Yes, too hot!
No, could do with more heat!
It's just fine as it is.
I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure!
True, but there are things said on the Forum that people wouldn't dare say to someone face to face. If such things had been said in public it could very quickly lead to semething un pleasant kicking off ... so why should it be tolerated here? I fully aknowledge its sometimes difficult to draw a line but becasue we are 'adults' that doesn't excuse us from our social obligations of respect and manners ... in fact quite the opposite.
Good to know
And I took them in the context they were intended.
But they can be read as being argumentative (horrible is a bit strong, but certainly rude) as without smilies they can be taken at face value.
There's a big difference to me between
BORING!!!!
and
BORING!!!
And you may well be right - which is why I'm interested in where the Moderators feel the boundaries should lie. There's also the simple question of how many other sensitive types are on the Forum who don't post because of remarks they view as being overly hostile.
I agree. And the next line of my post which you didn't quote, said that there have been things on the forum that I have thought should have been moderated. And most have been.
But I don't want the forum to turn (back?) into a lovey, dovey place, where everyone is just 'nice' to everyone else, and there's no real interesting discussion....
It's one thing to "say what you think", it's quite another for it to be used as a licence to attack people.
Society needs rules. People are always going to rub each other up the wrong way, that's just life. Ettiquette helps smooth things over. If it comes down to whoever has the sharpest wit is "right", well then I hope they're an excellent dancer and give good advice.
Ooh! A list with me on it. What a shame it also contains Mikey.
I would like to point out that being listed with Mikey does not mean we have anything in common. Something I believe Mikey would also point out - OK, so the only thing we probably agree about is that we have nothing in common
On the subject of this thread, I think that the joining of an individual can make the forum much less fun and raise the temperature for some people more than others. I used to post here a lot. Then an individual started picking on me, over and over again and the resultant arguments made me look bad. I used reaching 5,000 posts as a convenient way to exit what was becoming a silly situation for me. That person no longer posts much so I look in from time to time and chip in when I've got something to say.
But it's unlikely that I'll ever go back to the situation where I started contentious threads on days when the forum seemed a bit slow
Wise words young lady!
and very spooky - I sat in my car with a mate going on about the forum and a few other dance related issues as I saw them. He remarked that over the years we've known each other he'd never really noticed how passionate I could be about my issues. That obviously turns into forthright though.
Hit somebodies special little emotion buttons and you'll get get more response than you expected. This is the Human animal at work in its purest form. Like sex (always try and bring sex into an argument it's a great leveller) little movements often lead to the biggest orgasms.
Start a fight with someone who feels passionately about the subject and you could be in trouble.
Look at Iraq - they (the baddies) are willing to die for their cause we (errr the not so baddies I think could possibly be fair here although I won't argue on that point {strange I know}) don't want to die regardless. We can never win.
You can't - because that's your personal opinion of them, not of their posts. You could, however, point out in a non-emotive fashion what's wrong with what they're saying - which, considering that you're clearly an intellectual giant, while they're a brainless dolt who's broken the fifty foot exclusion zone again - is likely to be pretty easy.
Why - did you have someone specific in mind?
It used to be that most arguments were arguing about how someone posted and how it could be misconstrude as being insulting.
Now people are just insulting.
{Just shows a lack of imagination IMHO... for a dance form that relies on imagination to dance well: those that show such a poor imagination can only be showing themselves as poor dancers }
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