Nice going folsk
 

It has been over 72 hours since my request for folks to stop the insults and
personal attacks. Most here have abided by this request and it has made for
a much more enjoyable NG.

To those of you who persist with the childish behavior: Join on or you will
soon become irrelevant here. ;-)

"JimH" wrote in message
...
It has been over 72 hours since my request for folks to stop the insults
and personal attacks. Most here have abided by this request and it has
made for a much more enjoyable NG.

To those of you who persist with the childish behavior: Join on or you
will soon become irrelevant here. ;-)


Subject should read "folks", not "folsk". Darn spellchecker does not check
the subject spelling. ;-)

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 19:17:53 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"JimH" wrote in message
...
It has been over 72 hours since my request for folks to stop the insults
and personal attacks. Most here have abided by this request and it has
made for a much more enjoyable NG.

To those of you who persist with the childish behavior: Join on or you
will soon become irrelevant here. ;-)


Subject should read "folks", not "folsk". Darn spellchecker does not check
the subject spelling. ;-)


And here I thought you were jist tryin' to sound folsky!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

No comment

wrote in message
ups.com...
No comment



Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked for
my vote.

"Don White" wrote in message
...


Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked for
my vote.



You are upset that I made a suggestion that has resulted in a positive thing
for this NG?

My, my.

"JimH" wrote in message
...

You are upset that I made a suggestion that has resulted in a positive
thing
for this NG?

My, my.

It just seems bizarre that one of the worst sinners has now 'found
religion'. From Christmas on, you fought with anyone you could...made a
road trip out to the west coast to tackle a heavyweight or two out there,
got soundly trounced and came back to attack half the North East. This after
you twice offered truces and broke them.
Maybe you should just lead by example for a while...see how this new
'Gentleman Jim' persona suites you.

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"JimH" wrote in message
...

You are upset that I made a suggestion that has resulted in a positive
thing
for this NG?

My, my.


Maybe you should just lead by example for a while...see how this new
'Gentleman Jim' persona suites you.



I have. Will you follow suit?

And relax. This is a good thing I started.

Have a nice day Don. ;-)

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

Twenty-one days to kick a habit?
That's interesting. Any particular habit?

********************

Almost any of them. In some cases the habit isn't completely
eradicated, but after being dominated by the conscious mind for 21 days
the subsconscious compulsion is substantially weakened. Many of the
physiological addictions remain, but can be more easily controlled and
or suppressed, throughout the remainder of a lifetime.

Try it. Pick out something new you want to learn or something old you
want to lose. Include the new idea or exclude the old behavior for
21-days. See for yourself. :-)

Harry Krause wrote:

I smoked cigs for about a year, but I gave it up completely in one
day,
cold turkey, and never went back. I'm lucky about that. I have
friends
who are still trying to give up smoking and they've been trying for
years.

I smoked cigarettes for years, at least 20. I quit three and a half
years ago, haven't had one since. The strangest thing is, cigarette
smoke, as well as the people who smoke, smell terrible to me, yet I
STILL, after smelling that awful smell, sometimes get a craving.

On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

On 7 Mar 2005 10:47:27 -0800, wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:

I smoked cigs for about a year, but I gave it up completely in one
day,
cold turkey, and never went back. I'm lucky about that. I have
friends
who are still trying to give up smoking and they've been trying for
years.

I smoked cigarettes for years, at least 20. I quit three and a half
years ago, haven't had one since. The strangest thing is, cigarette
smoke, as well as the people who smoke, smell terrible to me, yet I
STILL, after smelling that awful smell, sometimes get a craving.

Ditto, 39 years of smoking. Actual details a

This is to CERTIFY that:

JOHN L. HERRING

Has neither smoked nor puffed a single cigarette for: Three years, two months,
one week, three days, 14 hours, 51 minutes and 38 seconds. This means he has not
lit 58430 cigarettes, and has saved $8,764.64. The additional time he has to
spend his daughters' inheritance is about: 28 weeks, 6 days, 21 hours, and 10
minutes.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


I get my gum from Australia. Don't know if they have 'name-calling' patches.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those who deserve
the names!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

John H wrote:
On 7 Mar 2005 10:47:27 -0800, wrote:


Harry Krause wrote:

I smoked cigs for about a year, but I gave it up completely in one
day,
cold turkey, and never went back. I'm lucky about that. I have
friends
who are still trying to give up smoking and they've been trying
for
years.

I smoked cigarettes for years, at least 20. I quit three and a half
years ago, haven't had one since. The strangest thing is, cigarette
smoke, as well as the people who smoke, smell terrible to me, yet I
STILL, after smelling that awful smell, sometimes get a craving.

Ditto, 39 years of smoking. Actual details a

This is to CERTIFY that:

JOHN L. HERRING

Has neither smoked nor puffed a single cigarette for: Three years,
two months,
one week, three days, 14 hours, 51 minutes and 38 seconds. This means
he has not
lit 58430 cigarettes, and has saved $8,764.64. The additional time he
has to
spend his daughters' inheritance is about: 28 weeks, 6 days, 21
hours, and 10
minutes.


John H

I thought you just quit smoking recently? Anyway, I find it strange as
hell that even though when someone lights one up, anymore it just about
makes me want to puke, it will still sometimes make me want one!

JimH wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again.

"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone? Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps, Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a few
others respond to :-)




John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

**********************
Look around and see.

Do you see Don, Chuck, bb, Krause (well maybe grin), jps, Doug
Kanter and DSK calling names or launching threads denigrating some
party or another so all like-minded folks can get their licks in?

There's your answer.

bass wrote:


Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again

***********
Give him some slack.

He really doesn't know any better.

With some people it's a controllable decision and expresses a behavior
that can be controlled.
With others, its a bonafide personality disorder and literally defines
who they are.

Sort of like your not so subtle slur expressed in this post.


wrote in message
ups.com...
bass wrote:


Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again

***********
Give him some slack.

He really doesn't know any better.

With some people it's a controllable decision and expresses a behavior
that can be controlled.
With others, its a bonafide personality disorder and literally defines
who they are.

wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again.


I asked him to stop in another thread. You went over the edge today too.

Now I don't want to become the cop on this thing, nor is it my place to have
to do so. I don't want Don White thinking I appointed myself 'Lord and
Savior'. ;-)

"Dr. Jonathan Smithers, MD Phd." wrote in message
...
Sort of like your not so subtle slur expressed in this post.

How typical......asslicker gets it wrong once again.....surprise
surprise......

And he wonders why he is the "King"

(free hint to the clueless...I never agreed to anything)

As for chucky..........it is the same old same old smarminess so he can
believe he is above everybody else.






wrote in message
ups.com...
bass wrote:


Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again

***********
Give him some slack.

He really doesn't know any better.

With some people it's a controllable decision and expresses a behavior
that can be controlled.
With others, its a bonafide personality disorder and literally defines
who they are.

"JimH" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
oups.com...

JimH wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)

Fritz fell off the wagon, he's started petty name calling again.


I asked him to stop in another thread. You went over the edge today too.

As I have said before, the only posts I see from the loony left are the
ones that you and John and a few others respond to.

Asslicker needs to get a clue.........since he can never find one.



Now I don't want to become the cop on this thing, nor is it my place to
have to do so. I don't want Don White thinking I appointed myself 'Lord
and Savior'. ;-)

"JimH" wrote in message
...

snip...
Now I don't want to become the cop on this thing, nor is it my place to
have
to do so. I don't want Don White thinking I appointed myself 'Lord and
Savior'. ;-)



Stop winking at me...you're making me nervous!

wrote in message
oups.com...
Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

**********************
Look around and see.

Do you see Don, Chuck, bb, Krause (well maybe grin), jps, Doug
Kanter and DSK calling names or launching threads denigrating some
party or another so all like-minded folks can get their licks in?

There's your answer.


I'll sit back until March 24th to see which way the wind blows.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...



