Oh, and by the way, just to prevent problems in this thread, if anybody was planning on posting that meme “Fighting on the internet is like…”, please don’t. Although often good-intentioned, it’s pretty offensive and never comes off well.
@can: Good point. It is also counter-productive to defend or support either of the two sides of an argument. If a thread starts to get heated, the best way to handle it is to simply stop reading that thread and send me a PM so I can step in.
Maybe it’s electrified and they both tried marking it?
Invisible reasons that affect so many of us. I’ve gotten caught in it too. Don’t even know if I started it! Can’t remember. Tried walking away and talking about it elsewhere later. All seems well.
It does seem like the essence of the forum has been changing, can’t put my finger on just why. We do need to all remember we’re here in support of something we all like doing, and it really is that simple.
Edit: I should add that, like myself, a great many here are going through tough times with ill health and personal issues. It would seem that we have come together here in the first place because we’ve taken on this hobby as a self healing, time of peace helper…I know that’s how I use it and I know many other’s that do the same. So it’s even more important to be compassionate and forgiving as folks deal with major issues….something this life has been throwing around in heaping helpings lately.
What I think happens all too often is that people come here after being on other forums and bring with them the same hostility they get from other sites. If they are continually attacked on other forums by trolls/haters etc, they get defensive and see attacks where none exist at all. So they get snippy and it just escalates. I know that more than once I have seen an insult where none existed and just about behaved the way I would on other forums. I have to remind myself that this forum is not about fighting at all.
Excellent point. It’s always good to give the benefit of the doubt, especially in these difficult times. As a matter of fact, that’s why one of the BLF RULES is “Have fun.” BLF should be used for fun and recreation, I think we all have enough stress and rules and laws to follow in the outside world.
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I like it here, admin hats off The people here are pretty awesome!