What do you call.....

[Whee]

Originally Posted by Mugen910

Poking fun is fine...but bashing is a diff story.

Didn't see it as bashing. Saw it as something that has been done here lots of times.

Bashing is what happens when blood is in the water and pile on begins to see how fast we can get someone banned.

That seems to be the way things have been headed lately.

Is the Asylum flooding?

[LasciviousXXX]

Originally Posted by illinoishoosier

Bashing is what happens when blood is in the water and pile on begins to see how fast we can get someone banned.

That seems to be the way things have been headed lately.

Is the Asylum flooding?

I don't really see that happening. IMO, the way the community has worked before (CS) and the way it works now is that hopefully the elder members on the board help correct actions that may be against the decorum of the community. An assisted self-correction if you will. Its when the members don't take constructive criticism well and respond with anger, negativity and insults that things begin to take a trip downhill.

Unfortunately we are not able to control how people react to such things and occasionally things take a turn for the worse for them. Overall I think the self-correcting nature of the Asylum works more than not.

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by illinoishoosier

Didn't see it as bashing. Saw it as something that has been done here lots of times.

Bashing is what happens when blood is in the water and pile on begins to see how fast we can get someone banned.

That seems to be the way things have been headed lately.

Is the Asylum flooding?

I don't see that happening in this thread.

You could maybe (and that's a BIG maybe) make a case that it happened in another thread recently, but I think the membership here, by and large, shows a great deal of restraint. Not everyone. Not 100% of the time. But most everyone, most of the time is willing to live and let live.

That's not to say that some guys don't deserve what they get. If I come into your house and start talking all kinds of bullsh!t, I'd expect to get socked in the mouth -- even if I do have an internet article that backs up my claim. Personally, I've had a number of disagreements with guys -- even mods -- over the years, and not once did I find the need to resort to petty name calling or mockery. I can disagree with someone in an agreeable manner. But if I acted like a petulant child, I'd expect I'd be treated like one.

[massphatness]

Originally Posted by massphatness

I don't see that happening in this thread.

You could maybe (and that's a BIG maybe) make a case that it happened in another thread recently, but I think the membership here, by and large, shows a great deal of restraint. Not everyone. Not 100% of the time. But most everyone, most of the time is willing to live and let live.

That's not to say that some guys don't deserve what they get. If I come into your house and start talking all kinds of bullsh!t, I'd expect to get socked in the mouth -- even if I do have an internet article that backs up my claim. Personally, I've had a number of disagreements with guys -- even mods -- over the years, and not once did I find the need to resort to petty name calling or mockery. I can disagree with someone in an agreeable manner. But if I acted like a petulant child, I'd expect I'd be treated like one.

Just to be clear -- this wasn't directed at Darrell.

Apologies if anyone took it that way.

[Mugen910]

Originally Posted by illinoishoosier

Didn't see it as bashing. Saw it as something that has been done here lots of times.

Bashing is what happens when blood is in the water and pile on begins to see how fast we can get someone banned.

That seems to be the way things have been headed lately.

Is the Asylum flooding?

We haven't gotten rid of Mean D yet...I doubt this is any reason to.

But for me it was a few words like "Losers" and having it being posted in the "Jokes" section versus "What do you call a bunch of guys riding home on a bus"

Nothing wrong with good old fashion ribbing of sports teams but keep in mind there are no real facial expressions and subtle clues of ribbing on the internet. So taking something as a joke versus taking something as being "Not cool, man" can sway one way or the other.

If Darrel had posted this in a banter thread and took out the word "Loser" I bet this would have all been very different. He prob would have gotten some clever verbal retort out of it too.