Let's stick to the appropriate fora for a change
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 10:51 amstinger28 posts in thread
Let's stick to the appropriate fora for a change
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 10:51 amThis website is very neatly divided up into separate fora (or forums if you must) plus there is a facility for registrants to maintain personal blogs. Lately, it seems to me that the divisions are becoming somewhat blurred. For example, someone starts off expressing some personal thoughts on his own blog which generates into a debate about pro-v-am theatre and then gets into a review of his latest play. In another case, someone posts a perfectly useful (if a bit biased) review on the Revies forum, then a cast member responds (inappropriately I maintain) in a long boring post about the sacrifices he had to make for his art or some such self-serving twaddle, more appropriate to a blog.
Then of course there are an increasing number of posteurs sending cheerios to each other on general fora. Please don't - it is not really all that interesting for the rest of us - and don't forget that includes everyone on the World Wide Web!
As for trolls - remember the story of the three billygoats gruff...nuff said!-)
A wink and a grin?
Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 02:51 pmHow does that excuse the fact that you were rude enough to label what someone had written as "twaddle" under cover of anonymity? Why not just NOT write such a thing - your point would have been made anyway?
It's the kind of behaviour we expect from the trolls Peter, not the members on this site. It's the very thing that many people have been postulating they want to see an end to.
I just don't understand why you need to be so abrasive but the fact that you've written DILLIGAF suggests you care not for anyone's POV but your own.
That's extremely sad.
Regardless of whether you care or not, I've chosen to challenge you because to let something like this go unchallenged simply perpetuates the idea that this website is a forum for childish behaviour. I've been guilty of it myself in the past and I've chosen to apologise accordingly.
I can understand you getting defensive about it but given it's clear you won't/can't explain why you made the comments you made or who you directed them at I guess we will just leave it at that.