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Isn't it nice here.
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pwbbounce said on July 18, 2005 09:02:
Reading through a lot of these threads, they start off decent (most of them), and then a couple of people (I’m not naming names, but you know who I think) will reply and then it all goes wrong.
Can’t we just talk without biting each others head off all the time?
Then it would be nice here
pwbbounce (moderator) said on July 18, 2005 09:37:
Yeah but everytime we start a thread I look the next day and it’s gone pear-shaped and people are slagging each other off. Take a look at the Friends thread for instance. The biggest ones which get a reactions are the Gay/Bombing ones though.
rox-kuryliw said on July 18, 2005 11:21:
The Gay/Bombing ones threads are very close to peoples hearts , ie people are gay and want to stand for there rights ect ect , and some people live and have family and know of a number of people that were in london at the time. Then emotions get involved but thats just human , i think in the end alot of it is talked through. What i dont like is were people make accusations of others without knowing them ie calling them racist ect or giving them a ’label’, But in a perfect world it could be talked though face to face but its hard when reading what someone has put , its to easy to take what someone has put very wrong. Just a thought hehe
pwbbounce (moderator) said on July 18, 2005 11:36:
Not sure if this thread is a good idea now. Don’t want to cause anymore upset here. But I understand what you mean about taking things the wrong way when you read something written. But then some people do put really stupid things!
ragdoll said on July 18, 2005 13:40:
hi there...I have also found that some people here are kinda rude and unfriendly. I came across this site while visiting friends in Ireland and I posted once or twice. I didn’t get a great response from some . I felt really bad because I felt I had offended someone and Ncurran was nice enough to say some kind words which made me feel better. I have been checking in on the site from time to time but just don’t feel confident enough to open myself up to the comments. So, why am I posting now? Just to say, be nice or get therapy if you find that you are so full of anger that you overreact to everything.
Oldag75 said on July 18, 2005 16:53:
Have you ever calmly disagreed with – or even merely questioned – an extremely religious person? Goodness gracious, they get upset. They bristle, and their faces turn red, and their eyes water, and their voices get strident then angry... and they almost always end up hollering that you are going to the Big H.
It seems reasonable that if one is psychologically secure regarding his beliefs – if he has formed his beliefs and conclusions based upon evidence he can actually observe, and verify to be true – that he should never get upset when someone questions or disagrees with him. That’s why it’s interesting at times, for example, when the objectivity of someone’s media sources is questioned or criticized, the person flies off the handle and starts shrieking like a Banshee. Which indicates, most likely, that his beliefs about his media sources have been based on faith (in what someone else merely told him), rather than empirical observation and objective contemplation.
Gays, bombs..... hey, don’t forget race!
ncurran said on July 18, 2005 20:54:
ragdoll, yeah i remember that time people were kicking off at you for no reason. Anyway, it can be fun round here (although its pretty quiet recently), but you have to have a thick skin. And most of the people are really nice, its just one or two people that seem to always want to stir things up.
rox-kuryliw said on July 18, 2005 09:28:
i want the names LOL, in my house we call it a healthy debate.