How dare you believe that you have the capacity to regulate another person' emotions. Can you not see how elitist and arrogant that is? — TimeLine
I should overcome the emotions wrought by these expectations of decorum (which is actually my failure) and appreciate the content and by doing so return by giving them comments that may assist them to understand how best to explain what they are trying to say. That is my responsibility and that is the best way of influencing them to learn and develop. — TimeLine
Once again you appear to sacrifice content for emotional impact, in this instance by employing an obvious fallacy. — praxis
Your example of the bright but inarticulate youth is somewhat misleading in that it was about vulgar language, and not directed at an individual who might take it personally, such as a personal attack towards an individual such as yourself. I imagine you would have had the presence of mind to deal with it if he had been aggressive towards you personally. — praxis
Oh wait, is that too emotional for you, my little sensitive flower? — TimeLine
Right on cue. — Sapientia
At the very least you have read the difference between the two terms: sarcasm and condescending, so we are all able to use them accurately. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
Can you guys stop your bickering please. Neither of you is going to back down, neither of you is going to 'win', there's absolutely nothing at stake in what you're doing. Instead, you've been putting each other down in various ways over the last, I dunno, week? You're both forum staff, act like it. — fdrake
... are you suggesting that you agree with me and an analysis of content rather than emotions is more valuable? — TimeLine
I personally wouldn't categorize the quote above as "sarcasm". I categorize that as condescending. — ArguingWAristotleTiff
The fact is that everyone here is a sensitive little flower who hates being told they are a crap poster or crap moderator, or not objective. — unenlightened
This is common sense and the fact that I am repeating this is disturbing to me. Oh wait, is that too emotional for you, my little sensitive flower? — TimeLine
If my boss called me to the carpet for poor performance, I think it would be destructive for him to offer a public reprimand and then allow me a public reply and then to open it up to the floor for public debate. — Hanover
So here, eventually, and in coded language, is a very simple question about this feedback forum: Are we allowed to talk about Kevin here? Are we allowed to say he is naughty? — unenlightened
I don't know about jamalrob, @Baden, or the other mods, but I won't delete such a discussion if you posted one. Although I'm certain it'll turn into a game of insult tennis and so a lot of offending posts will end up in the trash. — Michael
At this point, you are all tarred with the same brush, precisely because it is all public and you have all seen it and found it acceptable for a fellow mod to be openly insulting to more than one poster. Fuck you all therefore. Destruction is now necessarily what I am about. It will be my own destruction on this site no doubt, but that is no longer any great loss to me. — unenlightened
I actually agree with you on everything except for a couple of absolutist positions you seem to hold, namely that content is relevant and emotion is irrelevant, and that we are only responsible for our own emotions. — praxis
About only being responsible for our own emotions, I can appreciate relativism, but I don't believe it offers a carte blanche pass. If we're not sure about someone we can be cautious until getting to know them better, if we care to. The emotional landscape is not as dark and unnavigable as you paint it. — praxis
Fuck you all therefore. Destruction is now necessarily what I am about. It will be my own destruction on this site no doubt, but that is no longer any great loss to me. — unenlightened
Fuck you all therefore. Destruction is now necessarily what I am about. It will be my own destruction on this site no doubt, but that is no longer any great loss to me. — unenlightened
You want constructive criticism? Stop being pissed off and come back into the fold. Despite your assessment of how bad we suck, I'd suggest you consider how many other boards have mods so tempered that they'd tolerate an ex-mod quitting and then lurking around and telling the others to fuck off. — Hanover
which thought you are fully entitled to express, but argument ,analysis, and evidence would be more persuasive, to me at least, than patronising innuendo.I think you're dead wrong — Hanover
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