05-31-2014, 08:23 AM
2Bad4U,
I have no issue with any opinions voiced here, everyone is entitled to their opinion, I also did not name any names, or call specific people out for their way of communicating here, so it says something that you assumed I was talking about you, unless you are defending insults and name calling out of principle for some reason.
It is the delivery, not the content, throughout this thread from more than one individual that I object to. Punaweb has, for the most part, been a rare island of internet civility, as a long term member of the forum I have an issue with people joining the forum and right out of the gate bringing the discourse into the realm of incivility. There are lots of places on the internet where people insult each other as a matter of course, but Punaweb is usually not one of those places. I have an issue with rudeness in any thread, because the rudeness tends to spread to other threads, and encourages troll like behavior throughout the forum, and the next thing you know Punaweb would be just like any other troll filled internet forum where people routinely insult each other and call each other names.
The "matter" I have an interest in here is the virtual community of Punaweb, because what I value it for is the respectful way people treat each other, I don't think I am the only one who prefers it when people don't verbally abuse one another just because they can easily do so from the safety of their keyboard, and I am not sure how politely asking people to "dial it down a bit" can be defined as "uncivilized." I didn't demand that Rob ban anyone, or that the thread be locked down, which people have done in the past, I just asked people to play nice.
Carol
edited to clarify a badly written sentence
I have no issue with any opinions voiced here, everyone is entitled to their opinion, I also did not name any names, or call specific people out for their way of communicating here, so it says something that you assumed I was talking about you, unless you are defending insults and name calling out of principle for some reason.
It is the delivery, not the content, throughout this thread from more than one individual that I object to. Punaweb has, for the most part, been a rare island of internet civility, as a long term member of the forum I have an issue with people joining the forum and right out of the gate bringing the discourse into the realm of incivility. There are lots of places on the internet where people insult each other as a matter of course, but Punaweb is usually not one of those places. I have an issue with rudeness in any thread, because the rudeness tends to spread to other threads, and encourages troll like behavior throughout the forum, and the next thing you know Punaweb would be just like any other troll filled internet forum where people routinely insult each other and call each other names.
The "matter" I have an interest in here is the virtual community of Punaweb, because what I value it for is the respectful way people treat each other, I don't think I am the only one who prefers it when people don't verbally abuse one another just because they can easily do so from the safety of their keyboard, and I am not sure how politely asking people to "dial it down a bit" can be defined as "uncivilized." I didn't demand that Rob ban anyone, or that the thread be locked down, which people have done in the past, I just asked people to play nice.
Carol
edited to clarify a badly written sentence
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb