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NG: Need to recommit or admit failure........
Today has been really disappointing.
Some of the guys who were doing so well are back to making personal remarks, and getting easily snagged by the couple of persistent, totally self-absorbed offenders who insist on trolling their political junk and years-old feuds through here. None of my actual business, but from the perspective of a guy who is generally not (currently) participating in the politics and personal remarks I'm here to tell you we're about halfway back to "normal". If we slip just a bit more, we'll have Harry screwing with everybody once again- everybody screwing with Harry- and we'll be back to a group that is primarily engaged in name-calling, pig piling, and politics. Boats be damned. And why not? The non-boaters (or those who at least never participate in boating discussions) seem to be among the worst offenders. But if the majority want a bitchfest, that's certainly what we'll have. We can cut 'n paste political crap, call one another names, cut 'n paste counter propaganda, call one another names, dredge up something somebody allegedly said in 1995 and make a big issue of it, call some more names, pig pile on the nearest liberal or conservative, etc etc etc. We're at a critical moment. Things have been much improved, but it only takes a few ex-adults to break the cycle. I make no pretense of being in a position to cast stones, but I can count the number of rocks in the air and make a note of where they're landing. I guess if we go back into the toilet it's no real loss, that's where this group apparently prefers to be and where it has been for years- the laughing stock of all boating sites. It's a shame, because we almost demonstrated we could fix it, if we wanted to. I would like to suggest that my fellow worst offenders ( I needn't name names, you know darn well who you are) join me in a recommitment to ignore trolls, refrain from launching political threads, etc. Anybody among my fellow worst offenders who still gives a schlitz about the dynamics of the group? This could be the last actual chance to stop slipping back into the pit before the old sick and destructive momentum takes over once again..... We have proven we can do it if we want to. Do we want to? If so, this is the hour for my fellow worst offenders to stay the recently improved course. |