Mister Gummidge
Professional Strawman
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RE: Is this a discussion forum or a suck-up zone?
I think the reason people are fairly reseved, as regards negative comments about the girls, is because it's much harder to be nasty about someone when there's a fairly good chance that they'll be able to read your comments and have a go at you as well.
Bear in mind, I don't say this to imply cowardice or two-facedness on the part of the many people who frequent these boards; merely that the overwhelming majority of members are good people, with enough common sense to realise that reading something nasty about themselves would feel crappy and therefore have no wish to inflict that on others.
So far this forum has been incredibly lucky with the quality of it's members and the posts those members make and long may it continue. The welcoming attitude and friendly nature of the chat is what has made the majority of girls feel comfortable enough to join up and interact directly, dealing with any problems they may encounter by way of a quiet, non embarrassing PM, rather than heavy handed threats and solicitors letters.
As such, this means that most of the members here see the girls as real people doing a job, rather than as distant objects of desire who occassionally threaten individuals that wish to express their like of a particular girl or channel by sharing a few pictures, videos or links.
All in all, I think nice is the operative word here. The majority try to play nice, which is what makes this board such a nice place to be. Trite I know, but as true as it's possible to be when subjectively discussing the general attitudes of hundreds of people, most of whom are total strangers to one another.
"You say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. I say that I tailor my jokes to the audience..."
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29-12-2008 19:00 |
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admiral decker
Seeker of truth and justice
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RE: Is this a discussion forum or a suck-up zone?
surreysub Wrote:it seems to be a place to suck up to these girls and blindly praise them, and nothing bad can be said about them because they are above reproach. This should be a forum for people who watch these shows to discuss them freely, to discuss the negatives as well as the positives.
It seems that surreysub has very little knowledge of this forum, as you can find criticism of girls almost anywhere you look. If he thinks that only positives can be mentioned here, he must be in a world of his own and quite unaware of the forum going on around him.
As for his claim that nothing bad can be said here, hopefully Red and others have educated him into understanding that it's not really what's said but how it's said. On the other hand, if by "nothing bad can be said" he actually means nothing hateful or abusive can be said, then he is probably right about that.
surreysub's other misconception is that people who are tactful about what they say are sucking up to the girls. Not so, of course, and as speedybert has said there is very little sucking up to be found in this forum. The fact that surreysub cannot see the difference between sensible and tactful behaviour on the one hand and sucking up and the other hand, is something that may tell us a lot about surreysub as a person, but unfortunately it doesn't contribute much to discussion about how this forum should work.
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30-12-2008 09:19 |
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