Are you saying you need to guard your six?


I might just be paranoid...... better to be safe than sorry.

wrote in message
oups.com...
Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

**********************
Look around and see.

Do you see Don, Chuck, bb, Krause (well maybe grin), jps, Doug
Kanter and DSK calling names or launching threads denigrating some
party or another so all like-minded folks can get their licks in?


Yes.


There's your answer.


Yep.

wrote in message
oups.com...
Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

**********************
Look around and see.

Do you see Don, Chuck, bb, Krause (well maybe grin), jps, Doug
Kanter and DSK calling names or launching threads denigrating some
party or another so all like-minded folks can get their licks in?

There's your answer.


Thanks for the good laugh this morning Chuck.

P.Fritz wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now
are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance
of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be
perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those
who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a
few
others respond to :-)


See? I knew Fritz wouldn't be able to stop the childish name calling.
Kudos to the rest of you, though. Hell, even JimH and I have had a
meaningful conversation. I DO hope Fritz sees the light, and starts
posting meaningful diatribes, but it doesn't look good so far.

Jim H accused (in response):


Do you see Don, Chuck, bb, Krause (well maybe grin), jps, Doug
Kanter and DSK calling names or launching threads denigrating some
party or another so all like-minded folks can get their licks in?



Yes.

*************************

OK. Time to put up or shut up. With the possible exception acknowledged
in my original statement, please direct our attention to:

"Don, Gould, bb, jps, Doug Kanter and DSK calling names or launching
threads denigrating some party or another so all like-minded folks can
get thier licks in".......

since you took the "pledge" that few righties endorsed, no lefties
sucked into, and that you now seem poised to break at any moment.

You won't mind if I *don't* hold my breath?

Thanks for the good laugh this morning Chuck.

****************

Are you aware that laughter is a common reaction when faced with an
embarrassing truth?

Name calling and personal attacks are down significantly, (as you
acknowledge at the beginning of this thread), since you aplogogized to
the NG and swore to modify your own behavior.

But, two days later you want to smear the usual group of people you
dislike with an accusation that all the moderates and liberals in the
group are calling names and launching threads denigrating some party or
another.....
when it has been almost entirely quiet. People are more often
disagreeing on issues or philosophies, not calling one another names
based on differences of opinion.

I haven't seen a single hillbilly wedding photo, or even one pig pile,
for several days from anybody.

Question: What dynamic of the NG changed to bring this about?

wrote in message
oups.com...
snip...
Name calling and personal attacks are down significantly, (as you
acknowledge at the beginning of this thread), since you aplogogized to
the NG and swore to modify your own behavior.
snip...
Question: What dynamic of the NG changed to bring this about?



Hallelujah...we've seen the light!

On 8 Mar 2005 05:09:02 -0800, wrote:


P.Fritz wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now
are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance
of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be
perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those
who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a
few
others respond to :-)


See? I knew Fritz wouldn't be able to stop the childish name calling.
Kudos to the rest of you, though. Hell, even JimH and I have had a
meaningful conversation. I DO hope Fritz sees the light, and starts
posting meaningful diatribes, but it doesn't look good so far.

Why don't you just killfile him? Do you not recognize your participation?


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On 8 Mar 2005 07:28:50 -0800, wrote:

Thanks for the good laugh this morning Chuck.

****************

Are you aware that laughter is a common reaction when faced with an
embarrassing truth?

Name calling and personal attacks are down significantly, (as you
acknowledge at the beginning of this thread), since you aplogogized to
the NG and swore to modify your own behavior.

But, two days later you want to smear the usual group of people you
dislike with an accusation that all the moderates and liberals in the
group are calling names and launching threads denigrating some party or
another.....
when it has been almost entirely quiet. People are more often
disagreeing on issues or philosophies, not calling one another names
based on differences of opinion.

I haven't seen a single hillbilly wedding photo, or even one pig pile,
for several days from anybody.

Question: What dynamic of the NG changed to bring this about?

Chuck, would you call this name-calling?

