An excellent string of recent posts, if I may say so.
I especially agree with Alanna's initial comments.
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To Shan:
There shouldn't BE any turning of the tables.
This is the reason why we experience issues such as this.
The causes, (just to name a few):
1. In the beginning, there were no official guidelines set-up in regards to code of conduct.
You would think it a given that one would know how to behave themselves on a public platform, but that's rarely the case.
2. When guidelines were laid out, very few (as stated above) took the time to view and understand them.
Even fewer chose to adhere to them.
3. Far too many people come here bearing arms, on a hair-pin trigger, simply waiting for someone to set them off.
This wouldn't be such an issue, if not for the fact that as soon as they strike, it causes a wide-spread reaction, which leads to threads such as this.
Yes, people will disagree with each other. People will vent. People will feel the need to contradict another's statements.
Done tastefully, both parties should walk away with a better understanding.
If not, well, it's been the death of many a previous forum. This one will be no different.
In case some of you haven't noticed, and I believe this is what Alanna was hinting upon; many very helpful members, whom all of us could have benefited from, have left, or rarely participate in this forum anymore.
The ones who suffer the most due to this are the ones who feel they know all the answers. Those being, the ones who bitch the most, and listen the least.
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I am not trying to patronize, I am speaking from first-hand knowledge.
Though any previous forums I have ran have pretty much fallen by the way-side, they always remained productive because I attempted to strictly enforce the above principles.
If someone didn't feel they needed to adhere to them, they were more than welcome to leave....Or, if necessary, they were removed.
My advice to everyone:
Read the rules; Obey the rules; and if you can't, either keep to yourself, or leave.
It will not work any other way. You cannot alter the rules to suit your own ideals.
Place principles before personalities.
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On a side-note: Though it may not have been meant as such, I will reply to Djoser's comments in kind, and remove any current personal indisposition.
~Tre
(I've been around these forums for a while for a reason. I'm conceited enough to believe that, anyways.)



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Don't worry Djoser, no piss-i-ness here. I was just tired after a 13 hour school day.
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