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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by straycat264 View Post
    Taken in context, this was an intentionally funny remark. Taking it more seriously though - it means something quite different from: "some people are intelligent, and others not" - it means that different people perceive the same things in different ways.
    Quote Originally Posted by straycat264 View Post
    I take no issue at your finding the post offensive, but what you do here is accuse Lory of being intentionally offensive, rather than allowing for the fact that the offense you felt might not have been intended on her part.
    You're trying to make the point about meaning being read into things when it isn't neccessarily there, but I can't tell if you're deliberately doing the same with DT's posts for sarcastic effect or whether you're being completely hypocritical?

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost View Post
    30 secs on the Search engine came up with this
    Quote Originally Posted by Cruella View Post
    And this
    Neither of those are comments about the poster; they're comments about what he posts. So neither qualify as personal attacks, by the distinction drawn by Straycat. (Ghost: perhaps you need to re-read the first one to see what I actually said.) Whereas Gus has actually posted personal attack about me, and then found himself apologising for them afterwards. (I don't actually mind one way or the other, but it's interesting to see the hypocrisy at work.)
    Last edited by El Salsero Gringo; 2nd-November-2006 at 04:36 PM.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by David Franklin View Post
    Well, if you can't take the heat...
    actually I was waiting till you'd finished in the kitchen david so i could have a warm

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    You're trying to make the point about meaning being read into things when it isn't neccessarily there, but I can't tell if you're deliberately doing the same with DT's posts for sarcastic effect or whether you're being completely hypocritical?
    So you too were exempted from the forum entrance exam?

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by straycat264 View Post
    So you too were exempted from the forum entrance exam?
    No, I cheated.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo View Post
    Neither of those are comments about the poster; they're comments about what he posts. (Ghost: perhaps you need to re-read the first one to see what I actually said.)
    To me

    "You simply haven't got a clue about who is actually using which statistics, and how."
    Is about the post (I included it for context / fairness)

    "Please - credit somebody, somewhere in the universe with some intelligence, apart from you." is about the poster

    But that's my point, different people see it different ways. Ducasi, Cruella and I see your remark about Gus as an attack. You and Witty don't.

    Unfortunately because you believe your remarks aren't hurtful doesn't mean that they don't hurt people.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    No, I cheated.
    Oh, I get it. Like humour. Only different

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Ceroc Jock View Post
    LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Have you ever met Lory?!?

    My dear Double Trouble.

    Welcome to the forum. I hope that within your next 40 or so posts, you will gain more insight than you have with the first 40.

    There are many types of people on the forum. There are many life experiences, intellects, cretinous points of view and closed minds that have contributed over the piece. I look forward to discovering where exactly, your inputs will lie...

    Yours,

    CJ.
    P.S. A wise lady once wrote that what we see, and what troubles us, in other people, we would do well to look at ourselves and see what it is, and why
    Thanks so much for your message, oh wise one.

    No I have not met Lory, but then, you have never met me, so take your wise lady and do a pretzel on her.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by WittyBird View Post
    Oh, I get it. Like humour. Only different
    Get back in your cupboard.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Ceroc Jock View Post
    LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    so take your wise lady and do a pretzel on her.

    Popcorn anyone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gav View Post
    Get back in your cupboard.
    If I throw a stick, will you leave?

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    If there's been one good thing about this thread, it's that it's highlighted a few extra folks to add to my ignore list...
    Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by WittyBird View Post
    If I throw a stick, will you leave?
    You'll have to try harder than that.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost View Post
    "Please - credit somebody, somewhere in the universe with some intelligence, apart from you." is about the poster
    No, in fact. I was asking BigDjiver to remember that he's not the only intelligent person to be concerned with getting people to come to dance. In other words, please believe there are other intelligent people around." It's not really an attack of any kind.

    Is that any clearer?
    Quote Originally Posted by Me
    Whereas Gus has actually posted personal attack about me, and then found himself apologising for them afterwards.
    Spoke too soon - I've just been informed by Gus that he didn't mean to apologise after all.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    If there's been one good thing about this thread, it's that it's highlighted a few extra folks to add to my ignore list...
    Oh, the other cool thing about this thread, 'cos of where it is, is that rep is worth double points!
    Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo View Post
    No, in fact. I was asking BigDjiver to remember that he's not the only intelligent person to be concerned with getting people to come to dance. In other words, please believe there are other intelligent people around." It's not really an attack of any kind.

    Is that any clearer?
    I understand the concept that's being conveyed, but personally feel that it's an attack in the way you've expressed it.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost View Post
    I understand the concept that's being conveyed, but personally feel that it's an attack in the way you've expressed it.
    ***. Was it aimed at you? No Well then Let it go

    IMO Too many freaks, not enough circuses.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost View Post
    I understand the concept that's being conveyed, but personally feel that it's an attack in the way you've expressed it.
    But you've already agreed that you're over-sensitive to that kind of thing.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by El Salsero Gringo View Post
    But you've already agreed that you're over-sensitive to that kind of thing.
    Yup. Kinda. Or maybe you're not sensitive enough.......

    But that's a debate for someone far wiser than me

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi
    Oh, the other cool thing about this thread, 'cos of where it is, is that rep is worth double points!
    Only a true genius could have worked that out. :crawl: (oops)



    Is there a sweep yet, on how many posts before this thread goes Outside?

    My betting is on the first "I can't believe how offensive you're all being" post following GaG's first post on the thread, if it ever arrives.

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    Re: Forum "temperature"

    Well.


    Hmmm.


    This has been fun, hasn't it?


    I started this thread with a reasonably open mind - if I had to choose, I'd have put "just right" as the temperature.

    Now, on reviewing this lot, I think Franck has made a good point - the general level of discussion has got less friendly, in my opinion, and there's a bit too much bitchery going on, and we could probably do with toning down the vitriol level a bit. There's always a balance to be drawn, but I think some more control mechanisms, and more use of such mechanisms, wouldn't be a problem.

    I also think we could do with a few more moderators (I'm not volunteering, I'm not to be trusted with any power), given the increase in post rate and the apparent increase in "negativity" some people have mentioned.

    I'm very glad to see DF back, and I agree it's a shame that others such as DavidB have left. In fact, I can't really think of anyone who I don't want contributing to the forum, even if only to disagree with.

    Nuts - I hate myself for saying this, but I want a poll. Moderators, can we have one added to this thread please? ("Too hot" / "Just right" / "Not hot enough")

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