How About A New Guideline Here

[ER]

I can understand me being called many un-nice names but what is with this constant "troll" label when I'm just responding? Wouldn't the person who started it be a troll? See I don't know these rules. Am I a troll once removed or a demi-troll or something?

[ER]

Aw, 316, I guess I shouldn't have said that to you, you may be great and terrible beyond all imagination. For all I know you may be so silver-fingered on the keyboard you could come up with insults that'd reduce me to loose meat. I haven't seen it but it may be true.

How about a reciprosity policy. I will treat you as politely as you treat me, no more, no less? No snide put-downs, no insults, no commenting and then pretending to have the high ground, just....answering in kind.

[Chainsawmidget]

I don't like the word "troll." 

"He's just being a troll," "I'm just trolling."



Call it what it really is "being an @$$hole."

[Ash]

You kids play nice now...

[Allhallowsday]

Agree to what, John? I missed something, hon.

And, hey, "blahblahblah" is a pitch thrown at my knees, lol, since we Irish are gifted with gab in ways few others understand, a love affair with the sound of words and more words that rise as noteless music from the pregnant joy of the soul, a gift when we've had few others, convincing us God made us fit to be Heaven's bards and Earth's raconteurs, and you shouldn't pick on me for being made that way since I can't help it any more than my dear cousin (who once again did not wash his breakfast dishes this morning, I see) can help his sodomy. You said you had Irish relations, don't they talk a lot? It's our slice of the great human diversity, kind of like how drunk drivers contribute to population control, or Mexicans have perfected cliff diving. Multi-cultural awareness, John, is a virtue in our rainbow America.

Ask, dear heart, and I will probably agree, what unfulfilled term and condition did you set that escaped my notice?

Sorry, Babe.  Yes, I know you claim Irish blood (and I don't mean on your hands!).  In your desire to be honest, you have written some unkind remarks about "the Irish".  I'm Irish on both sides.  I questioned motivation for such remarks about one's own people.  I thought it was worth pointing it out since you mention Irish again. 

I only mean a truce in the sense of "not fighting".  That would be the only agreement.  Let's move forward.  I am not interested in a pile-on. 

[316zombie]

you know what? i've walked away from this board several times in order to NOT be rude to evelyn, because most of the members her thought/think highly of her. and tonight, i'm going to do it again, because i will NOT stoop to her level here, but i've got something to say first.
  evelyn, did you think nobody would notice your cute little remarks in the various random remarks threads that were OBVIOUSLY bait for me? the ones about children, when you were so INCREDIBLY insulting about my past including abortion? did you think NOBODY would notice that you included " all your children" in your insult on this thread? did you think that NOBODY would notice the constant " god& morals" crap too, when you know i'm a witch, and many here are atheists? you were wrong.
  and now i will take my leave for a bit, because I'M not going to be the one who forces others to leave. YOU will be though, honey. i saw it happen in the past, and it will happen again.
  later taters, back when i'm back! or not! i won't be the board destroyer OR the friendship destroyer. y'all know how to find me anytime you want to chat, i'm never too busy for my friends and family.
 have at it, evelyn, you got your way again. but remember, you reap what you sow. i don't think you'll enjoy your harvest.

[Pacman000]

There are Christians here too; do not call God & morals "crap," unless you want to cause more trouble. :(

[Gene Worm]

There are Christians here too; do not call God & morals "crap," unless you want to cause more trouble. :(

I should probably avoid getting involved in this mess, but I believe 316 was referring to OPyas's condescending and arbitrary applications of "god and morals" into their arguments and statements.

Or maybe it's just that there are people here, perhaps including myself, who really do just think of that as crap. Either way, I don't see what good it would do to "cause more trouble" just based on another's opinions and beliefs.

[El Misfit]

Can we not argue about etiquette? Pretty please?

[Allhallowsday]

ECH!  Pile on!!!  And the worst kind.   

