Well enough is enough

[TexasRob]

... in response to That's "Yoda"......, posted by Hoda on Mar 17, 2002

Yeah I haven't got around to watching them yet   :-)

My apologies to Yoda if you are out there.

[Hoda]

... in response to Re: That's "Yoda"......, posted by TexasRob on Mar 17, 2002


Yoda has relayed a "don't worry 'bout it" to me for you..

LOL...

[Ross2]

... in response to Well enough is enough, posted by Goliath on Mar 16, 2002

Goliath,

I know how you feel. Post a message with good intentions and you get attacked from all angles. But don't let the
sharks on this board prevent you from posting. Some of us  find your information helpful. This was your assessment of Mexico based on your trip. Rather true or not, all opinions are helpful. We appreciate your input.

Regards,
Ross2

[Hoda]

... in response to Re: Well enough is enough, posted by Ross2 on Mar 16, 2002


Oh Puhleeeze Loueeze!!!!

Ross said:
This was your assessment of Mexico based on your trip. Rather true or not, all opinions are helpful. We appreciate your input.

Regards,
Ross2

YIKES, ROSS2!!!! So it's kool by you, for false, bigoted, up-side the head info, should just be accepted & not questioned? Midget, err Goliah, was incorrect about his opinions of COLOMBIAN women & gave a backhand insult. On top of that, he spelled the name of the country wrong. Why shouldn't we correct him?

Later....

[Ross2]

... in response to Board Sharks??, posted by Hoda on Mar 17, 2002

Hoda,

You are misunderstanding what I said. Of course we need to correct people who post wrong info. But can we do it in a more civilized manner? Lighten up. You can criticize people without being so venomous.

Regards,
Ross2

[HappyInBrazil]

... in response to Re: Board Sharks??, posted by Ross2 on Mar 18, 2002

One of the other things that this comes across as (to me) is a lack of acceptance for diversity of thought and ways of expression.  You seem to say, don't post this way and really not spend much time offering alternatives.  Also, if we are all adults here, and you're advocating changing how people speak and act, you might want to wait more than a week after you were unbanned.  It doesn't seem like your house is too clean either.

Another option would be to simply not read his posts.  I know I don't read some posts just because of the name, since I've seen time and time again how it is a waste of bandwidth because of lack of information or the person is very offensive.  And on the other side of the coin, I sometimes read posts about topics I'm not interested in because of the person's name.  Names tend to stand out one way or the other sometimes.

Still another option would be to just consider what someone writes in context.  Some people tend to be more dramatic and some people seem to be more flat in their expressions.  As long as it's within the range for the board guidelines, really no need to try to pound everyone into one mold.

Also, I hope you can clarify, by posting someone needs to lighten up and that they are venomous, you're not trying to label someone that you disagree with are you?  And if you bring up the point once and the person disregards it or disagrees with it, do you really think you can win an argument by repetition of the same thing again and again?

Well, I hope you'll consider this and welcome back.

[Hoda]

... in response to Re: Board Sharks??, posted by Ross2 on Mar 18, 2002


99.9 percent.....

That's what came from Goliah's post. I didn't see you question him on it! Applying such an absurb percentage in a "NEGATIVE" way to a class of people is what's VENOMOUS! But you failed to see that! Or maybe you believe him! I don't & along with others, we let him know it!

The misunderstanding is on your part.....

[Ross2]

... in response to Board Shark bait...., posted by Hoda on Mar 18, 2002

Hoda,

Yes, you're right.   99.9 percent is an obsurd number.
Most of what Goliath said was not true. I have never been to Mexico and my knowledge of it is minimal, but even so
I can still say that he his assessments were off the mark. I left the posting to the more knowlegeable, but I could have posted anyway. Either he had bad intentions or he isn't too observant, or both. But he didn't seem to be malicious in his intent.

Ross2

[HappyInBrazil]

... in response to Re: Board Shark bait...., posted by Ross2 on Mar 19, 2002

You're saying..

"Either he had bad intentions or he isn't too observant, or both. But he didn't seem to be malicious in his intent."

It doesn't make sense to me how someone could have bad intentions and not be malicious in their intent.

Keep in mind that Patrick deletes the most extreme insulting posts, so it has created a different, indirect style of insulting posts so that the Troll can stay longer and get more people upset.  When Patrick deletes a thread most people don't even know it existed.  A good example would have been the Russian board a few weeks ago, almost the whole page would be filled with garbage, then it would be deleted almost back to where the archive starts.

[HappyInBrazil]

... in response to Board Sharks??, posted by Hoda on Mar 17, 2002

Why shouldn't we correct him?

Well, because there is a large percentage of people in the US that have fallen into the Everyone is Exceptional propaganda.  So you have people fat, lazy, and stupid because everyone has excused them all their lives and God forbid if someone actually held them responsible.  It's like a Union shop, hey slow down!  You're making the rest of us look bad.  So you get one person crying like a baby when people don't fall all overthemselves thanking them in gratitude for a stupid post, why would someone else want to jump in, to preserve the rights of the stupid and thoughtless.

But OMG what's wrong with you!  To have limits on the stupidity that you will endure without question.  It's almost like you think, decide, and take responsibility.  You're a threat alright.

These are the same people that settle in other areas of their lives too, so don't expect much from them.

[Craig]

... in response to Re: Well enough is enough, posted by Ross2 on Mar 16, 2002

Hey Ross some of his information was helpful? We should just disregard the insulting, misinformation part.....right? I have to say this, it is passive attitudes like this the contributed to the events on 9/11. To bad Ross, not everything is acceptable, and individuals should accept the backlash if they post absurd statements.

[Ross2]

... in response to Re: Re: Well enough is enough, posted by Craig on Mar 17, 2002

Craig,

I agree that some posts deserve criticism, but some people on this board (I'm not saying you) seem to always be in the
"attack mode" when posting a message. Backlashing someone
for a misspelled word is taking it a bit too far, don't you think? It is posts like this I'm referring to.

Ross2

[Hoda]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Well enough is enough, posted by Ross2 on Mar 17, 2002

n/t

[TexasRob]

... in response to Re: Re: Well enough is enough, posted by Craig on Mar 17, 2002

Craig,
I am going to Mexico in June.  Before I post anything about it I will send you a rough draft to approve.  I sure don't want to be responsible for another terrorist attack.

[Craig]

... in response to Re: Re: Re: Well enough is enough, posted by TexasRob on Mar 17, 2002

OK Texas Rob........should I respond or should I waste a few minutes of my time explaining the situation to you. I should have understood that it takes a little bit of insight for someone to have understood the message in my post. Well, it's OK......that's why when they print the New York Times they also have a large funnies section for folks just like you...Good luck in Mexico.