Yes, we've had some grand flame wars during the history of MOPO! This was a
mere skirmish in comparison. I
've only threatened one poster person with bodily harm, and that was over
the phone. This guy wanted to buy a poster from me but kept dragging his heels,
wouldn't send a deposit, and was generally not somebody I wished to deal with
anymore. Someone else offered me a ton of dough for the same poster and I sold
it. This guy called me and became incredibly unpleasant, insulting me and
basically calling me a crook, a scumbag,....the usual dickhead repertoire of
lame insults. I calmly reminded him that he had every chance to purchase the
poster but did not come through with anything resembling a payment. I also
calmly reminded him that i had his physical address and would be happy to show
up at his doorstep in a couple of hours with another linen backed one sheet
which i would then insert in his back passage without the use of lubricating
liquids. Free of charge. I'm a generous fellow. (It is very, very hard to piss
me off, by the way, but....THIS guy was a piece of work.)
I never heard from him again.
Sometimes, the written word just doesn't convey a message as well as the
warm, soothing sound of the human voice, does it?
Carry on, my fellow poster dorks!
Greg Douglass
---- David Kusumoto <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Yes, all this is true, but as a member since the 1990s, things have a way of
working themselves out, with Scott having to jump in only a handful of times.
People kind of police themselves and/or things usually die out on their own.
And in my view, there have been way more horrific fights over genuine scams
that have been battled out than this. I confess that watching the occasional
"verbal" fracas break out sometimes reveals character and temperamental
thresholds that were not meant to be seen. As a news vulture, we love this;
this is why "disgruntled employees" and "disgruntled customers" are the source
of most stories. So long as no one gets physically hurt - nor is threatened
with physical harm in public or private - (the latter which HAS occurred in the
past) - I'm indifferent. -d.
>
> Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:48:42 +1000
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: current conversation on shipping at Heritage
> To: [email protected]
>
> Hi Franc
>
> thanks for your comment. I certainly agree with you - censorship is not a
> good thing. However, surely we can have some basic rules where by if you make
> posts personally attacking others using the 'F' and any other words like it
> then they should not be used. On the topic of private messages being
> published then that I think is a point in time where an administrator should
> step in and say a rule of the forum has been broken. Otherwise the
> word'private' has no meaning and the forum becomes like the wild west and
> anybody can abuse anyone without consequence. Belonging to a forum that has
> that potential is scary.
>
> Regards
>
> BenAll About Movies www.allaboutmovies.com.auFrom: Franc
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, 12 July 2015 3:57 PM
> To: Ben Wadley
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] current conversation on shipping at Heritage Ben, while I
> don't disagree with your sentiment, I'm also not in favor of censorship in
> connection with this board. I'm also not in favor of people who troll the
> board with never a nice thing to say about anything, looking to start an
> argument. That's my opinion. Franc
>
> Sent from my iPad
> On Jul 11, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Ben Wadley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi to you all.. I have been watching this conversation slowly degenerate over
> the past few days. I am not sure what others think but, personally I would
> appreciate it if those that feel it necessary to carry on with a slanging
> match and start using inappropriate language that all of us have to read ,
> stop doing so. I belong to other forums in other industries and we have a
> ruling were we professionally respect each other and are forbidden to
> publically abuse one another regardless if we agree or disagree with a
> comment. If we do not keep to this ruling then the administrator of the forum
> boots us off. There are simply better ways of getting your point of view
> across. If you feel you must get down to this level then do it privately to
> the person intended. Scott, what about stepping in here ? If not, then I feel
> Mopo has lost its way and will lose its members if this is the standard that
> is allowed to keep going forward. Regards Ben All About Movies Pty Ltd
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