You either lose it or use it…
[quote=”SadGeezer”]Can’t dissagree with anything Frey said in that. BUT, I also appreciae the comments of others like Maurice, even if I sometimes don’t agree! …
For the record (and I know Maurice knows this) you are not flaming if you dissagree with mods or me. I personally enjoy the discussions (off topic) of members of this site – especially the views of lurkers who have been following a thread and think that the site is enriched by it.
That doesn’t mean that I agree with what is posted – and that’s ok. Good luck with your sites Fatguy![/quote]
Well said, and it’s that attitude that kept me posting here. This has always been far more of a “speak your mind” than a “mind your speech” board.
If everyone agreed it would be a boring place, I like the diversity of views, and even attitudes. We can have diverse opinions, yet still live in harmony. Animosity brings down everyone, to avoid it, one must be sensitive to eachother’s needs… BTW, even moderators don’t have to always agree with eachother… we are ALL individuals.
As I’ve said many times before, it’s important to try to respect eachother, have humility, respect others dignity, really listen to and take an interest in eachother, and be sensitive to eachother — just try not to be too sensitive when it comes to worrying about how others see you. We can all learn from eachother.
Now, I am very concerned about rights and freedoms, and would like to discuss these issues, but it depends on how it’s approached and where… There is a place here for such discussion, just not good to hijack other topics to suit one’s own agenda. Personally, I wouldn’t have had a problem with Fatguy’s post in the Convention forum at all, but I can understand theFrey’s concern as it wasn’t an isolated incident. Was surprsied that theFrey decided to shine the spotlight (give great attention to) on Maurice, by giving him his very own “angst” thread, but Fatguy appreciates it as I think he made clear, and she got her point across. Hopefully everybody can be happy now — will still take some work to really pleasure eachother.
Unlike Jhevz, I certainly have no problem at all with Fatguy’s repsonse to Pinhead, which I felt a perfectly appropriate response — wouldn’t matter if I agreed or not. It was a fair and logical response to my mind. So let’s try not to get too upset — just be excellent to eachother. “Please, think of the kittens” (Pinhead should like that quote — lol).
TheFrey mentioned that there is place for discussion, here for instance… but here’s a suggestion to Fatguy, why not raise these concerns more within the context of a sci-fi show? It’s just an idea, I’m not saying you should… For instance, many of your concerns are raised in The Prisoner. We can always discuss how the shows relate to politics etc. Just a matter of being creative — lateral thinking and all that. Dang, if we can have threads discussing those shows from such a perspective, well I’d participate to the best of meagre ability. Otherwise, there is always the Pub where we can discuss politics and other issues to our hearts content (as long as we don’t get too personal or hostile, flood the forum, promote illegal activities, break sadgeezer rules etc.).
Anyway, maybe we can get into discussing the specific issues regarding security, privacy, and freedoms etc. and disregard this excess baggage. New thread would be nice, I’m sure we’ll all have interesting points to make as long as we don’t get too personal.
Note: I promised myself I’d be short and to the point, but I rambled yet again… Ah, but you love me for it, or maybe you don’t, I don’t care cause I have my own mind and I’m not afraid to [i]lose[/i] it. 😉
Edit: A a sadgeezer I do honestly respect everyone at this site. I think this was raised earlier in the thread, but I feel that Fatguy has done a good job with his site, and it is of importance. He’s been blessed with the quality of his journalists, and he’s done some good stories too. Talented people both here and there, just wanted to mention that.
“We’re in this together” (Spinal Tap)