Forum peeves..?

[Peer]

cartagena wrote:
> Is this person:
> 1) Gay.
> 2) Closet Homosexual.
> 3) Gay Student.
> 4) Gay Student who thinks he has great grammer.


Why is it that you "cartagena" would resort to such frivolous & libelous personal attacks while cowardly hiding behind a pseudonym? It can't possibly be because you are classy & manly, or a person who can stand up for himself -- so I assume it's because you struggle with some shortcomings.

It's okay, but if you talk smack I think you should also be able to say this face-to-face, or better yet, meet my GF and tell her, and then we'll see what kind of man you are. But then again, cowards like yourself, who hide behind fake screen-names, wouldn't likely take me up on that.

Jeez -- the insecurity of some people...

-- peer

[denverpete]

Damn. Why do all the good posts happen at night when I don't have internet access? And I missed out on all the popcorn and Twizzlers!

I'm taking my illiterate public school buttocks over to the Roast 'Em thread and see if anything's happening there....

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by Peer

cartagena wrote:
> Is this person:
> 1) Gay.
> 2) Closet Homosexual.
> 3) Gay Student.
> 4) Gay Student who thinks he has great grammer.


Why is it that you "cartagena" would resort to such frivolous & libelous personal attacks while cowardly hiding behind a pseudonym? It can't possibly be because you are classy & manly, or a person who can stand up for himself -- so I assume it's because you struggle with some shortcomings.

It's okay, but if you talk smack I think you should also be able to say this face-to-face, or better yet, meet my GF and tell her, and then we'll see what kind of man you are. But then again, cowards like yourself, who hide behind fake screen-names, wouldn't likely take me up on that.






Jeez -- the insecurity of some people...

-- peer

Well, we have reached that line in the sand. When a topic degrades to the level of calling folks out, I tend to step in and close the thread.

I will give this thread a few more posts to take a right turn or I will shut it down.

Read, writing, treating folks with some level of courtesy, this is all related, no?

"Can't we all just get along?"

I think you should close it before he sends his boyfriend to beat me up.

Originally Posted by Brucelee

Well, we have reached that line in the sand. When a topic degrades to the level of calling folks out, I tend to step in and close the thread.

I will give this thread a few more posts to take a right turn or I will shut it down.

Read, writing, treating folks with some level of courtesy, this is all related, no?

"Can't we all just get along?"

[super66]

[I][QUOTE=Peer]
Why is it that you "cartagena" would resort to such frivolous & libelous personal attacks while cowardly hiding behind a pseudonym? It can't possibly be because you are classy & manly, or a person who can stand up for himself -- so I assume it's because you struggle with some shortcomings.

It's okay, but if you talk smack I think you should also be able to say this face-to-face, or better yet, meet my GF and tell her, and then we'll see what kind of man you are. But then again, cowards like yourself, who hide behind fake screen-names, wouldn't likely take me up on that.





so peer is amazed that cartagena would resort to these attacks, which he labels cowardly??? this from the man who posted attacks breaking his very own code of ethics....cartagena only "talked smack" to one person....now mr peer degraded all of the Americans here, Porsche owning mind you, classifying us as lazy... oh, and his ethics and rules for insulting others are:

you should also be able to say this face-to-face
not cowards, who hide behind fake screen-names


next lesson for the student at school is......the double standard

so I'm with Bruce, quit acting a fool and you won't have to worry about people insulting you......



So let me tell you this, as I'm one of those "foreign guests" that you allude to -- I initially got bulged-eyed when I came to the US and discovered how badly you Americans handle your own language. Sure, back home we always heard about how crummy your educational system was, and were aware of Americans "lazy" mindset -- but had never expected it to be so prevalent. Come'on, how hard can it be to at least learn your own language?!

-- peer

[Peer]

To point to a nations' illiteracy level, along with repeating a prevalent notion about that very nation (as in "a 'lazy' mindset"), is not a personal attack. I hope that you, super66, can see the difference between this and the libelous personal attack by "cartagena".

To get back to my poll -- it's interesting to see that almost 75% of the voting forum members are in fact annoyed with the English level used on this forum. So maybe the mindset, at least on this forum, isn't all that "lazy" after all ;^)

-- peer

[denverpete]

Perhaps. But some might consider your poll a "push poll" given that the choices slant predominantly towards a certain mind set..... I hardly would take the results as indicative of the state of the union....

[JackG]

[QUOTE=Queer]To point to a nations' illiteracy level, along with repeating a prevalent notion about that very nation (as in "a 'lazy' mindset"), is not a personal attack. I hope that you, super66, can see the difference between this and the libelous personal attack by "cartagena".

To get back to my poll -- it's interesting to see that almost 75% of the voting forum members are in fact annoyed with the English level used on this forum. So maybe the mindset, at least on this forum, isn't all that "lazy" after all ;^) /QUOTE]

Repeating the untrue "notion" as a truth, while spouting numbers that have no basis in reality (120 million illiterate Americans) is the behavior that got you into trouble in the first place.

You equate people being irritated with internet shorthand with the erroneous personal belief that somehow Americans are illiterate. That's your own problem.

You come to the US, and harbor yourself in the academic world. It's evidently better here, or you would be back in your own country. Then you sit behind your keyboard and slam your host country. You may be able to read, but you have no manners. That's your mama's fault.

Or maybe that's a failing of the country you grew up in. Are you all jerks? I doubt it, I think it's just you.

Cartagena, what a great poll you posted a couple of items back. Funny stuff. I vote #2. I showed my wife, she laughed out loud, and said "#1, no doubt".

Buh-Bye.

[Adam]

[QUOTE=JackG]

Originally Posted by Queer

You equate people being irritated with internet shorthand with the erroneous personal belief that somehow Americans are illiterate. That's your own problem.

You come to the US, and harbor yourself in the academic world. It's evidently better here, or you would be back in your own country. Then you sit behind your keyboard and slam your host country. You may be able to read, but you have no manners. That's your mama's fault.
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Peer, the # 1 country in the world is the USA....we didn't get there for being illiterate. We tell your country to jump and they ask "how high?" We basically own your country. In other words, don't mess with the US.

I agree, it is #2. He just might need some more time to realise it.

Originally Posted by JackG

Cartagena, what a great poll you posted a couple of items back. Funny stuff. I vote #2. I showed my wife, she laughed out loud, and said "#1, no doubt".

Wrong. I guess they do not teach you people too much about statistics in Borway. (Have you ever met someone from Norway who is not Boring?) The fact is you offered no real positive options in the poll such as "I am happy with the level of English" so the results are scewed. Duh.

Originally Posted by Closet Queer

To get back to my poll -- it's interesting to see that almost 75% of the voting forum members are in fact annoyed with the English level used on this forum.