“And as far as policy goes, you are making the mistaken assumption that I am somehow in violation of the T.O.S. agreement,(ie- that I have not “played by the rules”). You should avoid making such assumptions.”
I assumed nothing. I saw something odd and wanted to make sure you knew. Evidently you do. However, posting “And, certainly the fact that the words written in my whopping umpteen posts, (under this particular alias)” sounds an awful lot like “This is my 15th post under this username”, meaning that person’s using more than one. I didn’t assume it to mean this was the case, I just wanted to make sure, for clarity’s sake, that this wasn’t the case for you.
Perhaps that should have been in email, true. I’ve posted things before that I later wishes I had emailed. However, I’ve had success posting and I didn’t want to stray from something that had been successful.
“Besides, hounding me about policy, (when it’s not your place to do so), takes the thread way, way off-topic. So if you feel the need to “flame” me personally, I suggest you send me an email, (it would not be viewed as an intrusion so long as your approach is relatively peaceful in nature).”
If you see that as a flame, Nisan, I’d recommending hi-tailing your behind and all attached parts to MPSIMS or IMHO, or perhaps a gentler board. That was in no way a flame. If you want to get flamed, just be an ass and people will come along soon enough.
And I fail to see how citing one paragraph from the SDMB TOS is hounding you. You said something odd, I posted that paragraph. Perhaps our definitions of hounding are different?
“I can’t help but feel that you are “marking your territory” in your posts [to me] thus far. I’ll remind you that discussion boards are open forums with no palpable boundaries; so why set them when you can simply skip over the thread or the comment if it doesn’t suit you?”
I’m being firm. I stand by what I believe. And as for the “open forums with no palpable boundaries”, that may be true on other boards, but that’s not true here. There are definite rules and boundaries; for example, see the forum descriptions. See the SDMB TOS.
“Also your implication that I lack respect is baseless.”
I don’t see where I imply anything of the sort. I’m simply stating what’s been the case for me thus far. I freely admit there are differences among people, but I stand by what I’ve said.
““Different strokes for different folks”; your general dislike of my comments doesn’t mean that my comments are necessarily disrespectful- my mode of expression may just be outside of your “norms”.”
I again don’t see where I’ve been disrespectful. Looking over my posts in this thread I’ve been assertive . . . there are people here who would call me on it if I were undeservingly being an ass. And I don’t dislike most of your comments so much as I think there are differing and valid opinions here and that posting something on the line of “I’m going to kill myself” when you haven’t been here for a while isn’t really the best way to make friends or influence people. Come to think of it, posting “I’m going to kill myself” enough times will make a lot of people ignore you. It’s sort of like crying wolf.
“Yep, that’s what I was talking about, but that you were speaking for two rather than the entire SDMB was unclear at the time. However, I believe that SexyWriter’s point was better left in its own context rather than lumped together with yours, (for clarity’s sake).”
And I wasn’t lumping them together in any way other than to say that they were both perspectives. I should possibly have used “are” instead of “is”, but again I was referring to the fact that they are perspectives differeing from yours.
“I’ll restate, for you, iampunha, that very often, the most sarcastic, cynical, and darkly humorous comments are made by those who have been “to the edge and back”.”
Yes, and of those comments which have had those qualities and been well-received, the vast majority have, in my 9+ months here, been from vets. We know when they’re saying “I really, truly want to hurt myself” and when they’re joking. With someone who hasn’t been here a while and who we don’t know, we can’t tell as easily.
“So, it is not likely that one fitting this profile has a vested interest in being disrespectful or hurtful.”
But when we don’t know the person who is posting sarcasticm, cynical and darkly humorous comments, we don’t know that they aren’t being serious. And, as I’ve stated before, I for one don’t assume they aren’t. I take this particular shit seriously. I value human life. Go figure:)
“I believe that I’ve made a genuine effort to reveal my position in a clear, respectful manner. If you feel otherwise, email me.”
I appreciate the clarity you’ve used and the fact that, though this is in the pit, things have stayed relatively calm. I hope you see the clarity and respectfulness with which I’ve tried to write my posts and that you’ll be around long enough for even me to know that you’re just joking when you say you’re going to kill yourself:)
