What's Up With All The Fighting?

I go and read the posts with my cup of coffee and I am amazed at all the bickering, no, out and out fighting, going on.....what is it, some kind of sign of what is to come on this site? I will resign myself to try and post here in this forum, or a couple others where I feel that some churlish, flap-mouthed miscreant won't flame the living hell out of me.....NOT that I couldn't hold my own, believe me. But what a waste of good energy. Man!

 

Waste of energy is right.

In order for a forum to work right then all have to respect the opinions of others.
We all bring what we are made of here, past experiences, thoughts, caring etc.

I believe everyone has SOMETHING to learn from others, and the best way to learn is to be open to it.

It is a shame that those who could probably learn the most from what is offered here, aren't ready for that experience.

I even learn from the things that make me angry, it is very expanding to explore the cause of the anger. Without responding back in anger.

teepi

 

LOL LOL Damn, almost choked on my drink, that is funny! Actually churlish was a word my mother used to describe folk who were crude or being a boor....and miscreant, just another term in my book for "degenerate"....all cleared up? Still LOL over churlish!!!!!

 

I would like to apologise for my part of any fighting in these threads, I take full responsiblity for my actions and am duely repented, I ask for compassion and mercy in judgement of me on the basis of the unkinds things I may have said. I'll be more cautious my next thread.

Thank you for your understanding in advance

Shameless_Heifer

 

WATS THIS?! ya tryin ta start somethin here eye ey?!

 

Hey Shameless....no-no I didn't mean you, and other folks who were just taking part in a discussion, only the horrible flames coming out of nowhere. I mean without provocation! Don't ever feel a need to apologise for speaking your mind, we all have the freedom of speech here.....not the freedom of hate and ridicule. Peace and Love, Ruby

 

Hey Didge....come on in....and keep yer head down! LOL Gee I remember posting that same line over in Sams Place! I know its all good here in Old Hippies. Ruby

 

Peace,


i konw why. we need to make harder rules for people who have posted less then ..... times. that will keep many of the nagry folks out. unless there taht desperate for attention! then they have a problem. so both ways they lose. i suggest to stay awayfromt eh spots with rude & crude posts. i am upset by what i see to in some forums posts also.

later

the tired flower child

 

All are forgiven. ^-^

 

ruby thanks n I agree..

 

Hey Ruby. I'll refrain from commenting on the fighting bit... I've been known to cause some jumping up and down and foaming at the mouth myself in this forum's past history.

It is a waste of energy, Teepi. A BIG waste. When this new Hip Forums began, I thanked Skip with all my heart for including the ignore list. Since then, I've learned to just bail out and totally ignore an upsetting post... definitely not worth the time of My day to participate in rabid ego displays any more.

I likes the calm, peaceful kinda way of this forum. I'm tryin' to maintain that peace. So far, so good.

Sam

 

Not You Sam....I won't stand here and believe you flamed people for absolutly no reason, other than to piss them off.....I think you may have made them mad because, like me, you do have oppinions that others did not agree with....again freedom to speak. That adds spice. But we both know you wouldn't spring upon someone for asking a question. Sam. you are a VERY interesting woman....I need to know more now. LOL Peace Ruby

 

Sam has always been cool with me.I joined up around the time of the "what the hell??" and didn't get into any of that, I just wanted to know Sam, so thats what I set out to do.

She's always been straight with me and I love her.

I have made a decision to actually be extra nice to people that rub me the wrong way, I figure they may need a bit more understanding in their lives.
If that doesn't work before my eyes thats okay...sometimes things we say or do have no effect till way down the road.

If I can't for the life of me say something without any temper ceeping in then I'm not saying it till I calm down. I do believe in standing up for yourself but I also believe in picking my battles and this forum cannot hold any battles for me. Like we said..."not worth the energy".
My energy is precious to me, gotta shop around for where I want to spend it.

teepi

 

Well, I feel Very honored to be aquainted with both you girls... you have your #hit together and right now, thats what I want.....Love you both, Ruby

 

churl·ish (chûrlsh) adj.

1. Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.
2. Having a bad disposition; surly: “as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear” (Shakespeare).
3. Difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable.

Synonyms: base, bitchy, blunt, boorish, brusque, cantankerous, cloddish, clodhopping, crabbed, crude, crusty, curt, cussed, discourteous, dour, grouchy, gruff, grumpy, harsh, ill-tempered, impolite, loutish, lowbred, mean, miserly, morose, oafish, ornery, rude, rustic, snippy, sullen, surly, tetchy, ugly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultured, unmannerly, unneighborly, unpolished, unsociable, vulgar

Antonyms: agreeable, civil, nice, pleasant, polite



mis·cre·ant (mskr-nt) noun

1. An evildoer; a villain.
2. An infidel; a heretic.

Synonyms: bad egg, bastard, black sheep, blackguard, bootlegger, bully, caitiff, convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, drunkard, evildoer, felon, fink, heel, hoodlum, jailbird, knave, loafer, louse, lowlife, malefactor, outcast, outlaw, pickpocket, racketeer, rapscallion, rascal, rat, rat fink, reprobate, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, sleazeball, sneak, SOB, stinker, vagabond, villain, wretch, wrongdoer

mis·cre·ant (mskr-nt) adj.

behaving badly or unlawfully
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Synonyms: corrupt, criminal, degenerate, depraved, flagitious, immoral, infamous, iniquitous, nefarious, perverse, rascally, reprehensible, reprobate, unhealthy, unprincipled, vicious, villainous, wicked

 

Oh I just love it.....thanks LUV

Although Blackie is right...churlish does sound like something some old milk would do....that and have the nerve to shoot out of your nose when you're laughing about the word "churlish"........

 

Ruby, I think there's a lot of rage, frustration, anger, agnst, what have you, out there in people and some see a post as an opportunity to exorcise that bad energy and if it blows up in someone else's face, too damn bad. Not like anyone is going to walk up and smack 'em in the face.

I guess ya gotta turn a blind eye to it. After all, they're just words on a screen.

 

Yah, Blackie gave me a chuckle, too.

Churlish :snork: :spewm:

 

It has gotton (and has been for a while) terribly superfical.

 

Semms to me theres always been a certain amount of unpleasant people that hang here. I've forgotten there nicks over the years but remember being very intimidated by the way they responded to people. The stupid thing is that I'm shyer on the puter than I am in person. I've gotten alot better about that lately tho. I think it's because the sponaneity is lacking.