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Post by William L. Rupp on Sept 24, 2009 10:07:04 GMT -8
As the founder and administrator of AztecMesa I have kept a low profile. (As AztecWilliam, not so low! ) However, it is sometimes a good idea to clarify what is and is not acceptable on this board. Probably most registered users have already received this message, but I am posting it here so that it will be known to one and all. It is my desire that we maintain a degree of civility on AztecMesa. That may not have been true in all cases recently. Feel free to disagree with other posters, but stay away from excessive rhetoric or strong language of a personal nature. One can express opposing views without becoming objectionable. In other words, though you may feel someone is an idiot or dirtbag, please stop short of saying so in just those words. Such circumlocutions as "Why don't you &*@# yourself?! are likewise not helpful. Robust debate and disagreement are perfectly okay. There is another point I would like to make even more emphatically. Please do not carry on disputes based on something that was posted on AztecTalk.com. Instead, posts here should be either original threads or comments on threads posted by others on AztecMesa.proboards.com. (Of course, there is nothing to prevent anyone from beginning a thread whose subject is one found on another site.) I started this site in the hopes that it would serve a useful purpose and trust that these simple guidelines will help make it so. Comments regarding these issues or anything else about AztecMesa are welcome. Thanks, Bill Rupp
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 25, 2009 16:43:23 GMT -8
As the founder and administrator of AztecMesa I have kept a low profile. (As AztecWilliam, not so low! ) However, it is sometimes a good idea to clarify what is and is not acceptable on this board. Probably most registered users have already received this message, but I am posting it here so that it will be known to one and all. It is my desire that we maintain a degree of civility on AztecMesa. That may not have been true in all cases recently. Feel free to disagree with other posters, but stay away from excessive rhetoric or strong language of a personal nature. One can express opposing views without becoming objectionable. In other words, though you may feel someone is an idiot or dirtbag, please stop short of saying so in just those words. Such circumlocutions as "Why don't you &*@# yourself?! are likewise not helpful. Robust debate and disagreement are perfectly okay. There is another point I would like to make even more emphatically. Please do not carry on disputes based on something that was posted on AztecTalk.com. Instead, posts here should be either original threads or comments on threads posted by others on AztecMesa.proboards.com. (Of course, there is nothing to prevent anyone from beginning a thread whose subject is one found on another site.) I started this site in the hopes that it would serve a useful purpose and trust that these simple guidelines will help make it so. Comments regarding these issues or anything else about AztecMesa are welcome. Thanks, Bill Rupp There is nothing on this forum that I feel any desire to deal with. This forum is basically a circle jerk between you, Pooh and Dave. I could offer arguments, but why should I bother? You usually offer decent arguments, but Pooh offers lies and Dave just offers his usual game by offering nothing but right wing links in place of reasonable discussion. And if someone new were to come on here and attempt to argue a point that you three don't like, they would be hammered by the three of you until they're run off. I'm sorry, Will, but what you have is a forum that mostly consists of you three agreeing on everything while running off anyone who might disagree. Do you really think anyone will bother with this forum when it's clear that you three on the right are the only ones who matter? Doesn't matter what I write on here because no matter what I write Pooh, in his "Christian" manner, will offer some lie in response instead of actually addressing my points. I watched this happen with various newsgroups on USENET. People got so damned tired of dealing with trolls based upon the same dishonesty that Pooh engages in that they just said "Fu#k it" and left and there was pretty much nothing more than spam remaining. I'm sorry, but that's where this forum is headed. But have fun running a website where the three of you can reinforce your right-wing views. I'm sure Pro-Boards will be quite willing to offer advertising for three old men. =Bob
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Post by aztecwin on Sept 26, 2009 6:14:18 GMT -8
I could go to great length to show where =Bob was caught doing something that he denied and then claim that I lie. It just is not so and =Bob resorts to this kind of stuff to cover up. I might stir things up with a provocative statement to spur conversation or debate, but never a lie! It is sad that when things start to go against your views and your memory is foggy, that a person would go to such lengths to avoid saying they just might have made a mistake.
Funny that when people agree with what is widely accepted as the truth, that it be characterized at a "circle jerk" and those with egg on their face pick up their toys and go home.
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Post by davdesid on Sept 26, 2009 14:57:53 GMT -8
>>>.....and Dave just offers his usual game by offering nothing but right wing links in place of reasonable discussion.<<< the =Perfesser
Ah, yes... back to the "ad hom".
Can't deal with the substance, attack the source.
I'm sorry if you can't find anyone on here to stroke your crank in your desperate search for a left wing circle jerk.
Oh, wait! There's always AAA!
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Post by AztecWilliam on Sept 26, 2009 18:24:01 GMT -8
Bob, you may object to the fact that I, and a couple of other posters, have not fallen in love with B.H. Obama (Mm, mm, mm!). That does not mean that you, or anyone else, is somehow not allowed to offer your reasons for believing why the anti-Obama posts are incorrect. Perhaps your counter-arguments will fail to convince the Obamaskeptics that Barrack is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Well, so what? There are no guarantees of winning over opponents in political battles.
What I really regret are posts that target other posters personally rather than dealing with the positions taken by those other posters.
AzWm
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