Coming from a person so knowledgeable, experienced, and sensitive to both issues of bias and conduct on the SDMB as you are, I am grateful that you have taken the time show me the error of my ways.
I don’t want to get banned or drawn into a fight with you. So I’ll just add a few more posts that I’ve either created or posted to so there’s some balance.
I’m sorry if you feel personally insulted by what I said.
Most of the threads you’re linking are pretty old, Muffin – I guess I’ll risk my neck and say that I believe Rooves has cleaned up his act since then, for the most part.
In order of citation: today, a little over a month ago, less than two weeks ago, less than two weeks ago, less than two weeks ago, a week ago, a week ago, just over a week ago, one week ago, just over one week ago.
Nothing like the zeal of a recent convert to bring those who have strayed, such as myself, back into line.
Since when is making silly scatological plays on someone’s user name warranted? Childish, certainly, and I’ll grant assholish. But warranted? I’m not seeing it.
Dear Bland ros,
Wow, how long have you been waiting to use that word? I had to look that baby up! I don’t have an obsession with excrement or obscenity so I don’t understand how it applies to me. But it still is a nice word.
Why is it ok to insult a person’s intellect but not their user name? Get a grip buddy! You can call me “assholish” but I have to insult you back on YOUR terms? They’re both degrading thus equally offensive.
Give me a legitimate answer and I’ll consider not doing it.
I wouldn’t say that it’s “Ok” to insult a person’s intellect, but, in some cases, it may seem to be a definsible position to take. Consider, for example, some one who posts something provably wrong. and, in the face of evidence that their position is in error, they do the internet equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears and chanting ‘nannana boo boo’?
I’d suggest that it’d be fairly accurate to call that person’s intellect into question.
RE: insulting someone’s user name - well, frankly that’s always just struck me as juvenile, grade school humor as it were. and while it may not be against the rules or anything, I generally lower my opinion of the person resorting to those tactics.
Apparently, Rooves, you’re still missing the point that I’ve seen other dopers seeking to impart:
We don’t expect you to agree with everything posted, all that is asked is behavior in an adult fashion with your responses. Is it so difficult to focus on disagreement with the point, and not digress into name-calling and an attack on the person?
Granted, it is The Pit, but that should not be taken as an excuse to seek the lowest common denominator.
Rooves - you just have to stop being so defensive; it’s not the end of the world if you don’t win every battle (keeping it all in perspective, we’re on a message board, albeit the finest one around). Learn to walk away from arguments. That’s my advice, whether you want it or not. I still think you have the ability to contribute to the SDMB, but after two Pittings in one month, you need to stop, take a deep breath, and consider continuing on with a new course of action.
Dances, this thread was created BY MUFFIN because Muffin and one or two other people said This to another poster without provocation :
"Dex has already explained in detail why december was banned.
Do you have difficulty reading, or are you just plain stupid?"
and:
Milroyj responded
Muffin:
in an otherwise civil conversation
I replied with:
Then I cited examples (among which were Muffins) and then added
Perhaps you should read that particular thread And perhaps you might rethink who should be admonished
Muffin is citing examples that were in threads Mostly created by me. There’s a big difference between that and interfering in someone elses thread for the sole purpose of insulting them.
Blonde , I’m not trying to win any battle. I wasn’t trying to start trouble by what I said. I was trying to be constructive.
In that thread, those involved were working out their issue in a civilized manner. How does going in there and throwing around insults help the point of the thread? It doesn’t. It’s hostile.
I never entered into ANY thread and insulted another member (with the exception of Libertarians "criticize me” thread because he wanted to know what people thought about him. I obliged.)
It is Muffin who seems to do this. Muffin went into two of my threads and insulted me without provocation and the one we’re talking about now. That’s THREE more than me THAT I KNOW OF.
Insults are insults but can’t anyone discriminate between what’s appropriate for THAT thread?
Rooves, you have to trust the system - evil folks don’t last long on the SDMB, so it’s not worth your effort to get into arguments that result in a poster Pitting you. If they shouldn’t be here, they will eventually be asked to leave. Just chill, man! I will admit to posting more than one spiteful comeback to a poster who disagreed with me or was rude, but I regret those. You’ll catch more bees with honey, if you catch my drift.