"As for my influence, of course you reject intelligent & factual input,
that's why you're a member of the Krause-obessed fascist whacko clique."

That's from Doug Kanter, one of the folks you mentioned in the post you snipped.

Or,

"Actually, she always HAS been. But, since she doesn't fit the Cosmo model
image, she doesn't garner favor with children like JimH."


from the same.



John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

"John H" wrote in message
...
On 8 Mar 2005 05:09:02 -0800, wrote:


P.Fritz wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 14:35:47 -0500, "JimH" wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
. ..
On 7 Mar 2005 09:09:44 -0800, wrote:

Don White wrote:

Who appointed JimH the 'Lord & Savior' of our newsgroup? No one
asked
for
my vote.

***************

Lighten up on ol' JimH. If this is the excuse he needs to modify
his
own behavior, who cares?

It is amazing how the tone of the group can change when a handful
of
people decide to modify behavior for better or for worse.

Jim's motivation may seem odd, but his efforts for 2-3 days now
are
commendable. They say it takes 21 days to kick a habit, so if the
more
civil tone prevails for another 16-18 there will be some chance
of
permanent change.

So I can't call any names for 21 days before the urge is gone?
Sounds
like
a
rough three weeks!


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

I wonder why Chuck saw my motivation as odd. It should be
perfectly
clear....to have a better NG.

Now if we could only get a buy in from Don, Chuck, bb, Krause, jps,
Doug
Kanter and dsk....I wonder if that is possible?

BTW: I guess I will be totally *cured* on March 24th. Perhaps I
should
start using the patch to help me out until then. ;-)


The greatest way to stop the name-calling urge is to killfile those
who
deserve
the names!

The only posts I see from the loony liebrals is the ones you and a
few
others respond to :-)


See? I knew Fritz wouldn't be able to stop the childish name calling.
Kudos to the rest of you, though. Hell, even JimH and I have had a
meaningful conversation. I DO hope Fritz sees the light, and starts
posting meaningful diatribes, but it doesn't look good so far.

Why don't you just killfile him? Do you not recognize your participation?

How could he, he's never recognized he has his head up his ass.



John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

John H wrote:

Chuck, would you call this name-calling?

************
As I said, that type of behavior is "down significantly".

Do you disagree?

On 8 Mar 2005 14:40:31 -0800, wrote:

John H wrote:

Chuck, would you call this name-calling?

************
As I said, that type of behavior is "down significantly".

Do you disagree?

Chuck, would you call this name-calling?

"As for my influence, of course you reject intelligent & factual input,
that's why you're a member of the Krause-obessed fascist whacko clique."

That's from Doug Kanter, one of the folks you mentioned in the post you snipped.

Or,

"Actually, she always HAS been. But, since she doesn't fit the Cosmo model
image, she doesn't garner favor with children like JimH."


from the same.

This was from one on your 'good guy' list. Is the question unanswerable?

The answer to yours is yes. But, the slope of the line tangent to the
name-calling per day frequency curve is definitely positive.


John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 21:30:27 -0500, John H
wrote:

On 8 Mar 2005 14:40:31 -0800, wrote:

John H wrote:

Chuck, would you call this name-calling?

************
As I said, that type of behavior is "down significantly".

Do you disagree?

Chuck, would you call this name-calling?

"As for my influence, of course you reject intelligent & factual input,
that's why you're a member of the Krause-obessed fascist whacko clique."

That's from Doug Kanter, one of the folks you mentioned in the post you snipped.

Or,

"Actually, she always HAS been. But, since she doesn't fit the Cosmo model
image, she doesn't garner favor with children like JimH."


from the same.

This was from one on your 'good guy' list. Is the question unanswerable?

The answer to yours is yes. But, the slope of the line tangent to the
name-calling per day frequency curve is definitely positive.


You have to understand the double standard. When the "right"
criticizes someone, it's "hate filled rhetoric", but when the "left"
criticizes someone, it's "an expression of their first amendment
right to an alternative viewpoint."


Dave