Well , Acid Kid , according to the OP the only way to keep this thread on track is for you to kiss everyones ass and say that you are sorry for being insensitive. I think that you should stick to your “Not guilty” plea, but I wouldnt presume to tell you what to do.
sorry… really though, you should be ashamed of yourself. you don’t gain anything by being unabashedly arrogant. didn’t your mother ever teach you manners?
If I offended Mad Dog 20/20 then an apology and explanation would be warranted to him, not to anyone else.
I don’t understand: BURNER already said he was an asshole. Nobody disagreed with him.
Why should anyone take him seriously??
If I offended Mad Dog 20/20 then an apology and explanation would be warranted to him, not to anyone else.
It seems to me that offending MadDog 20/20 is not the major concern. Frequently members of this community offend one another. Sometimes this is done with intention, sometimes by accident. It happens. Apologies are sometimes given, sometimes not. Offending someone is minor. Comments that have the recognized potential to motivate a suicidal person to act on the temptation to kill themselves are not acceptable. We can discuss how unsound this line of thinking is all day. Most of us realize that something written on a message board should not push someone over the edge. However, if a person is emotionally unstable and lacks real support it is certainly possible that a comment that is thoughtless, insensitive, and mean-spirited could provide the suicidal person with an unjustified excuse to just go ahead and take actions that can’t be corrected and may end up being fatal. I think some tact and consideration would be wise and appreciated. You never know when a kind word, words that convey a message of hope and concern could make a difference in someone’s life.
nobodynothing: the point made was that an honest opinion isn’t controversial. That’s incorrect, as in this case when the majority of those posting in this thread disagree, and therefore the opinion becomes controversial (if you don’t think all these to-and-fro statements, including yours and mine, constitutes the making of a controversy, well then it’s a case of YMMV.)
Yes, everyone does have their own idea of normality. And everyone has their own idea of what being a cold son-of-a-bitch is, and applies that accordingly.
And as everyone has their own ideas as far as other concepts go, I define BURNER’S opinion as abhorrent. That’s my view. If you say I cannot hold that view, or express it, then you are also denying BURNER his right to hold his own view.
Ah. All this free exchange of views. T’is a wonderful thing.
Originaly by: Ice Wolf
Originaly by: Me
It appears that you are preaching to the choir my friend. I hope you have better luck with it than I did.
Eh, BURNER, I personally think this thing will go round and round until everyone tires of it and goes home. Now everyone’s aired their views, I think that it’s time this quietly died.
Somehow I doubt that will happen just yet, having been around here as long as I have. Hope I’m wrong, though.
I think we ought to hold AcidKid off the edge of a 10-story building and ask him if letting go is a viable option.
The comment was beyong jerkish and I’m beyond belief that he is still here with us.
Uh, that would be murder and not suicide.
As for the rest of you folks that are so hot under the collar about this. Do any of you know Mad Dog 20/20? If the answer is no, then how can you determine whether or not, someone saying that suicide is viable option, is going to effect this person and in what way? It’s almost like it’s not about what Mad Dog 20/20 is feeling or experiencing, but what you, the collective at work here, are feeling or experiencing. It would be perfectly okay for me to tell some one to jump of a cliff, or to flat out die, here in this forum and it would be okay, even though I’m telling them to commit suicide. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
Lastly this isn’t a support forum, sort of the opposite if you ask me and the rules do state to post in the appropriate forum.
no one would know, and that is why it’s irresponsible to say something like that.
I’m all for flaming and chewing someone out, but when the potential for ACTUAL HARM comes into play the rules change.
It seems as if nobodynothing should be able to stay on topic. After all, this is the only thread he/she has posted to so far. I wonder why that is?
Oh huge pendulous bollocks! - for one thing, I think it’s most unlikely you’d do that, for another, this is just as much about you shambling into the room and depositing a gigantic smelly turd on the carpet as anything else.
In which case you should email an administrator or three to get it straightened out. I’m locking you out of THIS account, too.
Lynn
One can express honest opinions without being a jerk. Until/unless you can learn how to do this, you are not welcome on this message board. And yeah, I DO think you’re trolling, or at least being a jerk simply for the sheer pleasure of pissing people off.
Lynn
Thank you, Lynn. I say that with all sincerity ( even if I can’t speell it right now).
[Slow clap]
I know it’s probably staring me in the face, but what is the wordplay going on here?
When I first read it, I genuinely thought Acidkid was advocating suicide. His post not long after soon cleared up that misconception, but I’m still whooshed by the joke.
Anyone?
According to AcidKid, the play was on “viable.” According to the strict definition, viable means “capable of living.” AcidKid claims he was contrasting “suicide” and “viable,” thus the incredibly witty wordplay. :rolleyes:
Yeah, I know. I thought it was bullshit, too.
OK now I get it. Perhaps a little too intellectual (and inappropriate) for a such a thread, though.