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[Iommi]

...who the bloody heck left GMR's cage unlocked?

[Biker1]

Recently I posted a question on the "New Posters" thread as to why newcomers are reluctant to come on this forum.

My question has been answered!

[HeatherW]

Recently I posted a question on the "New Posters" thread as to why newcomers are reluctant to come on this forum.

My question has been answered!

I have quietly crept back in.

I agree with what GMR said. We should not tell another member how to write nor should we expect uniformity. The only thing we have a right to expect is politeness and showing respect to each other. If we start going down the road of telling other members how to write and follow a certain system we are not that far from Orwell’s Big Brother. Then it will be the few dictating to the many.

[Iommi]

I agree with what GMR said. We should not tell another member how to write nor should we expect uniformity. The only thing we have a right to expect is politeness and showing respect to each other. If we start going down the road of telling other members how to write and follow a certain system we are not that far from Orwell’s Big Brother. Then it will be the few dictating to the many.

A few points.

HeatherW; are you not, within your text, 'advising' how people should behave and post?

GMR can be disrespectful, but in his own way. Periodically I am narked-off at some of his insensitivity shown on threads on rather sombre topics, be it paedophilia or the perishing of a local woman. This often is in the form of his 'jokes'. For me, this is far more disrespectful than anything I've done, including calling people idiots.

I'd feel a lot more respectful of GMR, if he were to show some respect himself on some threads occasionally. This includes frivolous and pointless posting. I thought he had 'grown-up' lately, but very recently he has returned with 'vengeance'. Having said all that of course, it might be that he is simply eccentric and doesn't know what he is doing; although I doubt it.

I am not telling anyone how they should post, but I reserve the right to express my displeasure if anyone does post something I think is crass.

[GMR]

A few points.

HeatherW; are you not, within your text, 'advising' how people should behave and post?

GMR can be disrespectful, but in his own way. Periodically I am narked-off at some of his insensitivity shown on threads on rather sombre topics, be it paedophilia or the perishing of a local woman. This often is in the form of his 'jokes'. For me, this is far more disrespectful than anything I've done, including calling people idiots.

I'd feel a lot more respectful of GMR, if he were to show some respect himself on some threads occasionally. This includes frivolous and pointless posting. I thought he had 'grown-up' lately, but very recently he has returned with 'vengeance'. Having said all that of course, it might be that he is simply eccentric and doesn't know what he is doing; although I doubt it.

I am not telling anyone how they should post, but I reserve the right to express my displeasure if anyone does post something I think is crass.

I think you read too much into what I say. Other readers (or at least a lot of them) know exactly what i am saying and how I am saying it. If there is a problem then it is with the reader, not the writer. You should look at yourself before criticising others.... or me.

I am me and I shall continue being me. If you don't like it then don't answer me. Making barbed remarks shows one that you've got the problem.

I don't have a problem with any members on here. I accept differences and it takes all sorts for forums to tick over. The ones who don't like those differences should reevaluate themselves, not find flaws outside their own inadequacies.

[Iommi]

I think you read too much into what I say. Other readers (or at least a lot of them) know exactly what i am saying and how I am saying it. If there is a problem then it is with the reader, not the writer. You should look at yourself before criticising others.... or me.

Why? I think you often post ignorant rubbish. So I will say so. I also think your sense of humour is often misplaced, sometimes crass, as well as child like. So I will say so. Whether anyone agrees with me or not is irrelevant to me.

I am me and I shall continue being me. If you don't like it then don't answer me. Making barbed remarks shows one that you've got the problem.

I'll do what I like until the mods decide whether I can or not. But yes, you are right, I do have a problem. A problem with some of your posts.

I don't have a problem with any members on here. I accept differences and it takes all sorts for forums to tick over. The ones who don't like those differences should reevaluate themselves, not find flaws outside their own inadequacies.

I could be the thickest dumahss on here, it doesn't affect what in think about a lot of what you post.

Who defines who is ‘ill-informed’?

Me.

You?

Now you're getting it.

That is arrogance and shows that you, and not others who are the bullies.

If it does (and I think you are talking out of natures seat cushions again), then guilty.

You are putting your views above everybody else’s. You are not judge, Jury and executioner on here. Nobody is.

Yes I am, unless someone trumps me with a rational argument.

[user23]

I could be the thickets dumahss on here, it doesn't affect what in think about a lot of what you post.

I just had a look at what he's been posting to see if I'd been missing anything.

Apparently a toothbrush is as dangerous as a firework and a car is an inanimate object. He's got to be on the wind up, hasn't he? No one could seriously believe that could they?

[GMR]

I just had a look at what he's been posting to see if I'd been missing anything.

Apparently a toothbrush is as dangerous as a firework and a car is an inanimate object. He's got to be on the wind up, hasn't he? No one could seriously believe that could they?

Actually you are spot on, I was on the windup. Don't take everything to heart. People do have humour, even though you might not understand it. Or even your brother Iommi