--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > <snip to> > > > I think I speak for many people here in saying that > > > all we're asking is for these three to CATCH A > > > FUCKIN' CLUE and realize that what they are doing > > > is socially unacceptable. > > > > > > A CHILD would have heard the feedback they'd received > > > from their peers by this time and made some attempt > > > to change their unaccpetable behavior. Why haven't > > > these three? > > > > I'm sorry but I don't see what they are doing as a problem. I find > > enough worthwhile content here to be interested, and if I wasn't I'd > > go elsewhere. The vibe of this place is such that anything is > > accepted. That is its charter. So your unhappiness over these three > > posters is OK, just as their continued posting is OK. > > I have no problem with that. But you've been here > a while. In my long post I was presenting the case > for what such (IMO) compulsive overposting does to > the potential *newbie*, to someone who has not yet > had a chance to see whether this forum contains > interesting material, and who may never get to see > that if they are turned off in their first visit. > > > I have seen successful attempts at changing the discourse on this > > forum numerous times, and I observe that it results from coming up > > with something engaging and stimulating, vs. attempting to censor > > anyone. > > I agree. But failing that :-), I was just trying one > more time to appeal to the human being inside the > compulsive poster. I'll do it one last time and then > let the subject drop. > > Shemp, I love you, man. You're *funny* in a way that > many others here are not. And you've got some good > things to say. It's just that the posts in which you > seem to have no other intent in mind but to provoke > someone and push their buttons are not included in > my list of your "good things to say" posts. > > Sparaig, you've got some great things to say, too. > I just wish that you'd do it in fewer actual posts, > and that you'd lay off trotting out the old, tired > arguments that people like us (that is, TM teachers) > *taught* you, as if hearing them again will somehow > entice us to come back to the fold. > > And Judy, you're more intelligent than to really > believe that you actually win when you think that > you "win." You'd make a better impression if you just > presented your arguments once or twice, cogently, and > then kicked back and allowed others to do the same. > Your tendency to treat each opinion that is contrary > to yours as an opportunity (and, truly, a *need*) to > "win" some imagined battle undercuts the real and > valuable things you have to say. > > To all of you, if you tried to limit yourselves to > ten posts a day, you would *still* be posting more > than anyone else here. But I think that at that point > the subject of your "overposting" would never again > come up, and you'd have gained some respect from > your peers in the process. To continue to ignore the > feedback you have been getting for *months* now can > only be interpreted as a lack of respect for those > who have given it to you. *Trying* to cut down a > little would be IMO a good way to establish that you > do have some respect for the others here. Even if > you fail at the attempt it would demonstrate some > respect. No trying, no respect. > > There. I've tried to treat them like adults. Let's > see if there is actually an adult home to hear it. > > > PS I do find your posted % of posters thing interesting. > > I think it's fascinating, too. When new.morning first > posted the statistics on the most prolific posters, > I was shocked and embarrassed to find myself near the > top. I have endeavored to lower my standing ever since. > Having to keep saying stuff like this, to adults who > should have been able to hear it long ago, does not > help in that endeavor. :-)>>>
OMG ! ! ! Look at the length of your second LONG post in one hour ! ! ! You are psychotic. Do you really think people READ all that spiel?! !! OffWorld To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
