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findfirefox said:
I will say that I responded to Pichulon in a childish manner, but I respond to people who are acting like a child in a manner that fits.

nice, just as long as you don't respond to suicidal people in a suicidial way...
 

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GoneA said:
hahaha, I think I love you ...

now we should feed the fundies THAT interpretation

I'd love to take credit, but I read it in Illusions by Richard Bach (sorry I quote that book so fucking much). Something about how you should do unto others as you truly FEEL like doing unto others- people got that one fucked up. Otherwise, what would you do if you met a masochist on the street?

BTW, the "golden rule" as we know it does not appear in the Bible, another thing xians got fucked up.
 

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BronxBombshell said:
I just fail to see how that applies to a message board. Is someone planning to perpetrate violence against one of our posters? Many of the other posters on this thread stated that most posts give up the gender of the poster in their contexts, and the rest, simply do not require the reader to know the poster's gender. Someone may have accepted Pichulon's examples on their face, but they really were piss poor. All of his examples made the reader curious about sexual orientation, not gender. At least that's what I remember thinking as I read them.

I was just relating a real word example as it applied to me. Board-wise pichulon himself suggested an example which FF accepted but later 'rejected' when such a stance clearly flew in the face of the general flow of the thread. Again, yet again I wasn't seeking to attack or defend anyone personally, I was just making some general observations about the thread, if you have read all that I said then you will have read this, (my bold):

dong20 said:
....Not everyone is as adept at interperating anothers posts, there may be lingusitic or literacy issues involved and having gender, for example, spelled out can help, not as a right but as an aid. If that information is witheld or denied one has to respect that and move on or respond accordingly or generically. There are many reasons why one would withold this information and I don't see any need to make it compulsory, any more than age, or orietntation because quite correctly 99% of the time it's 100% irrelevant....

Reading that I'd say I pretty much agree with you, but I could be wrong.:confused:

BronxBombshell said:
I am going to have to agree with the majority on this one, especially after many private exchanges with Pichulon. He has no questions, only preconceived notions on which he will not permit persuasion (so do I, but I don't go around asking questions!). He's got deep-seated bigotry against homosexuals. He claims to love and protect women, but his speech just seems to make most of us feel pidgeon-holed and subjugated.

Perhaps he has trouble expressing himself verbally, perhaps English, as DC noted is not his first language. Perhaps he merely has difficulty expressing his views becuase he is confused or conflicted about them. I think some of his posts had sensible points as I thought some were purile and riddled with bias, and I believe I already said so, here and in a response to a PM he sent me.

Bronxy I'm just trying to be honest here and try to see both sides, not be judgemental. Not being a psycholgist I'm not qualified to decide what he thinks or feels beyond a superficial impression which is broadly aligned with your own I suspect.

But, he doesn't make me feel anything, as an anonymous poster on an internet board why would he? I enjoy this board immensly and I do value your opinion (and others; you know who you are) even though we have rarely 'spoken'. But If I don't like what's being said and I often don't, then I'll say so or ignore it, but I won't get upset or indignant; to me, here that's largely wasted emotion. I reserve that angst for the real world where it's impact is tangible not virtual.

BronxBombshell said:
....Pichulon said exactly the right things to piss us off. I think if his abhorence for certain people had been overt, he'd never have been so viciously attacked. But becasue (dare I say it?) his biases were veiled behind politeisms and niceties, people took a special delight in making him stop.

I'd hate to think that not being crass or direct was the sole reason for being so treated or I'm in deep shit.....:eek:

BronxBombshell said:
But then again, I've been wrong before, and I promised myself I wouldn't comment on these matters, and I'd avoid certain topics.

So did I, and now look what's happened....:wink:
 

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Lex said:
I don't think a lot of people really understand how good you have it here in terms of being able to speak your mind.
In a sense, LPSG was a place of refuge for everyone tired of the hypocrisy and closed-mindedness found on most message boards. Now, it's the same as pretty much everywhere else (in my experience). Not including sites that are committed to the advancement of an agenda (DailyKos, Stormfront, etc.), obviously.


Lex said:
Mrs. Lex belongs to a BrokeBack Mountain forum. On that site, there are many threads, but only the Mods can start threads. No poster can start a new topic.
This is rather unusual.

Lex said:
When posters break any of the rules (talking about Health or Jake in a fiction thread), posts are deleted without warning or discussion. A rule: Don't reply and quote a post with a pic, making the pic get copied again. If you do, you post will be deleted or edited. Without warning.
Two Moderators here on LPSG edited my posts without warning. Both said I didn't break any rules (when asked).


Lex said:
It could be a LOT worse.
Sure. It could be a lot better, too.
 

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Oh Frank!

Are you still mad about that? LOL!












Dr. Dilznick said:
In a sense, LPSG was a place of refuge for everyone tired of the hypocrisy and closed-mindedness found on most message boards. Now, it's the same as pretty much everywhere else (in my experience). Not including sites that are committed to the advancement of an agenda (DailyKos, Stormfront, etc.), obviously.


This is rather unusual.

Two Moderators here on LPSG edited my posts without warning. Both said I didn't break any rules (when asked).


Sure. It could be a lot better, too.
 

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pichulon said:
I have come across the uncomfortable situation of not knowing how to address, or, interpret the replies some members post, because they have no gender or sexual orientation in their profile and in their description right next to the post. Without that information, it is not understandable and the appropiate reply is not easy to construct.
What are your views?
They have been given the option to withold this information about themselves. I wouldn't refuse them this option. Your solution would be to simply ask the questions that you need to ask to help you construct your reply.