Can't we all just get along.....without cursing?

Bagfed · Post by **Bagfed** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:17 pm

I'm no babe in the woods but do we really need the F-word around here (not fipple)

Tyghress · Post by **Tyghress** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:20 pm

I think I'm going to turn the computer off, go play some whistle. Wrestle with the cats. . .Tyghre too. . .and go to bed. In the morning I'm going to ignore three threads and not even open them.

See ya on the weekend folks!

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:28 pm

On 2003-01-16 21:20, tyghress wrote:
I think I'm going to turn the computer off, go play some whistle. Wrestle with the cats. . .Tyghre too. . .and go to bed. In the morning I'm going to ignore three threads and not even open them.

See ya on the weekend folks!

Aw Tyghress, there's nothing wrong with the Reggae thread.

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:35 pm

Bloomfield can take it.

Bagfed · Post by **Bagfed** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:41 pm

how do you know he's not sobbing in his pillow right now?

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 8:42 pm

Sometimes, I stand amazed.

Disclaimer: this isn't a dig at anybody, so if anybody comes back mad at me, you might as well point it somewhere else and get glad in the same pants you got mad in.

That being said, this board is usually quite a friendly, safe, and sane place.

But on some nights (say, like tonight, for instance), if I had a child I wouldn't feel it was appropriate to allow them to access this board.

And I really think that's a shame.

C'mon folks, don't'cha think we can all do a little better than this?

--James
http://www.flutesite.com

Edited by James to fix a typo.

[ This Message was edited by: peeplj on 2003-01-16 21:42 ]

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:17 pm

Life isn't all nice, tidy and polite, neither are people. Since this message board is populated by real people, living in the real world, it's unreasonable to expect the sum to total more than it's parts.

Loren

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:25 pm

On 2003-01-16 21:17, Bagfed wrote:
I'm no babe in the woods but do we really need the F-word around here (not fipple)

I shall refrain from using obscene language.

ChrisLaughlin · Post by **ChrisLaughlin** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:36 pm

I agree... I, for one, will refrain from writing "TAC" (encoded for your protection) on this board ever again.
Chris

mvhplank · Post by **mvhplank** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:39 pm

Anyone remember this?

The Reasonable Person Principle is the rule which you must abide by when posting to the forums. Put differently, following the Principle is your obligation to your fellow community members.

The Principle was borrowed from Carnegie Mellon University, who use it as the governing principle for access to their computer systems; since it works for a whole University, we hope it will work for a message board with a few hundred participants.

From Carnegie Mellon University's own explanation of the Principle:
<ul><li> Everyone will be reasonable.
<li>Everyone expects everyone else to be reasonable.
<li>No one is special.
<li>Do not be offended if someone suggests you are not being reasonable.
</ul>
Reasonable people think about their use of these facilities, and the needs of others, and adjust their behavior to meet the goals of a common good for the community, i.e., expressing what you want to say, but accepting and accommodating the needs of others.

State of the world notwithstanding, we have agreed to conduct ourselves with some civility while exchanging ideas with people of similar interest.

M

DrRichard · Post by **DrRichard** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 9:44 pm

On 2003-01-16 22:17, Loren wrote:
Life isn't all nice, tidy and polite, neither are people. Since this message board is populated by real people, living in the real world, it's unreasonable to expect the sum to total more than it's parts.

Loren

Loren, I know where you're coming from, but let me offer a counterpoint: sometimes we get what we aim for. If we as a group expect the worst, it can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. So, while you're right in one sense, I'd just say let's aim high.

Richard

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:14 pm

This has been a strange night. I'm somehow sad tonight for the first time in a while...Nothing to do with the Board...just a strange night...

Goodnight all and we'll try again in the morning.

Philo

JessieK · Post by **JessieK** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:18 pm

On 2003-01-16 21:41, Bagfed wrote:
how do you know he's not sobbing in his pillow right now?

I hope he is.

Dave Parkhurst · Post by **Dave Parkhurst** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 10:41 pm

I, for one, agree to clean up my act by never using the words "recorder" or "accordion" again in public. Henceforth they will be known as "wood fippled fruitwood Baroque pneumatic tone generators" and "multi-reeded collapsing bellows". Ah... I feel better already. BTW, Phoebe Cates is a cutie pie also.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Jan 16, 2003 11:13 pm

On 2003-01-16 23:14, PhilO wrote:
This has been a strange night. I'm somehow sad tonight for the first time in a while...Nothing to do with the Board...just a strange night...

Goodnight all and we'll try again in the morning.

Philo

Yeah, it's that kind of night alright.

I think a storm is coming.

--James
http://www.flutesite.com