bye and thanks for all the fish...
last night I was browsing the forum threads and the abuse and vitriolic comments being posted were way over acceptable normal banter, they were positively toxic, yet, no one really cared, sure the odd members said 'your out of order', but it was allowed to continue, unabated, over several threads...another member has posts in the 'blogs' that are racist, incites men to hate women and he continually abuses women and other members, yet, even thought comments have been disabled, his blogs are available to be viewed by the general public...
I brought this subject up a little while ago and to be honest, the general consensus of the replies was, 'let it go', 'don't read the thread', 'ignore them' etc... well that's not me...
I am not against free speech or someones right to an opinion, that's what a democracy is all about, having a free will and being able to express it... so thanks to all the members who did post comments on my threads...
perhaps I am not thick skinned enough?... but that's how I am... so now I am exercising my free will and heading off...
~ remember, next time a stranger talks to you when your alone, look at them shocked and whisper quietly "you can see me?" ~
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Hope you'll come back soon.
And you are right to be disgusted by them.
However,
a) we cannot stop them
b) we can leave but that still doesn't stop them, it just means less good guys out there
c) Although it is disgusting, it also allows us to separate the wheat from the chaff. Eg. When somebody who had appeared ok and even interesting then comes out with a remark that shows his true feelings about an issue, an entire gender, etc., the warning bells go off instantly.
Therefore these posts have longterm good results in helping us see the true character of a person.
I hope you're having a gorgeous sunny day up there too
Every time even the author of the post looks at it, it counts as a view.
I am not sure wether i will just go into the mist but there are some fab folk here that i have met and it would feel i was shutting the door to good friends,
I wish you would reconsider and maybe just chat to folk that you would like to meet in real (as it were) life,
I wish you well in whatever you decide to do
Mint is great if your stomach is upset
Why break a habit of a lifetime. ..
Molly, afraid so, you'll just have to live with it
I hope the hols were fab
Sorry past we have
Such is life