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Open question - Is this appropriate behavior...?
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JohnH wrote:
On 25 May 2006 19:00:31 -0700, "
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JohnH wrote:
We've all enjoyed having Rich in the group. As have others, he has shared
pictures of his boat, his house, his car, etc. Now he is being attacked for
doing so, and in a way that, to me, is despicable.
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"JimH" wrote in message
oups.com...
And in your case.....narcissistic.
Any new pictures of the things you purchased and want to flaunt to the
NG? You know, the "look what I have but you don't" type you normally
post.
Have a super fantasticalictic weekend materialistic boy.;-)
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Comments? Do you actually approve of this in the newsgroup?
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'Til next time,
John H
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"Is this appropriate behavior?"
Are referring to your post, launched as nothing more than a personal
remark about another poster in an effort to perpetuate a feud?
If so, then my answer would be "no."
No Chuck, I'm referring to a personal attack of a viciousness which is
despicable. As long as folks condone that behavior, it will continue. I can
put up with political posting much better than with this crap.
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In that case, my advice would be to try to be the "bigger" man.
Stooping to the attacker's level simply means that two people are
playing the fool. The party who accused you of lying about matching
donations to your daughter's cancer fund has alienated himself, at
least temporarily, in a way that we haven't seen since that Bayliner
owner from Kansas last hung around here. Even Bert and Fritz, a couple
of guys never bashful about sharing opinions about other people, have
told him to cool it, (see "is it time for the group to designate...").
If he persists, he will find himself Skipperized in short order- but
you don't want to go down in the flames of his self destruction.
Why not publicly bury the hatchet with the guy and just start over? It
doesn't matter whether
one of you guys is right and the other is wrong, you are both wrong if
you launch threads simply to attack the other guy. Heck, it doesn't
even need to be some long dramatic self effacing event. Here's all it
takes to put this thing to rest.
1. Here's a virtual peace pipe: (careful, it was packed by a liberal
so you don't know just what sort of wacky tabacky it might contain
grin)
2. To end the dispute, simply respond to this thread with the single
word "Toke". If you each take a toke, it's over, everybody's even, and
life goes on. Everybody forgives and forgets, no strings attached.
Any takers? ("tokers")? :
Chuck,
This would work with the majority of people, but there are some that can
be be handled by just ignoring them. There are some who knowingly lie,
just so they can start a fight (i am thinking about someone who has done
with numerous times, (ie two quick examples are when he said you
published his home address and phone number and started 100's of post
calling you what a low life dog for publishing his personal info. When
he found out someone had cached the web site, he suddenly sheepishly
apologized).
This kind of person is best ignored.
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Reggie
That's my story and I am sticking to it.
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