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Originally posted by Dequibenzo
Okay, okay, I'm sorry. It's just been getting a little... overt lately, is all, and I thought discussing it openly might help. But my argument came out sounding all stupid and pompous, so I guess it was pretty self-defeating. And, as for making such a self-important statement as I did about the topic, yeah, that was dumb, too. I feel very passionate about this particular subject, but that's no excuse for being rude. Again, I apologize.
So, how's this? Can we all promise to leave the personal jibes, no matter what the prompting, to a minimum, and just stick to the topics from now on? I don't mean to sound like I'm above it or something- heck, I just did what I was telling people not to by telling them, how stupid is that? But I don't think I'm the only one who's noticed how much more hostile things have gotten around here lately (case in point these last four or five posts, including my own), and it doesn't seem to help anybody.
And if this post seems just as stupid and thoughtless as my last one, then I guess I'm simply in over my head and should leave before I piss off anybody else.
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Ian... If you want to get the aggression out in the open, do it in a new topic, or do it in a topic where there is actual aggression going on... I know what you're trying to do (I've tried it myself on many an occasion), but I can't see any reason to do it here, when the debate was perfectly civilised until you asked people to be civil...
Another point: You say that the hostility has increased recently. I say that you are new, and you don't know how bad it was before... There have been whole weeks of nothing more than me and Pinky at each other's throats... (Not that I was even partially responsible for that, of course...
) You just happened to join during a quiet time...
But I forgive you for your tactlessness (if not for your poor choice of topic to post it in).
I can hardly complain to someone else about their lack of tact, can I? (Well, unless it's Tom, Chris, or Dave, of course, but their tactlessness is their distinguishing feature...)