<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark:<BR><B> I call it having a sense of humor. If you can't take a little ribbing, you surely are a weak person. </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>do you go out of your way to contradict yourself, or is it just a gift that comes naturally to you? just because you're using a different screen name when you whine about being picked on doesn't mean it's not you. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR><B>Would I mock them in person? No. </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>you wouldn't mock them in person, but you will post to a forum that i know for a fact is/has been read by them, their family, friends, and potentially thousands of other people. makes perfect sense. <BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR><B>For the record, I don't know anything about the band personally. I don't know anything about where the band is from. That's why it was a total joke.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>that's the whole point. to you, it's a total joke. to them or someone who knows them, it might be a joke, or it might be hurtful. you don't know, because you don't know them personally. and yet, you feel the need to make a personal comment.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR><B>I guess there must be some truth to the punchline, otherwise it wouldn't have struck a nerve. </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>do you honestly think that a white trash comment struck a nerve? i said that this wasn't just about this thread. this is about a tendency by some members of this forum to make unnecessary personal comments about people they know nothing about. the only reason it came up now is because i'm getting particularly tired of some of the steaming piles of shit that get posted to this forum by a small minority of the posters who think it's their sandbox and they can do whatever they like without any repurcussions. <P>i decided to call bullshit when i saw it, which just so happened to be in this thread. it's not because i'm friends with gc or nfg or anyone else. it's because i think the kinds of posts that i'm talking about fucking suck, and i'm tired of reading them. <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Veranda">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by markie:<B>I was thinking about this and came to the conclusion that its an internet chatboard and we should be able to say what we want and voice our opinions freely. </B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>you can say what you want and voice your opinions freely, as can i. note that i didn't censor or delete anything. all i did was point out something that i think is petty and childish. just because you _can_ say what you want doesn't mean that you _should_ post certain things. the beauty of the whole thing is that you get to choose. it's all in your hands. i'm not holding my breath, though. <P>oh, and markie, please don't quite the "enter the forum, make trouble" thing again. i don't think it means what you think it means. <p>[This message has been edited by thatguy (edited 02-27-2003).]