft just because everyone's done it in some form or another already. :P [View Quote] -- Goober King Stealing your personal time gooberking at utn.cjb.net count draculaMay 20, 2003, 3:32pm
Yes, but I only tried to say that in some cases personal attacks can be
amusing, like what KAH and Bowen are doing in this thread. I just hope the person who monitors has the capabilty to separte attacks in god will and mutual agreement from those offending either part. Otherwise we might end up like in the gate where you are banned as a pre-emtive action or as a result if the person monitoring having a limited understanding of things. Drac goober king <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> kirjoitti viestissä:3EBDA281.5000703 at utn.cjb.net... > That's part of my point, Drac. In a text-based environment, mutual > understanding is very hard to come by. And besides, just because people > do personal attacks doesn't mean we should condone or encourage that > sort of behavior. It's like saying we should allow theft just because > everyone's done it in some form or another already. :P > [View Quote] bowenMay 20, 2003, 4:39pm
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TB is the Tetanus Booster Shot. I think. Unless it's the Tuberculosis
shot. -- --Bowen-- binarybudMay 20, 2003, 5:06pm
just ribbing ya but "TB" usually refers to Tuberculosis...i can see the confusion though when reffering to it as a Tetnis Booster Shot...:)
Leo :) [View Quote] |
