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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	While I'm not interested in seeing a lot of argument and name calling here, I do feel there has been a tendency, for the last year or so, to close threads a little too quickly. It would be better if the "combatants" dropped their argument after a brief encounter and allowed the thread to continue with the designated topic or to die a natural death. If they don't seem inclined to do that over a period of time, I could see closing the thread, but I think it is a little hasty to close a thread just because one person decides to get nasty in a post or even if there is a brief exchange of insults. As far as loosing ones temper and resorting to insults: People here need to keep in mind that words are a very imperfect form of communication and we are trying to communicate with people from other cultures and other locations without the assistance of visual or sound cues. If you feel that you have been insulted by someone, go back and re-read the post (several times) and see if you can't figure out a different way to interpret what they said so that you won't be insulted by it. If you are absolutely sure that the person intended to insult you, then try politely dropping out of the conversation. You won't win anything by engaging in a battle of words. <edit>Bad timing on my part. I was actually responding to WebShaman's request for discussion, but, Jestah slipped his post in while I was typing.:) The placement of this post in the thread makes my response look a little argumentative WRT Jestah's comment. It's not intended that way.</edit> -- not necessarily stoned... just beautiful. [url=http://www.hyperbole-software.com/] [img]http://www.hyperbole-software.com/ozone/hyperbole-88x33.gif[/img] [/url] [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/388]hyperbole[/url] on 07-07-2006 18:43)[/small] Loading...
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