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Originally posted by Mr Moloko:
Callum: the only civil replies that I got were from you. And they were all things that I would've answered if someone had PM'd me. But I have a big zero, in the PM's section. So when I said "PM if you want more info" I really meant it. Because I wasn't going to fill your BB with such long winded drivel.
well that's what the board is here for! we don't tend to use PMs here much, i think because generally if we say something, and everybody can read it, then the chances are that a problem will get fixed faster than if only one person reads it. it's the cathedral and bazaar model in operation, if everybody has a free for all at a problem, it has a better chance of generating something useful than if just one person does. see what i am getting at?
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But, try as I might... I still ended up with long winded drivel. I took a pot shot at you that I shouldn't have. I apologize.
well i am sorry you feel that way, thank you for apologising but it really wasn't necessary, i don't think anybody here actually has anything against you, it's just that this particular board seems to encourage people to be quite liberal with their language!
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You can't assume that I wanted you to hack someone's computer, because I couldn't. Because I never said that's what I wanted. I did however say that my ultimate goal was to find out who was doing this. Last time I checked, looking up someone's address in the phone book wasn't illegal. This situation might have called for a little more action than that, but I guess we'll never know.
why not? why not just post more info like i asked and then if people get the urge, they might help you, unless you do that i guess we'll never know. i wasn't trying to sound paranoid, but if it's just looking somebody up in the phone book, surely you don't need help? nobody is going to help somebody if that person holds all their cards tight to their chest, that's all i was saying.
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But enough of this, I'm done. I'm not sure why I even came back here. Maybe just to get my thread up to 20. But I do like making gross generalizations about people though. Even when I did nothing to provoke them. And I like making light of white suburbanites. White suburbanites that drive SUV's. White suburbanites that dream of climbing the corporate ladder. Oops, wait, went up one too many rungs. How about making fun of white republicans!? Oooh, maybe I'll step on a few toes there. Well, shoot no sense leaving the white democrats out too! You guys are cracked if you think you still live in a democracy where the peoples voice counts. PSHH! You live in a grossly consumerist society. Where the mighty dollar rules all. Hey wait!!?! What are polotics doing in my alphabet soup?
now you're finally beginning to talk proper sense! you will indeed step on a few toes with language like that, but what a lot of newcomers don't realise is that the regular posters often come here specifically to step on each other's toes and explore each others' opinions. i think i agree with a lot of what you just said, but it's kind of condensed, maybe it'll get discussed more if and when you decide to post here more in future. i think you should stop stating in each of your posts that you're never going to come back though.
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But, Callum, you are a mod and you could've just locked my thread if you felt it didn't belong here. But you didn't, so if I appear brash after what was said in my initial post... don't bitch about me flying off the handle.
well, i wasn't trying to imply that you shouldn't fly off the handle, i was just excercising my right to fly off my own handle a bit. i am a strong advocate of free speech so if somebody pisses me off i will say so, but i will not try and censor them just because they piss me off! quite the contrary! while this is an unusual thread subject for this board, i don't think there is such a thing as a thread that doesn't belong here, because again, i believe in free speech and openmindedness and so forth, so anybody can say what they like. that includes insults, and all that stuff. me and macman and a few others had a real insult slinging session recently about the iraq war for example. we all were insulting each other for pages and pages, but in the process we came to understand each others opinions and realise where the other was coming from a lot better than if we had just tried to keep the thread relevant, on topic and non-inflammatory.
so welcome to the boards if you want to stay, i look forward to hearing your thoughts.
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Just do me a favor and delete my account here.
eh... no.
[ March 28, 2003: Message edited by: Calum: crusader for justice & peace ]
