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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3222678, member: 112"]Yes, that is exactly what you <u>should</u> do paddy ! As they say it takes two to tango. So if one is standing there talking to themselves - there aint gonna be no dance !</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing replying to behavior such as you describe does is to encourage them to keep coming on for more. It's like two kids on the playground - if one simply walks away, that's the end of it. But if they both stand there face to face insulting each other - rarely does it end in any way but bad for both of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ya know, I've often talked to people about what I do here as a moderator, not what I do as a member, but as a moderator, and do ya know how I describe it ? I describe it as babysitting the children. Because that's what it's like, only it's worse. With kids, at least most of the time, if somebody in authority tells them to stop, they'll stop. But with adults - not so. Adults seem to think that they can act any way they want to. They seem to think that all the rules about human behavior, how they were taught as kids to behave - don't apply anymore. That they can just say what they want and do what they want and get away with it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now in real life, face to face interactions between people, they wouldn't do that. Why ? Because in most cases they know better, they know what acting like that is going to get them - and it's usually a fist in the face. But on a forum, well that can't happen, so they just go ahead and do it anyway. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now sure there are those who are the same face to face as they are on a forum. And they might actually start fights or get into fights on a regular basis. You know the kind of people I'm talking about, we all do. We've all seen 'em and been around 'em all our lives. But most people don't get into fights because they do know better. They know what's likely to happen if they do. Nobody ever wins in a fight, you either end up with a sore face or sore fists. So most folks do everything they can to avoid them.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that's what the vast majority of our members are - the people who know better. They're the ones who would walk away because that's the smart thing to do. All I'm suggesting is that you do it here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3222678, member: 112"]Yes, that is exactly what you [U]should[/U] do paddy ! As they say it takes two to tango. So if one is standing there talking to themselves - there aint gonna be no dance ! The only thing replying to behavior such as you describe does is to encourage them to keep coming on for more. It's like two kids on the playground - if one simply walks away, that's the end of it. But if they both stand there face to face insulting each other - rarely does it end in any way but bad for both of them. Ya know, I've often talked to people about what I do here as a moderator, not what I do as a member, but as a moderator, and do ya know how I describe it ? I describe it as babysitting the children. Because that's what it's like, only it's worse. With kids, at least most of the time, if somebody in authority tells them to stop, they'll stop. But with adults - not so. Adults seem to think that they can act any way they want to. They seem to think that all the rules about human behavior, how they were taught as kids to behave - don't apply anymore. That they can just say what they want and do what they want and get away with it. Now in real life, face to face interactions between people, they wouldn't do that. Why ? Because in most cases they know better, they know what acting like that is going to get them - and it's usually a fist in the face. But on a forum, well that can't happen, so they just go ahead and do it anyway. Now sure there are those who are the same face to face as they are on a forum. And they might actually start fights or get into fights on a regular basis. You know the kind of people I'm talking about, we all do. We've all seen 'em and been around 'em all our lives. But most people don't get into fights because they do know better. They know what's likely to happen if they do. Nobody ever wins in a fight, you either end up with a sore face or sore fists. So most folks do everything they can to avoid them. And that's what the vast majority of our members are - the people who know better. They're the ones who would walk away because that's the smart thing to do. All I'm suggesting is that you do it here.[/QUOTE]
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