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BenH Heavyweight Member
Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 848 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Internet forums (the internet in general, in fact) are a relatively new form of communication that we, as a society, are still adjusting to. Maybe we will never fully adjust. It seems similar to road rage, in a sense - people feel protected in their car, and so swear and gesture and shout abuse at other people in a way that they wouldn't, for the most part, dream of doing if that person was stood right in front of them without the protection of a metal box on wheels.
Forums allow people the anonymity to be rude and abusive to people in a way that, for the most part, I doubt they would be in real life. However, it does afford the opportunity to ask 'stupid' questions, for want of a better phrase, without fear of embarassment.
Double edged sword. _________________ Schilke B1
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Craig Swartz Heavyweight Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 7771 Location: Des Moines, IA area
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:43 am Post subject: |
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Crap, Mork, it sounds like the same old world to me... It's only been recently, during the Age of the Wimp, that someone determined bullies were a bad thing and that everyone should just get along. Deal with them by not allowing them??? Not in most parts of the planet, they usually run the city/country/state/State/tribe. Not too far back, and still SOP in most parts of the world, people actively kill each other because they aren't the same religion- forget the same color.
Detroit may be a cesspool as compared to many parts of the US, but in comparison to New Delhi, Mexico City, or many other large urban/rural areas around the world, it's Utopia as far as safety and security is concerned. All a matter of perspective...
BTW, Mork- have you run across this entrepreneur in Motown yet? Eaten plenty of this in the past, still do the other small game whenever I can.
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westview1900 Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 1617
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:23 am Post subject: |
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Craig Swartz wrote: |
BTW, Mork- have you run across this entrepreneur in Motown yet? Eaten plenty of this in the past, still do the other small game whenever I can.
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I love it. The article states: "He believes coon meat tastes something like mutton or pork, but to the uneducated pallet, it has the aroma and texture of opossum."
Makes me think of Granny:
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scarface Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Scorpion wrote: | Two guys walked into a bar, they sit down and order a drink, then the bartender beats a mime with a ceramic dog. |
Only the [ceramic] dog knows for sure...
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Don Herman rev2 'Chicago School' Forum Moderator
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 8974 Location: Monument, CO
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Is that a harpoon? _________________ "After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music" - Aldous Huxley |
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Craig Swartz Heavyweight Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 7771 Location: Des Moines, IA area
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 4:05 am Post subject: |
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That was scarface, not scorpion... |
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Don Herman rev2 'Chicago School' Forum Moderator
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 8974 Location: Monument, CO
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 7:02 am Post subject: |
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Quoting Scorpion... _________________ "After silence, that which best expresses the inexpressible, is music" - Aldous Huxley |
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Miketpt Heavyweight Member
Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 563 Location: Seattle, Washington USA
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Scorpion wrote: |
Good, you can write stuff like this: Two guys walked into a bar, they sit down and order a drink, then the bartender beats a mime with a ceramic dog. |
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carol Regular Member
Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Posts: 17
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 9:03 am Post subject: new member.... |
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AND I AM A VIOLIN PLAYER! |
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tom turner Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Nov 2001 Posts: 6648 Location: USA
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:35 am Post subject: |
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I'm for PEACE, and thus against VIOLINS!
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fraserhutch Heavyweight Member
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 2548 Location: Oakville, ON Canada
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: new member.... |
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You seem to be a tad lost...
carol wrote: | AND I AM A VIOLIN PLAYER! |
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