05-17-2006, 10:53 PM
Ghostiger,May 17 2006, 11:32 AM Wrote:Well I thought telling people they were idiots or liars was the hight of brevity. No one liked that, so this is where we are.
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This is why people think you are insulting. This is why civil discussion breaks down. There are other ways, both verbose and concise, of making your above "points" without resorting to insults, as you so often do.
Mayhap you'd have better discussions (wouldn't we all) if you insults out of it. You've been warned a thousand times before, and still you do not listen, but for the sake of the Lounge (or, if only for the sake of my own self, if you prefer it that way), I'm pitching in my own voice: drop the use of insults.
And if someone else resorts to it, don't add to it by repeating their offenses. Use the tools given to you, in both language and software. Petty insult wars result in nothing gained, everything lost, as you and I have experienced with one another first hand.
I'm not trying to flame you, nor even touch upon the topic of discussion present here. Merely trying to point out a critical flaw in ALL discussion on the Lounge, but that happens to be particularly evident in "hot-topic" discussions such as this. Just because we feel emotion does not mean we should use that to lash out at every chance we get.
Civility is crucial for any form of discussion media. Failure to abide by even that simple of a rule results in utter chaos, and serves no one any good. As an educated person, please remember this, and if you have to, take some time out to reflect on whether your posts cross that guideline or not, regardless of whether someone else crosses the line. If nothing else, it will give you the upper hand in any discussion by keeping you above all the waste.
Take care.
Roland *The Gunslinger*