[ER]

you know what? i've walked away from this board several times in order to NOT be rude to evelyn, because most of the members her thought/think highly of her. and tonight, i'm going to do it again, because i will NOT stoop to her level here, but i've got something to say first.
  evelyn, did you think nobody would notice your cute little remarks in the various random remarks threads that were OBVIOUSLY bait for me? the ones about children, when you were so INCREDIBLY insulting about my past including abortion? did you think NOBODY would notice that you included " all your children" in your insult on this thread? did you think that NOBODY would notice the constant " god& morals" crap too, when you know i'm a witch, and many here are atheists? you were wrong.
  and now i will take my leave for a bit, because I'M not going to be the one who forces others to leave. YOU will be though, honey. i saw it happen in the past, and it will happen again.
  later taters, back when i'm back! or not! i won't be the board destroyer OR the friendship destroyer. y'all know how to find me anytime you want to chat, i'm never too busy for my friends and family.
 have at it, evelyn, you got your way again. but remember, you reap what you sow. i don't think you'll enjoy your harvest.

316, you've contributed good things here and before everything got so messed up last spring I genuinely enjoyed knowing you. Rather than have you go, I'd much rather have you here getting along. I said absolutely nothing to you until after you'd said several things about and to me. I don't want to fight with you or drive you away.

The good you've done in your life is to your credit, the bad is on you, not me, and it is not for me to use against you. If you treat me even neutrally instead of negatively I'll gladly do the same to you and will even start us off on the right foot here by saying I don't think you're a bad person and I hope you don't leave.

[ER]

Agree to what, John? I missed something, hon.

And, hey, "blahblahblah" is a pitch thrown at my knees, lol, since we Irish are gifted with gab in ways few others understand, a love affair with the sound of words and more words that rise as noteless music from the pregnant joy of the soul, a gift when we've had few others, convincing us God made us fit to be Heaven's bards and Earth's raconteurs, and you shouldn't pick on me for being made that way since I can't help it any more than my dear cousin (who once again did not wash his breakfast dishes this morning, I see) can help his sodomy. You said you had Irish relations, don't they talk a lot? It's our slice of the great human diversity, kind of like how drunk drivers contribute to population control, or Mexicans have perfected cliff diving. Multi-cultural awareness, John, is a virtue in our rainbow America.

Ask, dear heart, and I will probably agree, what unfulfilled term and condition did you set that escaped my notice?

Sorry, Babe.  Yes, I know you claim Irish blood (and I don't mean on your hands!).  In your desire to be honest, you have written some unkind remarks about "the Irish".  I'm Irish on both sides.  I questioned motivation for such remarks about one's own people.  I thought it was worth pointing it out since you mention Irish again. 

I only mean a truce in the sense of "not fighting".  That would be the only agreement.  Let's move forward.  I am not interested in a pile-on. 

I mildly gripe about Ireland but I am proud to hold Irish citizenship, proud of the contributions Irish have made in the world, I love my family over there, and part of my heart stays always on that beautiful island where I spent so much of my childhood. You ever pick on a sibling or friend you love? It's kind of like that. Don't know if I'd die for Ireland but I proudly live for it, and I have served it.

[Allhallowsday]

...I mildly gripe about Ireland but I am proud to hold Irish citizenship, proud of the contributions Irish have made in the world, I love my family over there, and part of my heart stays always on that beautiful island where I spent so much of my childhood. You ever pick on a sibling or friend you love? It's kind of like that. Don't know if I'd die for Ireland but I proudly live for it, and I have served it.

Glad to hear it.  Speaking only for myself: TRUCE? 

[ER]

Absolutely, truce, peace, the pursuit of friendship even. May the sun never again set on bad blood between us. 

[justme2013]

Ladies, I'll post topless photos of myself if you stop arguing.

Or should that be I'll post them if you don't?

One of those.

I'll stop if you DON'T post topless photos of yourself! 

I own several topless photo's of him, I could always post them.