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Hence the endless and boring Benghazi stuff, and the focus on personal attacks. Honestly, the whole issue of climate change seems to me to be the most interesting 'bad' thing we discuss here these days.

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And to Oonj, I owe you an apology. You were the last person I went off on and it was really uncalled for.

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I liked the image of the Chinese protestor - it was fitting and funny.

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You thought this was funny??????????

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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The picture, not the event, you doofus! Overstatement is like black humor, extreme situation used to illustrate a simple point >>> as in you using that picture <<<. The original point was about protestors disrupting Anthony's daily commute. Not exactly Tiananmen Square is it?

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The other sites I've been on, some I still am, my experience has been similar to Nickerson's:

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tyranny (I know Americans love that word)

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But seriously, every moderated board I've ever been to I've watched collapse because of power struggles between the mods. 15 years of internet, 10 boards I was involved in more than a month. Same result. Some of them even started out unmoderated, became moderated, and then predictably everything went to hell.

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G, I didn't accuse you of anything. I just dont find that photo funny or cartoonish in any context and I didn't and dont understand your point. But if I have misrepresented what you are trying to say I apologise.

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Heh - when I said "low" I meant low on the list, like don't worry about it, and certainly no apology needed. I new it was a misunderstanding. When I say cartoonish I mean, physically extreme, like in the cartoons. Think Popeye picking up a train and throwing it at a dragon. The site of that lone person, looking pretty frail but unafraid. Facing down 1 tank would have been extreme enough, but 4 tanks?

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G, I didn't accuse you of anything. I just dont find that photo funny or cartoonish in any context and I didn't and dont understand your point. But if I have misrepresented what you are trying to say I apologise.

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Heh - when I said "low" I meant low on the list, like don't worry about it, and certainly no apology needed. I new it was a misunderstanding. When I say cartoonish I mean, physically extreme, like in the cartoons. Think Popeye picking up a train and throwing it at a dragon. The site of that lone person, looking pretty frail but unafraid. Facing down 1 tank would have been extreme enough, but 4 tanks?

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Hmmmmm. I seemed to have totally misunderstood all your posts. I feel quite dim.

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You're not dim and the concepts and words are not that difficult, so what could it be? I think like others, you just don't want to understand, or what I've typed doesn't fit your expectations. Or it's personal.

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Hmmmmm. I seemed to have totally misunderstood all your posts. I feel quite dim.

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You're not dim and the concepts and words are not that difficult, so what could it be? I think like others, you just don't want to understand, or what I've typed doesn't fit your expectations. Or it's personal.

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I find this often to be the case.

I am not immune to bias. I try to be open to re-examining my own actions to check for this kind of thing in myself. But sometimes the people on the other end just don't make themselves worth the effort.

I maintain my previous stance: the reason I come back to RWED is because here I can be honest with posters of differing views in a way not allowed in real life. I think this is true of many RWED posters. Further, I think some posters go to great lengths to create... oh, I mean, to *enjoy* this opportunity.




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You know, Chris, the other side of that question is "Why are so many good people no longer on RWED?", and what it says about the few who remain.

As it happens, I've been on a few other forums for many years--in one case, fifteen plus, in another over ten. They have moderators, and a good portion of the people who were on them when I first got there still ARE, having never been driven off by the kind of shit that goes on here.

Me, I miss

Agentrouka
Byte
Anthony
CantTakeTheSky
HKCavalier
Kwicko
OldEnglandry
Peacekeeper
PhoenixRose
Shinygoodguy

And so many others whose names I've forgotten by now...some of which still pop in now and again, but not much, from what I see. But then, I'm not on much either, so...

I'm also sad to see how you've changed. I thank Haken for keeping FFF alive, but I think there are two sides to your point.

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They have moderators, and a good portion of the people who were on them when I first got there still ARE, having never been driven off by the kind of shit that goes on here.

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You really think it's worse here? I thought you left the main firefly board because there were a bunch of conservative mods abusing their power and they sent their followers a-trolling on mental health sites you were moderating.

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