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Old 11-22-2008, 02:36 PM   #16
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...we should be encouraging new members, not running them off because they don't appear to be our sort of people.
I don't think he/she should feel threatened or be run off. Your touchie-feelie attitude makes the assumption that all males are like the emasculated, wimpy, politically correct ones in the US and Great Britain. If someone makes an overtly sexual introduction, I assume they know what they're letting themselves in for, and want it. If they're from a country that has emasculated it's menfolk so badly that don't expect reciprocal behaviour, they need a wake-up call. This is a world-wide community.

Compare.

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Old 11-22-2008, 04:30 PM   #17
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Jeez rick, don't start channeling bashyow, please. My point was that there were a huge number of assumptions about the member and their intentions from that one post. Think about that - if this were a conversation she would have been ostracised immediately. Is that the kind of atmosphere we want here?
 
Old 11-22-2008, 04:54 PM   #18
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Your touchie-feelie attitude makes the assumption that all males are like the emasculated, wimpy, politically correct ones in the US and Great Britain. If someone makes an overtly sexual introduction, I assume they know what they're letting themselves in for, and want it. If they're from a country that has emasculated it's menfolk so badly that don't expect reciprocal behaviour, they need a wake-up call.
Yeah, real macho, rickh! I suppose you believe that women who dress in a certain way deserve to get raped too. I'm against political correctness, but I'm in favour of good manners and respect for others.
I'm also against hypocrisy, so I would say to anyone who claims to be a Christian as you do in several posts, and displayed the level of arrogance that you do, go and read what your Jesus had to say about hypocrites. RTFM on humility.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 05:13 PM   #19
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I guess I could be called a troll for starting another thread on the troubling thread. It does warrant discussion although I would have preferred eradication.

It could be an internet thing - keyboard warriors and all. I'm sure everyone here is very polite and respectful face-to-face.

"I don't think he/she should feel threatened or be run off. Your touchie-feelie attitude makes the assumption that all males are like the emasculated, wimpy, politically correct ones in the US and Great Britain. If someone makes an overtly sexual introduction, I assume they know what they're letting themselves in for, and want it. If they're from a country that has emasculated it's menfolk so badly that don't expect reciprocal behaviour, they need a wake-up call. This is a world-wide community."

"The "Female" OP deserved exactly the treatment he/she got."

Rickh. You really do have issues.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 05:26 PM   #20
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Can we delete said thread and start over?

No. I do NOT want to revisit the subject here.

Simply "delete" it and maybe we can do better next time around.

I commend Xavier P for his patience and diplomacy.
Let's delete THIS thread and not start over. This particular mulligan isn't going to go any further than the original post.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 05:36 PM   #21
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...read what your Jesus had to say about hypocrites.
Hypocrites are people who pretend to be something they're not. That ain't me.

The cry of the pussywhipped wimp: It's not politcal correctness, it's just being polite. Aww! How sweet.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 05:42 PM   #22
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One post. One single post that contains "angel", "female", "attached", and "sucks balls" and we're all at each others throats. There has to be a story somewhere where a young woman walks through a bar, one guy looks up, accidentally nudges the pool cue of the guy next to him, who hits him on the head, whose buddy hits him, and so on; and where the girl leaves and says "I'm never going back there, it's not safe."
 
Old 11-22-2008, 06:07 PM   #23
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Hypocrites are people who pretend to be something they're not. That ain't me.
I thought you claimed to be a christian. Well, if you don't believe in all that wimpish Sermon on the Mount stuff, OK.


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The cry of the pussywhipped wimp: It's not politcal correctness, it's just being polite. Aww! How sweet.
No, it's just being civilised. Good manners predate political correctness. Political correctness means not criticising arrogant fools, for fear of upsetting them. Their egos are so fragile, their self-esteem so low, that they need to act and talk tough. Hard shells, soft squishy rotten centres.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 06:16 PM   #24
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Take your best shot at upsetting me. I can't recall the last time I was angry. That doesn't mean I won't argue vigorously, but it doesn't get me angry, nor do I carry a grudge.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 06:44 PM   #25
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I'm just saying that if you claim to be a Christian, then you should try to behave like one. Tone down the downright rudeness when replying to newbies' questions about Debian, for instance. Christianity lays great stress on humility and kindness. If you see those as a sign of weakness, then you have no right to call yourself a Christian. End of sermon.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 06:49 PM   #26
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Tone down the downright rudeness when replying to newbies' questions about Debian, for instance. Christianity lays great stress on humility and kindness. If you see those as a sign of weakness, then you have no right to call yourself a Christian.
Strange how professed atheists become the experts on what constitutes Christianity.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 06:54 PM   #27
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Strange how professed atheists become the experts on what constitutes Christianity.
Well, I did read the Bible some years ago. You've got to know about something before you criticise it, after all.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 07:09 PM   #28
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Geeze guys even I'm board with this and I've been sitting here for the last 8 hours clicking 'view latest posts' every few min so that says a lot. who even cares.
 
Old 11-22-2008, 07:18 PM   #29
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Have a few beers (what made Milwaukee famous...), and browse this for a change:
http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/

I'm logging out now, so that will help too.

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Old 11-22-2008, 07:19 PM   #30
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Yeah, can we take the atheist vs christian and world vs rickh off the boards please. It doesn't add anything helpful at all. Rickh is entitled to his opinion and is aware of our own but debating the rightness or wrongness of his views is derailing the thread and doing the exact thing that this thread has pointed out - members being at each other's throats.

LQ is a community. This doesn't mean that we all have to be a hivemind, but it does mean that where there is no actual evidence against it we should all be at least polite to each other not infer motivations. Being polite is one of the most basic things that keeps communities together, it's not a new thing from a politically correct generation, it's older even than the Bible - at one time it kept one community from putting the other community to the sword and it is still alive and kicking now.

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