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State Sen Steve Russell: Police Chief Bill Citty views " Are not welcome here!"
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<blockquote data-quote="jarhead983" data-source="post: 1447153" data-attributes="member: 7129"><p>OK guys, I could use some help on this. Maybe it's laid out in a sticky somewhere, but I admit, I haven't read them all, or even most. What is the formula or guideline used that tells us when to take a sharp downward turn into the crap chute that almost every thread turns into? I've only been a member for about 2yrs and I see this on every thread. We discuss something of interest or even on mundane every day topics, but somehow it turns into preaching and ranting from one sect to another. Even between people who agree on a topic, the posts can degrade into something that doesn't look like anything but written attacks.</p><p></p><p>I know that when we don’t have all of the normal inputs during communicating such as visual and audio cues, we sometimes misunderstand or just miss the intent of the other. We don’t have the sarcasm chuckle or the tone of the voice that we have all learned throughout our years that tells us the full meaning of what someone is saying. People also act with more bravado with the anonymity of the web. Add to that a general inability to accurately write down what we are thinking or feeling and you get miscommunication not communication. This will always be the case, we are not one-dimensional communicators. Yes, there are the occasional out an out idiots on here, but I believe that most on here I would be friends with in real life, not just in cyber life. I’m not saying we all have to be friends, I’m just suggesting that we make this a whine free site. Write off the perceived affronts as just that, perceived. And I will stop my whining, starting&#8230; Now!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jarhead983, post: 1447153, member: 7129"] OK guys, I could use some help on this. Maybe it's laid out in a sticky somewhere, but I admit, I haven't read them all, or even most. What is the formula or guideline used that tells us when to take a sharp downward turn into the crap chute that almost every thread turns into? I've only been a member for about 2yrs and I see this on every thread. We discuss something of interest or even on mundane every day topics, but somehow it turns into preaching and ranting from one sect to another. Even between people who agree on a topic, the posts can degrade into something that doesn't look like anything but written attacks. I know that when we don’t have all of the normal inputs during communicating such as visual and audio cues, we sometimes misunderstand or just miss the intent of the other. We don’t have the sarcasm chuckle or the tone of the voice that we have all learned throughout our years that tells us the full meaning of what someone is saying. People also act with more bravado with the anonymity of the web. Add to that a general inability to accurately write down what we are thinking or feeling and you get miscommunication not communication. This will always be the case, we are not one-dimensional communicators. Yes, there are the occasional out an out idiots on here, but I believe that most on here I would be friends with in real life, not just in cyber life. I’m not saying we all have to be friends, I’m just suggesting that we make this a whine free site. Write off the perceived affronts as just that, perceived. And I will stop my whining, starting… Now! [/QUOTE]
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