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hsilgne · Feb 29, 2008

Miss Shelby said:
I know, but you gotta admit it's pretty damn funny.

Excuse me, could you please edit the curse word from your post here? Highly offensive. Good way to get sent straight to H E double hockey sticks!

Love your avatar though. Ever notice the CN Tower looks a little like that? Kinda? Sorta?

ZuZu · Feb 29, 2008

tadoflamb said:
I'll just add that the last time I had a problem with MS I was told to "kiss her donkey".

that sure is a forgiving attitude.....things like this bother me more than off color avatars...

Miss Shelby · Feb 29, 2008

I'm putting you on ignore. I'm sick of looking at that avatar

you probably should have done that a long time ago you teacher's pet.

Fish and Bread · Feb 29, 2008

OnTheWay said:
Snitching is a bit different. Reporting people on a stupid internet board is universally snitiching and universally worthy of the douche bag title. Same applies in any situation when you're directly involved and then tell on the people you're involved with, especially when you benefit from it. Giving information to the police when you aren't directly involved isn't snitching.

I don't know. I feel like this "Obama is the anti-Christ" stuff is beginning to ruin this forum for everyone because it's done so many times, and it's done every day. A large majority of people want it to stop. Should we allow 2-3 people to run the rest of us off the forum because we just can't take it anymore? Or should we try to work towards some guidelines for basic civility so that everyone can enjoy the forum?

tadoflamb · Feb 29, 2008

~Karin~ said:
that sure is a forgiving attitude.....things like this bother me more than off color avatars...

I'm just saying I know what I could expect if I asked her to remove it personally.

Can someone tell me what business an obsene gesture like that has on a Catholic internet forum?

_Shannon_ · Feb 29, 2008

Miss Shelby said:
you probably should have done that a long time ago you teacher's pet.

HEy now- jut because somebody doesn't want to join in the f-d up crew of OBOB--doesn't mean there's something wrong with them, you know??

MikeK · Feb 29, 2008

Fish - I wouldn't worry too much about the political threads. I have to believe that people are smart enough not to make their decisions about our next CIC based on what they read in OBOB. When I see posts like the ones you're complaining about (on either side of the political aisle) it makes me question the character of the poster much more than the candidate. Have a little faith in humanity, buddy. Most people aren't idiots and very few people, maybe even nobody, is going to let anything they read on CF effect the way they vote. I hope most people independently examine all the candidates fairly before they make up their minds, and I trust that candidate's middle names are not going to enter into the decision at all. We are a Western democracy, our people are better than that......right?

Michie · Feb 29, 2008

What is the avatar? Anyone gonna tell me? I can't see any of them. Stupid server...

Miss Shelby · Feb 29, 2008

HEy now- jut because somebody doesn't want to join in the f-d up crew of OBOB--doesn't mean there's something wrong with them, you know??

he's a tattle tale. and he has it in for me personally.

MikeK · Feb 29, 2008

FTR. Fish - I think you're a crybaby for reporting things that you don't want to see. Tad, I think you're a crybaby for reporting the things you don't want to see. I like both of you, and have never had a run in with either of you that I recall. Stop reporting stuff, both of you! Let the forum move on whatever course we all set for it. When Peter's anti Obama threads stop getting responses, they'll drop off the page. The best thing to do with a thread (or poster) you can't stand is to ignore them, not tell on them.

ZuZu · Feb 29, 2008

Michie said:
What is the avatar? Anyone gonna tell me? I can't see any of them. Stupid server...

It's giving the finger...

_Shannon_ · Feb 29, 2008

Miss Shelby said:
he's a tattle tale. and he has it in for me personally.

I love you, girl!

hsilgne · Feb 29, 2008

Fish and Bread said:
I don't know. I feel like this "Obama is the anti-Christ" stuff is beginning to ruin this forum for everyone because it's done so many times, and it's done every day.

Many of the anti-Catholics on this forum(and there's allot) say the same thing about the Pope. And it's constant - not just election time. No one complains though - at least not to the extent that the Obama statements seem to ignite.

Miss Shelby · Feb 29, 2008

it's a drawing of middle finger, michie, or it was. I changed it.

ZuZu · Feb 29, 2008

oh please MS! Mary Poppins?!

krstlros · Feb 29, 2008

Miss Shelby said:
Who reported me for my avatar, you nameless faceless coward?

Wasn't me Chelle. Promise

I don't report anyone as it is, because I think I say things that can lead to people reporting me.

Fish and Bread · Feb 29, 2008

MikeK said:
Fish - I wouldn't worry too much about the political threads. I have to believe that people are smart enough not to make their decisions about our next CIC based on what they read in OBOB. When I see posts like the ones you're complaining about (on either side of the political aisle) it makes me question the character of the poster much more than the candidate. Have a little faith in humanity, buddy. Most people aren't idiots and very few people, maybe even nobody, is going to let anything they read on CF effect the way they vote. I hope most people independently examine all the candidates fairly before they make up their minds, and I trust that candidate's middle names are not going to enter into the decision at all. We are a Western democracy, our people are better than that......right?

I'd like to think you're right, but I do think this stuff (false personal attacks on politicians) can sometimes influence people. After all, the people posting it probably heard it somewhere and believed it, right?

Even setting that aside, though, it is at the point where a lot of people are cutting down on their posting or considering leaving over some of these political slander threads. I'm hopelessly addicted, so I'll probably stick around. But I'd hate to lose a lot of our better posters because they can't take what's going on. It's not worth it.

Michie said:
What is the avatar? Anyone gonna tell me? I can't see any of them. Stupid server...

The avatar is a black and white sketch of a hand with it's middle finger raised. For those who live outside the United States, that's considered an obscene gesture in our American (US) culture.

Of course, most of us aren't above using it on occasion. I did it to a guy who seemed to be trying to run me over a few months back. I was walking through a parking lot, the lights were out in his parked car, and then he instantly started pulling out and I practically had to dive out of the way. My friend walking with me shouted a warning to me, otherwise this dude would have hit me. I didn't flip him off at first, but then I sort of gestured at him with my arm outstretched like "What are you trying to do to me, man?", thinking maybe it was an honest mistake, but instead of gesturing apologetically or just driving away, he started getting mad and yelling through his window at me. Then I flipped him off. I kind of think he deserved it. We probably would have wound up in a fist fight if not for some other people in his car who seemed to be urging him to drive away, which he did. That might be the closest I've come in my adult life to getting into a brawl.

Tigg · Feb 29, 2008

MikeK said:
Fish - I wouldn't worry too much about the political threads. I have to believe that people are smart enough not to make their decisions about our next CIC based on what they read in OBOB. When I see posts like the ones you're complaining about (on either side of the political aisle) it makes me question the character of the poster much more than the candidate. Have a little faith in humanity, buddy. Most people aren't idiots and very few people, maybe even nobody, is going to let anything they read on CF effect the way they vote. I hope most people independently examine all the candidates fairly before they make up their minds, and I trust that candidate's middle names are not going to enter into the decision at all. We are a Western democracy, our people are better than that......right?

Nice post.

Hummm...all avatars aren't showing now....hummmm....and I didn't do that either! Lol...

"Most people aren't idiots and very few people, maybe even nobody, is going to let anything they read on CF effect the way they vote." I that's so.

The Mimi avatar or the current finger, which I do find objectionable? I can ignore very well so it wasn't me. I don't have to read whoever's post if I don't like and/or can literally ignore them. (First and last board I was on was a real tough one. )

Reading now so carry on.

TexasSky · Feb 29, 2008

Miss Shelby said:
Who reported me for my avatar, you nameless faceless coward?

What was wrong with your avatar?

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