So... now I've inadvertently blackened the fair reputation of MOPO over on
NSFGE, have I?
I'm so sorry... How could I have been so callous and unthinking? To have been
so vulgar as to use such an unspeakable epithet like the "J" word in polite
company to describe a business practice whereby lots of non-U.S. posters are
routinely and deliberately mis-listed in the U.S. ORIGINALS category and
deliberately have no country indicator placed in their Titles / links.... a
business practice whereby lists of these deceptive links promoting mis-listed
items are regularly sent to all of us here at MOPO 3 and 4 times a week, year
after year? What was I thinking? Why couldn't I just leave well enough alone?
Now I've disgraced MOPO in the eyes of the other forums.
The shame. The humiliation.
Somebody get out the wet noodle... no, there's no need to tie me to the mast...
I'll stand for my twenty lashes and take what I deserve.
Look, people, sorry to have offended anyone... but where I come from, the word
"jerk" is a really a pretty mild term... and using it to describe someone who
routinely and deliberately violates eBay listing rules and wastes other
people's time with misleading Titles is considered appropriate and no big deal.
Whatever happened to fostering cultural diversity on this list? This
condemnation of my native colloquial expression is politically-INcorrect and
amounts to nothing less that brutal oppression of my racial heritage as a
Southern California valley boy!
Jeez... can you imagine what kind of terminology I might have used if I had
grown up in New York City?
I guess we can consider ourselves lucky on that score, eh?
I hereby offer my sincere apologies for being an utter boor and promise it
won't happen again for at least 15 minutes.
But... wait... let me get this straight... there are actually reports coming
over the wire that on the appropriately named "Not Suitable for General
Exhibition" forum people are shocked and appalled to hear that someone on MOPO
wrote the "J" word out loud? That's odd... seems the last time I browsed
through some topics threads over there I came across considerably worse
language than that being used on a fairly regular basis. Or is use of the
"A-hole" word considered less offensive these days than the "J" word? I'm
confused... where is Ann Landers when we really need her?
I guess things are slow all over... if people on the "other" forums don't have
anything better to do than talk about who-said-what on MOPO???
-- JR
...the flamin' Poster Curmudgeon... remember?
LEGAL DISCLAIMER (my lawyers made me put this in): I wish to remind the court
that the law on MOPO is no personal attacks. My use of the word in question was
to describe my opinion regarding the business practices conducted by a business
and applied to a business name, specifically "Rixposterz" and as such was not
a personal attack, but merely an opinion offered by a consumer on a business
practice.
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