GBRedneck

Yeah, here's our PM conversation:

I moved some posts.

But you were the one who started it. Your first post in that thread accuses the OP of pulling stuff out of his butt. That isn't necessary and needs to stop.
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Sorry. But it was accurate. Not literally, of course.
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For clarification, what I said was attacking what he said. I accused him of pulling stuff out of a$$, but I didn't call him an a$$. Attack the post, not the poster. Is that an accepted board philosophy?

The posts I reported were direct personal attacks, not attacks against something that was said.
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Several people recently have tried to use "I was calling the post stupid, not the poster" or something like that. But it doesn't work that way. Saying "that's the dumbest post I've ever seen" is calling the poster dumb.

"Attack the post" isn't the way to go. If you disagree, you can make your own case for why they are wrong or ask for facts to back up their case. Saying a post is stupid or that they're pulling things out of their a$$ is attacking the poster.

I would say one was a personal attack and one wasn't. But when you start things like you're doing, we're not inclined to come down that hard on the responses.
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Thanks. Got it, I think. If I would've left out the "pulled out of butt" part, I would've been OK.
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Heh, from that PM exchange it sounds like he's still trying to dance right up to the edge of the rules, rather than trying to go along and get along here on HB.
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In my post above I just assumed that GBRedneck realized he had been rude and was simply apologizing. *sigh*

 
I'd like to think he's going to straighten up, but if he is, I think it's going to take a jolt. My feeling is the next time, he earns a vacation for at least three days.

 
Aw, shucks. Too bad it came down to another one :/ Let's try and see if these can be avoided if at all possible. Thinking specifically of cm husker, who's been known to go on bents, but he's sounded OK in the PM convo with him recently. Maybe it's the holiday spirit, but I'd like to think they aren't lost causes. GBR was even making some effort at being reasonable lately (or perhaps I'm being naive) with a few of the posts that I saw and making some self-reports for the tangent thread.

Oh and but while I'm at it, happy holidays to everyone!

 
You can only give people so many chances zoogs. Can't keep slapping them on the hand saying, "next time I'm doing something, I'm serious!" And then slap them on the hand again. JMO

 
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