One really cool thing is that he now has lifetime access to the tomb "quarters" where those on duty live and practice. I'm planning a trip with him very soon, if he is up to it, to show my kids around Arlington.
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One really cool thing is that he now has lifetime access to the tomb "quarters" where those on duty live and practice. I'm planning a trip with him very soon, if he is up to it, to show my kids around Arlington.
Chris (01-12-2018)
False, I did not bring you up.
I said nothing about you, only your rhetorical style of posting. That's not you. It's probably cultural.
I did not denigrate you. Why do you make these things up? Anyone can go back and see what I posted. It was not a personal denigration.
No one said you couldn't express your opinions. Though I do think talking about yourself should be excluded same as talking about other members. It's off-topic after all.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
resister (01-12-2018)
3 threads in two minutes, that must be a record @Bob the Slob .....
‘There is no God but Resister and Refugee is his messenger’.
Book of Democrat Things, Chapter 1:1
False. Period. Your words:
Except, in fact, we don't go at it. Who will post opinion A, I will address her opinion A and counter with opinion B, and then Who will quote me and reply with opinion C having nothing whatsoever to do with either her opinio A or my opinion B. It may look like a discussion but isn't. As of late I have pushed her back to A and B and she gets irritated.
Perhaps she's French because French rhetoric has that roundabout style and opposed to the more straightforward British and American style.
(Please, I am talking about posting style and not her personally. Unlike her who when she gets irritated attacks personally.)
((And as I post this I wonder again why a town hall keeps drifting into talking about members.))
In quoting my post, you affirm and agree that you have not been goaded, provoked, emotionally manipulated or otherwise coerced into responding.
"The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.”
Mahatma Gandhi
What you cited as an example is me talking about what you post, how you post, your rhetorical style. Like I said, anyone can read that post and see the words "Who will post opinion A, I will address her opinion A and counter with opinion B, and then Who will quote me and reply "--that's talking about your posting.
That's quite different than the following example of rudely talking about another person, that is "Unlike her who when she gets irritated attacks personally":
Or should we return to your call out against me using Latin, of all silly things.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire. ― Gustav Mahler
Thank you for your input. I will make sure that replies do come back from the discussions generated by this TH.
This thread is now closed.
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Responses to the town hall, per member requests...
First one:
With regards to your third point, majority of those posts talking about members, "back and forth" or bickering is off-topic posting or flat-out insults. Posting in bad faith would also apply.
Second one:
We go through the best we can to thread ban individuals who violate the warning but it is hard to go through 40 plus pages and find every example, and no it is not reported with any consistency, and after we give out the first couple thread bans people may begin to post off-topic again but it doesn't get reported and we don't go back and check. Maybe we should check, but that would be laborious.
Third one:
Technology does not really allow for temporary thread bans, and plenty of people earn the inability to continue being an $#@!.
And no, we are not posting who reports who or what. The confidentiality of those reports helps ensure that members do not feel like they can't file a report without facing backlash. Sure, some abuse the ability to report a post but the moderation team is usually pretty good at sussing out bull$#@!.
Fourth one:
Our policy has always been to only have one or two mods, max, involved in town hall threads or general complaint threads because the rules are like laws we all interpret differently and we try to avoid providing inconsistent information. Most moderators, myself included, hesitate to answer questions in a town hall because the four of us are on equal footing and should really discuss issues before posting about them, as well as getting input from ADMIN. Additionally, we are not on trial which is what would happen in most threads that discuss moderation to any degree. There are always a handful of members that just want to beat us over the head repeatedly for no particular reason other than enjoying it.
From the moderation team. Questions/concerns can be directed to any of us or ADMIN if desired, but this was approved before being posted.
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