Spoiler warning. — Michael
Too much of nothing
Can make a man ill at ease
One man's temper might rise
While another man's temper might freeze
In the day of confession
We cannot mock a soul
Oh, when there's too much of nothing
No one has control.
Say hello to Valerie
Say hello to Vivian
Give them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.
When there's too much of nothing
It can 'cause a man to weep
He can walk the streets and boast like most
Of what it's like to keep
But it's all been done before
It's all written in the book
And where there's too much of nothing
Nobody should look. — Bob Dylan
My thought is that Kevin ought be banned. Whether others ought be offered an opportunity to publicly lambast him seems a pretty silly question in light of the fact that we have a murderer in our midst who needs removal. — Hanover
But to address your point, what is it? That we should have a public "Trouble threads/posts/posters" discussion? — Michael
The ideal would be to have a thread that we peasants could post to but not read in which we could have a long and detailed rant about all the many Kevin's that are infesting the site and ruining our insightful discussions. — unenlightened
Kevin is a very naughty boy indeed, and everyone except Kevin agrees the he must be banned. But most posters, even the naughtiest, are not as bad as Kevin, and not everyone will see the need for discipline. — unenlightened
The ideal would be to have a thread that we peasants could post to but not read in which we could have a long and detailed rant about all the many Kevin's that are infesting the site and ruining our insightful discussions. That way it would be clear - assuming it was used by many, occasionally, and not just me, all the time - who was a Kevin in the fevered imagination of another Kevin, and who was a real bloody Kevin. — unenlightened
My thought is that Kevin ought be banned. Whether others ought be offered an opportunity to publicly lambast him seems a pretty silly question in light of the fact that we have a murderer in our midst who needs removal. — Hanover
Let's talk like different (and differing) equals, rather than fighting like high-minded superhero warriors. Hopefully, it is not too late for that. — 0 thru 9
So let's go to the person who's preaching apathy. Tell him wrong. It's likely that his apathy is a coping mechanism. You're telling him to make himself vulnerable. And what's the carrot supposed to be? — Mongrel
I'm only disagreeing with you to the general proposition that the appropriate response to every wrong is to file a protest. — Hanover
Do give me some more hints on how to deal with sexism. — Mongrel
I really don't know how you should best deal with the unfortunate issues you have faced growing up, but I don't think expressing hostility toward me will serve any purpose. It won't offend me, change my behavior, or change my opinions. I'll just think to myself, "Wow, she's hostile."How do you think I should factor in my intensively sexist upbringing? — Mongrel
"I'm only disagreeing with you to the general proposition that the appropriate response to every wrong is to file a protest." — Hanover
That is in part what BitterCrank said to you. That is not what you said to BitterCrank.Subsequently BitterCrank dropped by to let me know I was wasting my time trying get anything done and that I should grow thicker skin. I told him that I wasn't trying to get anything done. — Mongrel
You and Agustino seemed to have been offended, maybe Un, but I'll let him speak for himself. The rest seemed to just be weighing in like philosophically minded folks (men or women) tend to do.The point is, I was surprised that a crowd of offended men showed up to make it into a mountain. — Mongrel
Disagreeing with you isn't condescending. You're reading something into my comments that isn't there. You can say I'm condescending, but I'm not.I'm not even slightly surprised that you condescend to me like you think I'm a 19 year old spring chicken. — Mongrel
It takes little for you to launch into a personal attack.You are actually part of the problem with this forum. — Mongrel
My experience is also that good morale isn't something you can engineer. If the stars are right, it's there. On the other hand, good morale is fairly easy to destroy. — Mongrel
Shutting the opposition off is a short-term feel-good event -- not a good long range policy. — Bitter Crank
My experience is also that good morale isn't something you can engineer. If the stars are right, it's there. On the other hand, good morale is fairly easy to destroy.
— Mongrel
This is very true. I've worked in a few places with great morale. Sometimes one can name some factors: new urgent cause to work on, new place to work, all sorts of psychic income, etc. But then, one can also see why morale drops: psychic income falls; the new urgent cause goes stale; the new place to work starts resembling every other work place. The race for a cure is replaced by a treadmill of same old same old. — Bitter Crank
I'm done with this forum. — Mongrel
I used to think that too. The statue says "Feel defeated." It just doesn't say that to everybody. — Mongrel
about all the many Kevin's that are infesting the site — unenlightened
we need to talk about Kevin — unenlightened
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