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People have just the kindest things to say about me.
As many of you may fully know, I'm a regular around the Morality & Religion subforum of ED. Unfortunately, one poster was particularly irked at me, and decided that there was no more point in talking to me. You can see his post here.
The main complaint aired out is here:
Tornado_Creator I've been here since before the site changed it's name from Go-Gaia to Gaia Online, so a pretty long damn time. I tend to disappear for 2-3 months at a time then come back for a while depending on other commitments I have. Now, I will agree Boxy is not exactly the most rude member but he is extremely antagonistic. ... If anything I am the only person here to see Boxy's true character. An intelligent person, albeit someone who I disagree with to the point where I've very nearly put him on ignore about 4 times now but I always stop myself because putting intelligent people on ignore really gets to me. He is extremely sure of himself, very composed and quite a talented forum troll. He is able to use his words well, to be both antagonising and polite at the same time, and he is quite good at psychoanalysing the people he speaks to even over the internet in order to get the response he wishes. Almost expertly done. I agree that when you're on his side he is a nice person and he is a good person to have in a debate, however he knows just enough about every topic to be dangerous in the debate and he knows enough about debate, language and forum etiquette to scare off anyone who would challenge him. Perhaps I'm building him up a little too much here. I'm not entirely sure. However I think you're naive if you consider Boxy a kind natured a fair person in debates, he is ruthless and cunning, and for that he gets at least some respect from me. I would however prefer that he was honest.
How shocked and surprised I was that many of the regulars in M&R jumped to my defense, and how kind their words were! Consider these compliments:
Celeblin Galadeneryn Oh, for the love of chocolate covered carrots. You're ******** claiming Boxy is antagonising you. BOXY. I don't know how long you've been here, but Boxy is probably one of the least antagonistic people on the entire forum. ... The reason why you're being mocked here is because you're demeaning one of the nicest posters we've ever seen. Someone who, in the past, has routinely put the jaded bastards here to shame with his calm head. The only curse he regularily uses is Gross Goethe, for ********. You're being mocked because something is horrendously weird here that you misjudge someone's character so badly. I mean, what's next? I'm the nice one and Nuri's the b***h? ******** Mercury retrograde.
John Calvin In other words, "Boohoo. I don't liek Boxy 'cause he's always pickin' on me like a scab."
Celeblin Galadeneryn Things you may not be catching on to could be the fact that you are very sure of your self when you say he's sure of himself, and are, in fact, doing some of the things that you're complaining he's doing. Basically, for Pete's sake stop it. Believe it or not, I've been on the opposite side of the table from time to time where Boxy's involved, and he's been nothing but amazingly cordial. ... That all being the same, the biggest problem I have here is A. demeaning Boxy (although, once again, he's being the best one to take it, but if I don't get some ******** righteous anger on by at least noon, it's a bad ******** day.), and B. promoting rule breaking, as what you are asking people to do here, while perhaps interesting, is against the rules of this forum.
Anarchist Miracle I think it just bothers you that Boxy, who is Mature and Intelligent and a Genuinely Nice Guy, can be all of those things without also being on your side. to console you, consider this: you get the privilege of debating with Boxy. those of us who happen to agree with him can only debate with you. lucky, lucky, you.
Celeblin Galadeneryn Sometimes I'm more than happy to disagree with Boxy.
I am just so happy that I have so many friends who say so many good things about me. Granted, they came in the form of flaming another person, but it still makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside that so many people are willing to jump to my defense. My strategy of being as polite as humanly possible seems to be paying off quite handsomely ninja
Boxy · Tue Oct 07, 2008 @ 09:59pm · 1 Comments |
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