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Re: Keeping it sane...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 5 Dec 2002 20:35:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> LUGNET may not be the 'friendliest place on the internet' anymore (though
> for me the jury's still out on that--when was the last time an all-out flame
> war closed boards around here) but I appreciate it, and thank the owners,
> moderators, and participants for making it a good place for me.
The overall quality of character on LUGNET has always impressed me. Even
while John Neal and I have been spitting fire at each other here in .debate,
we've still exchanged good-natured japes in ot.pun. I recall a year or two
ago Frank Filz and I were sharply at odds on another issue, but he still
responded to a post of mine in lugnet.cad with some helpful insight, and
Larry's done the same for me on one or two occasions. I also remember a
time when Chris Weeks and I had come to blows over some world-shattering
debate, but we still completed an Ebay transaction without a hitch.
So on the whole I share your appreciation for the general quality of
generally civil discourse here, not to mention the caliber of people on the
scene. I've been on other posting forums in which long-time rivals would
invariably hijack one another's thread just to blast the opponent--where's
the benefit in that? Here in ot.debate we have occasional drive-by's and
some admittedly short-tempered exchanges, yet we still maintain a
predominantly family-friendly forum.
Dave!
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| (...) Though my zeal can get the better of me at times, I do appreciate the exchange of ideas in this forum. I only regret the severe limitations of such a venue-- the ease of misunderstanding in a mostly clumsy form of communication. But it beats a (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I read a few message boards daily, and one that I often frequent has a policy in place-- No religious/political debate. They implemented that policy 'cause, invariably, the discussion would get, usually quite quickly, bogged down into a 'flame war'. (...) (22 years ago, 5-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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