call me crazy but

recent events tell me a little primal org screaming aint such a bad thing. fucking invigorating frankly

what say yall


\ /. /. \ / O O / \ / \

a most refreshing thing indeed

Damn I feel better...Cherry O.

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

Ohh Honey i'm scared of you

I really LOVE a good flame war!!!


I am up for one right now!

9s do u ever nap?

flame war on!

shausler said:

I just got back from taking my son to a Halloween party... does that count as a nap?

heh heh

NO my friend , it does not

shausler said:

I am gonna be stupid for a sec and ask a stupid question...I take it we are not talking about nap as in sleep am I correct?

MostBeautifulGrlNTheWorld said:

It either refers to a sleep or taking a break w/o sleep. I say just taking a break.

oh my god you guys are analysing that

wow cool

no i meant rest sleep break from org, i was being facisicous

(i know i spelled that wrong)

IceNine said:

LOL

what's a flame war?

Make Love and Not War, What are we fighting For?

Of course... I always said so and actually got flamed for it when the new Org opened. But my argument isn't that they are good for the soul, but that they are inevitable and normal. You can curb them, but trying to get rid of them totally would be like putting the Org in a straightjacket. Normal relationships include the possibility of freely expressing a whole range of emotions. Enforcing civility is possible, but at the expense of authentic expression (as opposed to feeling obliged to always be so darn nice).

shausler said:

everything i do is a BAD THANG!!!
who said BAD wasn't the MOST POPULAR on the org???

oy

vay

Aerogram said:

I think that's kinda what we try to achieve with the Org It's not enforced "niceness" - you certainly don't have to like everyone and be nice to everyone.

My approach on the Org is - we avoid personal insults and abuse, because they are petty and contribute nothing to a discussion other than letting it descend into the "you're an asshole", "no, you're an asshole" type of arguments.

Assuming we achieve that basic level of civility, there is still plenty of scope for good arguments, good discussion, and subtle, clever put-downs. I think it is good and reasonable to make the people here try to communicate without taking the moronic route of just saying "you're a fat ugly bastard" or "fuck off and die you asshole" etc etc.

So I'm of the opinion that arguments are good, clever arguments are better, clever and humourous put-downs are great, but flaming people is just plain banned.

With regard to the recent flamey threads (i.e. the one about moderateTHIS) I don't really think of that as a "flame war" - the discussion got pretty heated but really, it seemed that many people needed to vent some steam on the issue and thankfully the personal jibes were kept to a minimum.

And I agree with SexLovely