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The umpire is calling strikes..................

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RockMyAmadeus

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I don't think I've seen anyone on these boards "get over" anything the entire time I've been here. 2c

 

Some of us get over a lot. I've had a difference of opinion with a couple of people as far as a difference of opinion. There have been instances where they say something that seats my opinion as they raise a factor I never considered. Then there are times that they want to be stubborn and that in itself is frustrating. You get over it. I don't wish for the people I've had a difference of opinion on to leave and never come back though. It keeps things interesting.

 

My only exception is solarcadet. For some reason I believe the cancer lie was more despicable than most of the petty scams we have seen as it plays off of the emotions and sympathy of the community at large rather than an isolated few transactions. I lose complete respect for someone like that. He should walk the floor at Sloan Kettering and see if lying about his dad suffering through cancer to cover up his deficiencies is something to throw around.

 

So shame on him and those that continue to deal with him. He is the first and only person that I have on my own 'never deal with list' no matter if he is taken off a board list.

 

Several years ago, Tranny called me a "cancer on these boards."

 

(He was completely right. Not that there haven't been many, many others who were as bad or worse, but the fact was, I was being a loudmouth jerk who wouldn't let things go and ground my opponents...deservedly or not...into a fine powder over any issue that got stuck in my craw, and if they brought a knife to the fight, I brought a gun. I didn't start it, but I sure as hell made sure I always ended it. And that was pure poison on my part.)

 

So, I decided to put as my location, being a smartass: "board cancer." (And many people use their location to send subtle smartass messages to those they don't like, often by repeating what others have said to them.)

 

Several people, especially a certain woman who shall not be named, were in a complete uproar, calling that "completely inappropriate" and "cancer is no laughing matter" and that I should be banned for making light of cancer (I did no such thing, and never, ever would, but try explaining that to the self-righteous.)

 

I did not agree with them then, and I do not agree with them now, but in the interest of not getting my butt a strike, I bowed to public pressure and changed it.

 

Now, however, we have someone who actually lies about his father dying of cancer...the actual thing, not just a smartass reply to a smartass remark...and where are these people self-righteously decrying solarcadet? Where is the outrage? Where are the posts calling for his head for lying about ACTUAL CANCER to gain sympathy?

 

Instead, we are met with crickets from those people.

 

The silence, as they say, is deafening.

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Ken Aldred

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Man, that'd just be cool to go to a convention and meet boardies - I'd even probably say hello to Joe Collector.

 

 

Greggy sets the bar too high.

 

I met Greggy at the London con. Very quiet, I thought.

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COI

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I agree with whomever has the coolest books.

 

That's easy.

 

#TEAM_TARANTULA has them.

 

:banana:

 

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Logan510

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Man, that'd just be cool to go to a convention and meet boardies - I'd even probably say hello to Joe Collector.

 

 

Greggy sets the bar too high.

 

I met Greggy at the London con. Very quiet, I thought.

 

 

He speaks softly and carries a big stick.

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Logan510

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I mean seriously guys - the cool books stuff is ridiculous. The guy just does not have the type of inventory that supports your ridiculous hypothesis.

 

lol

 

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Oh snap lol

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CAHokie

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I have been outspoken about his cancer comments since the beginning, along with the Concentration Camp comments. I guess that was why I got offered to meet but I declined. Interesting that none of those comments warranted a strike or slap.

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CBT

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but the fact was, I was being a loudmouth jerk who wouldn't let things go and ground my opponents...deservedly or not...into a fine powder over any issue that got stuck in my craw, and if they brought a knife to the fight, I brought a gun. I didn't start it, but I sure as hell made sure I always ended it.

 

Growing up, my friends and I used to call this kind of world view as the "Red Sky" syndrome. As in, what color is the sky in the fantasy world you live in.

 

Another humorous expression we had for it, was "you can't hurt me". Specifically, this kid had been beat up and as the guy who beat him up walked away, he gets up, crying and drooling, and yells "you can't hurt me".

 

In the internet era, I always found this image to suffice, in this case, the lion would be your "gun" or "finely powdered enemies".

 

cat-sees-lion-mirror.jpg

 

 

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Buzzetta

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I have been outspoken about his cancer comments since the beginning, along with the Concentration Camp comments. I guess that was why I got offered to meet but I declined. Interesting that none of those comments warranted a strike or slap.

 

Notify notify notify...

