Personal attacks need to stop.

[bb28]

No, I am referring to this post.....



I only smoke Marbs

I like marbs myself. Yes I said every word of that in the post you quoted and I'm sorry that you feel it was mean, however I disagree, and after thinking about it and reading it several times.......I stand by it. It's like this.........WW was all over the place in that thread about many subjects which had absolutely nothing to do with my OP. She was accusing me and others of a mob mentality and hell if I had of wanted to I could have got highly insulted by what she said to me several times, but I didn't. If you think what I said was mean.......that's your opinion and obviously I can't change it.

[Pinababy69]

THAT'S being mean? OMG...seriously?

Not a mean word in there IMO. It's not personal, never was. Personal is when you outright call someone an idiot, asshole, bitch, whatever term you prefer...that's personal.

You know what? People need to grow a thicker skin, if that is considered being mean. This is a gambling forum...supposed to be adults on here. God, I speak harsher than that when I'm out at the grocery store and someone pisses me off.

I think it was JHV (another banned poster) who mentioned that it was not his fault that there were "delicate" people in the world. I think that's one statement of his I DO agree with. Not that anyone should go out of their way to be mean to anyone, for NO REASON. But I don't see anything in that above post that constitutes being mean, or nasty, in any way.

[johnsteed]

***



I always thought that people who acted like "grown ups" didn't have to resort to foul language, and that people who lacked humility and accountability were the ones who felt it was their right to be rude because they could get away with it.




Steed


***

[jod5413]

***



I always thought that people who acted like "grown ups" didn't resort to foul language, and that people who lack humility and accountability were the ones who felt it was their right to be rude because they could get away with it.




Steed


***

WTH, Mr. Steed.

I don't think cussing is immature. If it was, I have never, ever met a grown up, nope, not one. I do feel it is not appropriate to cuss around folks who might be offended. Here, the cussing ebbs and flows, depending on topics being discussed.

I have been rude and sometimes it takes being rude to get through to someone. But, I also got spanked a couple of times for it. That's the price (accountability) I am willing to pay to get my point made.

Some people just don't learn, no matter how hard someone tries to get through to them. I think that is called head up one's butt, Yanno?

Jod

[johnsteed]

***


I stand by what I said.




Steed


***

[chuchu59]

THAT'S being mean? OMG...seriously?

Not a mean word in there IMO. It's not personal, never was. Personal is when you outright call someone an idiot, asshole, bitch, whatever term you prefer...that's personal.

You know what? People need to grow a thicker skin, if that is considered being mean. This is a gambling forum...supposed to be adults on here. God, I speak harsher than that when I'm out at the grocery store and someone pisses me off.

I think it was JHV (another banned poster) who mentioned that it was not his fault that there were "delicate" people in the world. I think that's one statement of his I DO agree with. Not that anyone should go out of their way to be mean to anyone, for NO REASON. But I don't see anything in that above post that constitutes being mean, or nasty, in any way.

While I wouldnt take the post as being mean myself it could come across as being harsh to some. There is no strict standard. Different people take the same thing differently. It's more a matter of how one feels. Even grown-ups may not necessarily have thick skin as we are mostly emotional in nature.

Hopefully, we can all pause a bit and try to word our posts more carefully before we press the submit button. This is especially so when the threads are of a sensitive nature.

[NASHVEGAS]

Hopefully, we can all pause a bit and try to word our posts more carefully before we press the submit button.

Funny you would mention that, I was just reading some of the old Pissed Off Club postings, nasty but good stuff!! FML

[RobWin]

?gninniw ydobyna...thginot gniod enoyreve s'woh ,seimoH oY
____
____

[WagerWitch]

OK - let me try to explain this.

Because it was all _ UNDER THE RADAR - and had a lot to do with TIMING and Placement.

You want to play games -fine - game on - but you are the ONLY player... I'm not playing.

I'm telling you - YOU HURT MY FEELINGS with the way you went about things.

I don't care if you don't like me - but you don't have to play those types of games with me as I do NOT deserve them.

All of those involved put on a "HOLIER THAN THOU" - attitude - and you guys know exactly what you are doing... Unless - of course - you really don't know and you think it is acceptable behavior.

I'm sorry - I'm NOT the only person who saw what transpired and took it the way I did.

The only problem is that your back is so far hackled - that you're BLAMING ME FOR ME saying MY feelings were hurt... As if it is MY problem.

When instead - the polite thing to do would have been to stop... take stock and instead of pointing out MY faults (ie posting long winded posts - must be crazy to see the "things" I felt in those postings, etc.) maybe try to figure out HOW I could have possibly come to the conclusion that you were indeed singling me out and stepping on my toes.

And instead of pointing out ME --- why didn't you just say - Oh - hey - sorry - didn't mean to upset you.

Oh... see... cause that's not what someone who ACTUALLY MEANT to do what was done does.

Nope - instead they get defensive and call the other person crazy or point out their faults... Cause hey...

If you see someone else's faults - there is NO WAY that other people could POSSIBLY see yours.

I see... some kind of strange reverse psychology...

Yeah - well - sorry - I still stand by the fact that I've been here long enough to have been POLITELY talked to...

AND you guys really have run people off - whether you like it or not....

[maxd]

I always thought that people who acted like "grown ups" didn't have to resort to foul language ....

Just a personal opinion here, not a professional statement, but AFAIC, cussing is a fine and healthy part of our shared English language -- with a very colourful history I hasten to add -- and shouldn't be ignored because some folks of the doily set, or the preachy set, think they know what is best.

On the other hand the cussers among us, myself included, need to respect the facts that (a) not everyone likes to hear what we say when we're on a blue streak and (b) it is WAY too easy to take such things our of context online.

Proper cussing is basically a performance art: it's all about pacing, inflection, body language, and of course facial expression and delivery. All of this is lost online and, sorry to say, pretty much makes good cussing a big FAIL when you're on the World Wide Interweb tubes-machine. If you've doing live web or video maybe things are different but we ain't so let's move along.

So, IMHO, that's why cussing is best left out of one's public web activity, not because folks who can't or won't cuss are superior human beings or any such rot. It takes a lot more than 'clean' language to make a human being a decent creature to be around.