We’re all going soft.
Our sporting heroes wear pearls and mince about rather than moustaches and drunken swagger.
Why are we afraid of being offended or offending?
Have you become so much a part of the victim society that everything is a personal attack upon you?
No wonder there is so much bitchiness. Anyone who dares to contradict a popular delusion is attacked while their message is ignored. Rather than look into something and try to expand yourself you attack the messenger who may be either the bearer of great information or may be a straw-man encouraging you to exercise your mind and find something out through rational investigation rather than follow blindly what you are being told.
We are spending more time worrying about the perceived sensitivity of others rather than about actually participating in our hobby. People are not fragile, emotions and “feelings” are resilient and bounce back – understanding and cognitive capacity requires exercise and nurturing.
From the manufactured “global grieving” for the passing of anyone who has ever farted in public to the over-sensitive souls who spend more time getting their panties bunched over the offence that someone else might feel when a spade is called a spade to those desperate to be “accepted” we are forgetting where we are going. Criticism is not bad. Contradiction is not bad. Both are positive – they lead to progress and advancement.
When people stop wanting to be victims this place will get back on track.
How long til this thread gets moved to B.A.?
I know what you mean!
Some people do get offended easily. Personally I don't care what you say to me, but it is not fair to rag on someones family, as the family are not there to defend themselves.
I actually find it amusing when someone tries to offend me, as it quite often lets me know how ignorant they are. That is then their problem, not mine.
By the way. I also warn you to lay off my cat as he knows what you are saying, and he WILL hunt you down. 🙂
<Helbus skips off into the distance singing "Zippety doo dah, zippety day">
Heey Helbus your cats a pusssy LOL Mitchl
23 windows ...8 too many!
I say, Stop the Whingeing!
THe MC Bat Commander's motto: "Never do now, what you could do for 24 hours straight, all night, the night before."
Mmmmmmm Pussy good!
My "spade" is a shovel with a metal handle that i use to dig holes to bury cats:jesus
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Heh. I think a lot of people are just too damn uptight sometimes. It isn't helped on the internet where it's difficult to determine someone's tone through letters.
Criticism is good as long as it is constructive. Although there should still be a common courtesy between us - especially on this board 😉
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Che Castro wrote:Heh. I think a lot of people are just too damn uptight sometimes. It isn't helped on the internet where it's difficult to determine someone's tone through letters.
Criticism is good as long as it is constructive. Although there should still be a common courtesy between us - especially on this board 😉
here, here.
STEALTH
I hate when someone starts bitching about me offending them. That really annoys me even though i did not happen to do it intensionally (IE: misunderstanding of language use). But yeah, Phhh! People these days.
<Like Helbus, chris skips off into the distance singing "Zippety doo dah, zippety day", until he trips over Helbus's pussy cat>
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Be careful about burying my cat. Have you ever seen 'Pet Sematary' The movie?
His name is Syd Vicious after all
I'm not offended by stuff on here....I just take a neutral attitude that "everybody is entitled to their own opinions" and I don't have to agree with theirs, and they don't have to agree with mine....and I HATE all that PC crap!
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it enjoy the view
"he who takes offence when offence is not ment is a fool,
he who takes offence when offence is ment is a bigger fool":beer
Is that beer for me?
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New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
this post has off ended me.
i am now toppling down a very steep cliff and about to hit the rocks below... but it might just be a dream.
hear hear HRM... you speak the truth 😀
in the beginning, the universe was created.
this made alot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.
Watch out, im about to catch ur fall. <my baja rolls over the rocks as though they were pebbles, and u land in the passenger seat 100% ok>
Yeah, i blame america for this kind of behaviour. The americanisation of Australia. (Now, im making lot of enemies here by bring that up, but thats my opinion and i know that many would disagree)
Thats like how in america, they many would sue if they were to trip on a footpath. They take that as an offense, and would winge about it, even though people should take it into their own hands to watch there step, its irresponsible. They want to look tough, to say "Hey, u try to trip me, well im getting u back!". They are so jumpy about what u do, or what u say, or even what ur footpath looks and is like, that they get affended. [Im not sure if u guys are seeing a similarity here] (Ever they try to look tough, or just want the money, i dunno. I could imagine them sueing for both reasons)
No, im not being descriminate, and now, im not saying ALL U.S. guys do that, but i know that that kind of bad habit is comin' to australia. Mainly through the media. I've done heaps of research on it in school and read alot of sources.
Now, im probably gonna get crap about this comment, so what i would like to say is that if u wanna critisise me, then don't. Just nicely say ur opinion not thru U2U, but on this post.
Thankyou
Chris,
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Dude you're a kid!!!!
A young adulescent. Com'on, its a bit older than just a kid. Im a louzy teen. (u know that someone would want to enthisise the louzy part)
But its true, Australian society is becoming more American. Even when u use the word 'dude' as u have, thats been derived from the U.S.
Thats straight evidence up front and easy to be seen.
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New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Look mate I teach social analysis all day, every day and even I don't feel equipped to just throw around the stuff you are so willing to. As I've mentioned to you before maybe you need to chill for a while and let other people post without the automatic reaction to pollute and watch your post count soar.
I've tried to be polite so far but you are really testing many people's patience.
Well, at the moment, it only seems like urs. I'm just providing info that i see to be relavent and useful towards the situation. I don't care about post counts, i actually agreed to get them to give it the flick.
Anyways, i will just try to act inconspicuous to u so u don't get angry.
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New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
By all means, i dont want to get anyone rowdy, just give em' a help and a reply for what they ask or bring up.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
Please understand.
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New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
ruckus wrote:...but you are really testing many people's patience.
i say this to you as well; in the most polite manner possible.
PS. when you become a gun architect and you find a propsective client (a long termer, a most likley never, a most likley a time waster, but you've got to play the game) putting your private tender/quote info about to all and sundry, reflect on mike sharps good nature and what you've just done to him in the other post.
To prove that i dont care about the post count, Quote this to the moderators:
"I hereby give permission to the moderators to reset my post count. (Don't reset my u2u messages, i wanna keep those."
Now post this to a moderator or admin etc. and i will show how i just wanna provide and help.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
But i have an interest in his buggies, and i did'nt waste his time, cause in the long run, he may be gettin' a sale out of me.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
im not intentionally a cruel person. It is part of a salesman's job to provide the information that i require (that is, the customer). How can one buy a product without knowing a price? How is one to know what to save up for without a price target or range?
Its foolish to want to buy something without wondering what the hell u are gettin' for ur money.
Can't anyone see my logic?
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
I think i might stay with the COOL people in the chat rooms. Atleast they see my logic and accept me for who i am. I can understand and willingfully enjoy and find some value to my words.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
+ i have a right to compare prices. I have the right to show a competitor a price to see if i can get better value for MY money. 35k is a lot, and i ain't gonna just juggle it around and impulse buy. Its best to shop around, and thats what im doing.
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
11 out of 25 replies to a message doesn't look like someone who doesn't
care about post counts
7 of which are consecutive.
Go on, reset my post count.
I don't give a flying care.
[Edited on 2-5-2005 by Stealth]
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69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
no offense chris but this isn't a chat room.. you don't just go spamming away on impulse because it's.. spam. and people don't like it. even in chat rooms.