 

If more people did it on the comments that certain people make then it might make the powers that be notice. When one person floods a mailbox with twenty complaints about the same person it is often lowered on the priority scale. When twenty people flood a mailbox with a single complaint it peaks interest into looking into it.

 

I am not saying to follow Solarcadet around and notify the mods on him because you do not like him. Notify the mods on him when he makes his "concentration camp" comments or does things that violate the rules of the board.

 

Let them give him time out after time out after time out until he gets bored of the routine.

 

 

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Atc-migration

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Um....you do realize that you are showing bigotry.

 

Here is the definition.

 

big·ot·ry

 

noun

 

noun: bigotry; plural noun: bigotries

 

bigoted attitudes; intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.

 

The difference is I'm not intolerant of anyone here...I disagree, which is fine. And to a certain level, almost everyone exhibits bigotry.

 

However, I'll fully admit I disagree and don't hide behind a keyboard. The "circle"...they will not.

 

 

Are you saying I hide behind a keyboard because I didn't approach you in Charlotte? What would've been the point? I wasn't going to buy anything from you (shrug)

 

No, I'm not saying that. I was fully aware that you were at Heroes and I was 100% confident you wouldn't say anything. Which is fine. Had you spoken, I would have been nice, whether you believe it or not.

 

And believe you me, I have no misperceptions of whether you were going to buy anything or not. I'm smarter than the average bear.

 

It would be kind of silly to approach you just to reiterate what you already know. I'm sure you would've been just as polite as you are here :)

 

I'm nice and polite to those who deserve it. There are many here who I truly enjoy and respect. You however...

 

:roflmao:

 

meh

 

I don't care for either of you. :whistle:

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Logan510

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Um....you do realize that you are showing bigotry.

 

Here is the definition.

 

big·ot·ry

 

noun

 

noun: bigotry; plural noun: bigotries

 

bigoted attitudes; intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.

 

The difference is I'm not intolerant of anyone here...I disagree, which is fine. And to a certain level, almost everyone exhibits bigotry.

 

However, I'll fully admit I disagree and don't hide behind a keyboard. The "circle"...they will not.

 

 

Are you saying I hide behind a keyboard because I didn't approach you in Charlotte? What would've been the point? I wasn't going to buy anything from you (shrug)

 

No, I'm not saying that. I was fully aware that you were at Heroes and I was 100% confident you wouldn't say anything. Which is fine. Had you spoken, I would have been nice, whether you believe it or not.

 

And believe you me, I have no misperceptions of whether you were going to buy anything or not. I'm smarter than the average bear.

 

It would be kind of silly to approach you just to reiterate what you already know. I'm sure you would've been just as polite as you are here :)

 

I'm nice and polite to those who deserve it. There are many here who I truly enjoy and respect. You however...

 

:roflmao:

 

meh

 

I don't care for either of you. :whistle:

 

 

Alan Moore is a hack :baiting:

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Atc-migration

Atc-migration

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Um....you do realize that you are showing bigotry.

 

Here is the definition.

 

big·ot·ry

 

noun

 

noun: bigotry; plural noun: bigotries

 

bigoted attitudes; intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.

 

The difference is I'm not intolerant of anyone here...I disagree, which is fine. And to a certain level, almost everyone exhibits bigotry.

 

However, I'll fully admit I disagree and don't hide behind a keyboard. The "circle"...they will not.

 

 

Are you saying I hide behind a keyboard because I didn't approach you in Charlotte? What would've been the point? I wasn't going to buy anything from you (shrug)

 

No, I'm not saying that. I was fully aware that you were at Heroes and I was 100% confident you wouldn't say anything. Which is fine. Had you spoken, I would have been nice, whether you believe it or not.

 

And believe you me, I have no misperceptions of whether you were going to buy anything or not. I'm smarter than the average bear.

 

It would be kind of silly to approach you just to reiterate what you already know. I'm sure you would've been just as polite as you are here :)

 

I'm nice and polite to those who deserve it. There are many here who I truly enjoy and respect. You however...

 

:roflmao:

 

meh

 

I don't care for either of you. :whistle:

 

 

Alan Moore is a hack :baiting:

 

Is he related to Roger?

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MR SigS

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Cancer isn't funny.

 

Hell, no! I think tool bags and dew shy boxes of this level should have links to their boxbaggery permanently affixed to their posts. I know some of these posts will bring page loads to a crawl, so when that happens, to the curb kick them.

My offended 2c

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