Psience Quest

(2019-01-05, 02:59 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]No - prejudice is what is not only silly, but stupid.

You need to stop being stupid, and you need to learn some manners.

Ho ho ho ! What were you just saying previously about ad homs  

(2019-01-05, 03:12 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]I'm suggesting you need to treat people with respect, and to address what they say, not what they are.

My comment addressed what you said. It was stupid, prejudiced and disrespectful.

Whatever next? Are you going to be asking whether posters you disagree with are black, or gay, or Jewish, to see if that had any "influence" on what they posted?

"I'm suggesting you need to treat people with respect, and to address what they say, not what they are."

I don't need your patronising suggestions about respect. And I've never made a remark on this forum that impinged on anyone's character as far as I know. How about you dishing out a few "likes" (to other members who "like" your posts) occasionally, or is that too uncool or beneath you?

My comment addressed what you said. It was stupid, prejudiced and disrespectful.

Your comment was rude and aggressive, but that's okay during an argument. 

Whatever next? Are you going to be asking whether posters you disagree with are black, or gay, or Jewish, to see if that had any "influence" on what they posted?

That's just plain silly. I'm not even going to address it. In regard to which country people live in, there are certainly secular influences and vice versa.

(2019-01-05, 03:48 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]Tim

I've reported your posts.

How old are you, for heavens sake ? Good grief how sad (and rather pathetic !)

EDIT: If Sheriff Laird and his deputies come into town, they sure better be ready for a fight, cause I'm gonna take down the whole damned forum with me, ya hear me, Chris ? Just joking of course honest....   :/

(2019-01-05, 04:47 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]Yet more ad hominem attacks and name-calling. You seem almost to be going out of your way to confirm the point I'm making.

This is what you do, isn't it, Chris. You dig a hole for yourself and then you keep incessantly trying to extricate yourself to save your ego.

I thought you'd just reported me to the head teacher ? It's not going to look good if you keep addressing a ruffian like me.

(2019-01-05, 05:16 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]And another ad hominem attack.

Yes for a snowflake, it would be...if that's how you prefer to portray yourself.

(2019-01-05, 05:31 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]And more name-calling.

No, more playing the victim, I think.

Apologies for being drawn into an off-topic argument.

This is just my subjective take on what has happened here. From an outsider's perspective, Tim used less-than-ideal words to address malf but apparently this is something understood between them and done through humour. The ad homs/insults that followed occurred over this misunderstanding and are happening in the context of a "fight".

Maybe let's just take a moment to cool down?

We want to have respect as a guiding principle, but also balance that with people being who they are and we don't intend as moderators to pounce on every potential "infraction".

Tim and Chris, you're both very valued, heavily contributing members and we're such a small group, all of us on this forum, trying to stay afloat as a marginal little psi community.

It's understandable and inevitable that fights will occur and our intention was never to overpolice heated words spoken in such contexts. Again, my suggestion is maybe just take a moment to breathe now and step back.

If anyone is not OK with what I've said here, you're very welcome to let me and the other mods know, maybe preferable through a PM exchange so as not to further disrupt the thread.

(2019-01-05, 05:51 PM)Ninshub Wrote: [ -> ]This is just my subjective take on what has happened here. From an outsider's perspective, Tim used less-than-ideal words to address malf but apparently this is something understood between them and done through humour. The ad homs/insults that followed occurred over this misunderstanding and are happening in the context of a "fight".

Maybe let's just take a moment to cool down?

We want to have respect as a guiding principle, but also balance that with people being who they are and we don't intend as moderators to pounce on every potential "infraction".

Tim and Chris, you're both very valued, heavily contributing members and we're such a small group, all of us on this forum, trying to stay afloat as a marginal little psi community.

It's understandable and inevitable that fights will occur and our intention was never to overpolice heated words spoken in such contexts. Again, my suggestion is maybe just take a moment to breathe now and step back.

If anyone is not OK with what I've said here, you're very welcome to let me and the other mods know, maybe preferable through a PM exchange so as not to further disrupt the thread.

Tim used less-than-ideal words to address malf but apparently this is something understood between them and done through humour.

Okay, Ian but Malf's post to which I responded was mischievous...and that's okay. He was having a little dig at me which is perfectly fine and he is more than capable of looking after himself.

That's why, I consider it over the top for other members to come wading into a conversation that was nothing to do with them, claiming offence and righteous indignation on Malf's behalf.

(2019-01-05, 06:13 PM)tim Wrote: [ -> ]Tim used less-than-ideal words to address malf but apparently this is something understood between them and done through humour.

Okay, Ian but Malf's post to which I responded was mischievous...and that's okay. He was having a little dig at me which is perfectly fine and he is more than capable of looking after himself.

Somehow I didn't see that post. Was it in another thread? Anyway, no problem.