Re: How Does One Leave this Forum?
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:29 am
Hi. EVEN my local newspaper shut down it's comment section on its web site. They had a feature where anyone could log in and make a comment about most controversial news items. But so many people were submitting comments, and many or most of them were so angry, so offensive, so inappropriate, so mean spirited that they were spending too much time deleting messages. The comment section turned into nothing but an outlet for bitchy angry people so they turned it off. Don't know when they will turn it on.
Thoughtful, curtious, (not curt) Open dialogue, sharing of thoughts, debate, discussion, even disagreement between members of this community is what makes this a community and not just an info site.
Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.
Enjoy browsing different forums and move on to different topics for awhile.
Long after we are dead and gone, political and religious discussions will be still going on, unresolved, in heated debate and not much will have been solved, and disagreements will probably be pretty much the same as they are today; just part of the curse of being human.
PS: I always read what I wrote before I post it. Sometimes I decide that I need to temper or change my comments so as to not be offensive. Sometimes someone will take offense when no offense was meant. I really do try to debate, not insult. But when you don't know a person and are communicating with many people at once, something one says can always seem like an insult to someone else, even when no insult was intended. So it goes. Typing your thoughts gives you an advantage because you CAN take something back befor you hit the POST button. Gives you a chance to think about what you "said" before actually "saying" it.
Thoughtful, curtious, (not curt) Open dialogue, sharing of thoughts, debate, discussion, even disagreement between members of this community is what makes this a community and not just an info site.
Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.
Enjoy browsing different forums and move on to different topics for awhile.
Long after we are dead and gone, political and religious discussions will be still going on, unresolved, in heated debate and not much will have been solved, and disagreements will probably be pretty much the same as they are today; just part of the curse of being human.
PS: I always read what I wrote before I post it. Sometimes I decide that I need to temper or change my comments so as to not be offensive. Sometimes someone will take offense when no offense was meant. I really do try to debate, not insult. But when you don't know a person and are communicating with many people at once, something one says can always seem like an insult to someone else, even when no insult was intended. So it goes. Typing your thoughts gives you an advantage because you CAN take something back befor you hit the POST button. Gives you a chance to think about what you "said" before actually "saying" it.
