23rd February 2005, 6:36 PM
It was a post of yours directly below a post of Weltall's, you know...
It sure looked to me like
was a reply to
As opposed to Nick's deleted one-line post or the posts before that (DJ, GR, etc).
It sure looked to me like
Quote:Ask yourself this: if this were "real life" would you say the same thing? Message board or not, these are real people with real opinions who can be real assholes. Now I know that hiding behind a computer monitor brings out the asshole in a person really well, but I make no distinction between cyber jerks and real world ones. It just so happens that I really don't know any jerks in real life. Not any personally, really.
As for Nick Burns, his only posts in the past few months have been provocations and flames over the past two days, which makes him a troll. ABF is not a troll because that's not all that he posts here. That is not his main goal.
was a reply to
Quote:Okay look.
This is just a message board, you know. If it's really important to any individual to make sure everyone knows they're right about something, I dunno what to say.
I'm trying to keep peace here. I don't want anyone leaving because of this, so stop insulting people because their post counts are low. We don't get many, and it's destructive behavior to tell them to get lost.
I've already said most of what I have to say about the whole topic. This recent disruption is obviously just a flashpoint of hostility that's been brewing for awhile. OB1, I really think you need to take a deep breath sometimes. Even though I get into some heated debates with ABF, even when I think he's got his head so far up his ass that his nose is tickling his prostate, and even though almost every debate we get into turns into something not much unlike what your arguments with him become, I don't resent him, or anyone else, the way you do with several people. It's a message board, plain and simple. There's no prize for having the last word, or receiving acknowledgement of being right (and honestly after this long, you should know better than to expect it). I hate to single you outm but you are at the center of this, even if it wasn't your intent. I think a good deal of these situations can be defused if you just swallow your pride. I don't want you to leave, or anyone else. Let's act like rational adults, recognize and understand our differences, and get along.
As opposed to Nick's deleted one-line post or the posts before that (DJ, GR, etc).