Posted by CaliNotary on 8/4/06 12:53am
Msg #137022

How soon we forget

(reposting as a new thread because I think it's important enough not to be buried in the 100000 post thread I originally posted it in)

It was only a few weeks ago that this board turned into a giant cesspool of lunatic ramblings and political rants. And most of the people participating in this thread weighed in on how much of a negative effect it had had on the board and/or what a joke it was turning the board into.

And now here we are again, feeding into the ramblings of another lunatic and helping Jahari bust a nut by debating politics with him and/or poking fun at him.

Becca, Brenda, Al, etc., what you're doing in this thread is just as bad for the board as what the new lunatic and Jahari are doing. You may not have started it, but you're spewing garbage just as much as the others are and directly contributing to making sure that this place remains a complete and utter mess.

Harry went through a lot of trouble to get things back on track here, and you're all just spitting on his efforts by participating in this crap.

Reply by BarbaraL_CA on 8/4/06 1:09am
Msg #137023

Thank you, Cali...well said! n/m

Reply by MichiganAl on 8/4/06 4:04am
Msg #137034

You know I like you Cali

But of all people to comment about negative effects on the board, I'm surprised it would be someone who has been as, let's say colorful, as you. I respect you and your opinion, but I find your criticism to be more than a little selective. I won't argue with you, but we've all been exposed to a certain someone's political blathering for too long now. I make no apologizes for poking a little fun at the fool and his nutty sock puppet. I ignore 99% of his horse manure, but if I didn't kid about it a little, it would make me insane. Shall I remind you that you've engaged him more than once as well? I didn't argue politics, and I waited until the thread was off page one. I've got no regrets.

Reply by CaliNotary on 8/4/06 2:43pm
Msg #137132

Re: You know I like you Cali

You really can't see the difference between this type of thread and the more innocuous types of O/T threads that pop up on this board? Of course my criticism was selective because I was responding to a very specific type of situation. Which is people egging on the trolls and filling the board with a bunch of noise and ugliness.

And it was directed at you guys in particular because I know that you're the ones who actually care about this place. The new Erin wannabe is obviously just trying to stir up shit and Jahari is only posting his political stuff here because he doesn't possess the intelligence or reasoning ability to do it on a real political board where he'd be torn to shreds. Does he ever post anything on topic here? These types of people are here for their own personal agendas, whatever they might be.

I'm not trying to rewrite history and pretend that I've never made inflammitory comments or used colorful language, nor am I saying that nobody should ever discuss anything that doesn't have the word "notary" in the subject line. What I am trying to say is that part of the reason the board got so out of control the last time was because so many regulars on the board kept taking the bait and helping these type of threads spiral out of control. And I've made an effort to alter my ways a bit since Harry got things back under control so I don't think I'm being hypocritcal or anything.

And remember, not all of us read the board in threaded format. Even though it may be off of page one on the threaded page, anyone who reads in linear format still has to wade through it all.

Reply by Charm_AL on 8/4/06 3:40pm
Msg #137145

Re: You know I like you Cali

Oh crap! thanks for reminding me it was Friday!

can I postajoke...pleasey, with sugar ontop, here I've been waiting and it almost passed me by! whew.

I don't think I did one last Friday or the one before...I'm jonesing - I got it bad

Reply by VERONICA DESCHANEAU on 8/4/06 6:52am
Msg #137037

<helping Jahari bust a nut


ROFLMAO!!! You have such a way with words!!!

Reply by BrendaTx on 8/4/06 8:04am
Msg #137046

Re: How soon we forget-Cali

I am not going to feel sheepish about any of these posts, Cali.

Hate posts need to be removed.



Re: You can blame the -- Okay - this is a hate post.
Posted by BrendaTx of TX on 8/3/06 8:24pm
Msg #136929

*And no,we don't like g*ys!either.* Unnecessary. This reminds me of the kind of rhetoric and propaganda spewed by a certain evil hate group in Texas (the south) when my grandparents were young.

Re: You can blame the -- Okay - this is a hate post
Posted by BrendaTx of TX on 8/3/06 8:43pm
Msg #136938

It's got nothing to do with George Bush. It's got nothing to do with Texas.


Re: You can blame the -- Brenda!George!
Posted by BrendaTx of TX on 8/3/06 10:24pm
Msg #136978

Okay, I think you have just said you think George is stupid and killing people. You have freedom of Speech. You are sick of it. Your earlier hate post had nothing to do with George.


Re: You can blame the -- Brenda
Posted by BrendaTx of TX on 8/3/06 10:57pm
Msg #136984

I think they are probably aware. (In response to Becca)

Reply by CaliNotary on 8/4/06 2:29pm
Msg #137129

Re: How soon we forget-Cali

First of all, "gays" isn't a bad word so I'm not sure why you felt the need to censor it. But to say "we don't like gays" isn't hate speech anyway. People are allowed to not like gays and to state it as a simple opinion isn't hateful, it's just a simple opinion.

And my post wasn't directed at any particular one of you or any single post. It was just an observation that this was the exact same type of thread that the board was being overrun with a few weeks ago. The type that so many people vowed to just ignore so the board would get back to normal.

Reply by BrendaTx on 8/4/06 3:05pm
Msg #137136

Re: How soon we forget-Cali

** But to say "we don't like gays" isn't hate speech anyway. **

We'll just have to agree to disagree on that on that.

Reply by CaliNotary on 8/4/06 3:25pm
Msg #137139

Re: How soon we forget-Cali

Don't you think you should hold hate speech to a little higher standard than something like this?

Reply by BrendaTx on 8/4/06 3:52pm
Msg #137149

Re: How soon we forget-Cali

In the context of a notary forum, if I see "I don't like..." gays, Asians, Russians, Germans, liberals, conservatives, Muslims, Jews, Christians... I will be offended. What does that really mean? It sounds like the historical propaganda ignorance and evil pushers in the south which I despise being associated with.

If you don't G. Bush, or me, or Hilary Clinton, or Ronnie Reagan, that's fine. The other is different. It's hateful.

Reply by Charm_AL on 8/4/06 3:56pm
Msg #137151

Re: How soon we forget-Cali but Brenda...

I understand all that - what's a JJ, do you know if I should like it or not ?

Reply by SarahBeth_CA on 8/4/06 4:16pm
Msg #137159

Cali

If someone comes in says something which is very offensive and I want to address it. I don't want to fully repeat it because it is something I would never say. If I remember it wasn't "I don't like" it was "We hate". That to me is hateful and discriminatory. I can totally understand why Brenda didn't fully repeat it. Hate is a very strong word in my book, one you don't use lightly.

Reply by Wendy Pablico on 8/4/06 10:22am
Msg #137088

Re: How soon we forget..THANK YOU!!... n/m