tunaplanet 0 #26 March 18, 2004 So JohnRich...since you love to talk about politics/religeon/gun control so much, tell us the websites to the forum boards you post on since you claim to care so much about it. Let us no your username on those sights so we can take a looksy. And if you don't post on forum boards catered to those topics, why do you insist on posting them on a skydiving forum board? Seems to me people just like to post threads to get people in an uproar. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #27 March 18, 2004 QuoteIs this or is this not a skydiving related website? Are there or are there not many other websites where politics/gun control/religion are the primary subject matter for discussion? Dontcha think people who frequent those websites would get a bit uptight if we came in and started discussing RSL's and AAD's? I've been on those other websites, and there are a lot of idiots and trolls hiding behind internet anonymity. No matter how much the troll accusation gets thrown around here, it's not very common. Almost everyone on here knows or knows someone who knows anyone else. For that reason alone, I think it sticks at legitimate, thoughtful debate and discussion. Plus, the moderators do a great job. In other words. This is a great forum for discussing everything because of our relation with each other and the rules that HH set up and you help to enforce. I wouldn't bother having these discussion on those other web sites. Here I've learned from other people and have hopefully helped other people to learn from me. That's what this site is all about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pajarito 0 #28 March 18, 2004 Then why not just get rid of the "Talk Back" forum altogether? The description reads as such: "Anything non-skydiving related should be discussed here! Politics, relationships, soap box, etc... Skydiving discussions are welcome but you may have better luck in the General Skydiving Discussions forum. This forum is moderated but expect a noisy bar!" Am I missing something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #29 March 18, 2004 QuoteThen why not just get rid of the "Talk Back" forum altogether? Eating is healthy. However, when you eat 15 times a day, everyday, it becomes bad. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #30 March 18, 2004 Quote Am I missing something? I dunno. Like I said. I'm just expressing my opinion on the subject. Don't mean shit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,589 #31 March 18, 2004 You're not missing anything. Lisa's just as allowed not to like some threads as others are allowed to like them. And she can say so, regardless of the green tinge. In her case, she doesn't get to choose not to read them, but you could say that she signed up for that. It does give her some perspective that not everyone has, though. You don't have to value her opinion, any more than anyone else has to, or mine, or yours. But she can provide it -- the forum's for that, too. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #32 March 18, 2004 QuoteI give a rat's ass what everyone else thinks about politics/religion/gun control. It's a complete waste of time and bandwidth to argue about any of it, especially on a fucking skydiving site. well put chuck!!!if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #33 March 18, 2004 Quoteespecially on a fucking skydiving site. OK, I found CRW, Camera, RW, and FF. Where's the Fucking Skydiving forum? Does it have pictures? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #34 March 18, 2004 QuoteAnd if you don't post on forum boards catered to those topics, why do you insist on posting them on a skydiving forum board? I think it's fun to discuss my other (non-skydiving-related) interests with other skydivers. I don't think I've ever even opened one of the gun control threads though, because it doesn't interest me. It's pretty easy to skip over threads, so why are you getting so upset about this? QuoteSeems to me people just like to post threads to get people in an uproar. Like this one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #35 March 18, 2004 QuoteWhere's the Fucking Skydiving forum? Used to be this one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #36 March 18, 2004 QuoteUsed to be this one. Now it's been taken over into a political/religeous forum by a select few. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pajarito 0 #37 March 18, 2004 I'll go with that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TypicalFish 0 #38 March 18, 2004 I do care, more from the standpoint of wanting to understand the perspectives that are different from my own."I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skydyvr 0 #39 March 19, 2004 QuoteYes, I do care. I look at every opportunity I can to learn whatever I can about anything. Ditto. People who don't give a shit what anyone else thinks are simply closed minded, and suffer for it in the "learning something new" department. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Antithesis 0 #40 March 19, 2004 QuoteQuoteI give a rat's ass what everyone else thinks about politics/religion/gun control. It's a complete waste of time and bandwidth to argue about any of it, especially on a fucking skydiving site. What Chuck said. What Bytch said that chuck said!! I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites JohnRich 4 #41 March 19, 2004 QuoteAnd if you don't post on forum boards catered to those topics, why do you insist on posting them on a skydiving forum board? Seems to me people just like to post threads to get people in an uproar. See what pajarito said - I feel the same. This particular forum is specified for non-skydiving subjects. So you know what to expect when you look here. The thread titles are usually clearly labeled, giving you the option to skip over items that don't interest you. That's what I do with about 60% of the threads. You can do the same thing, without infringing upon what other people want to talk about. Just because we're all skydivers, doesn't mean that we don't like to talk about other subjects with like-minded people. You see the same thing in other forums. I was a regular in "Avsig" for quite a while, the Aviation Special Interest Group, and pilots do the same thing that we do here - talking about a wide variety of topics with each other. Rather than try and control what everyone else talks about, I suggest that it would be easier for you to just control what you look at. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ian84 0 #42 March 19, 2004 Yeah I care what others on here have to say about topical issues. I may disagree with people about certain things but I know my thoughts about gun control (in the US) for example have changed since talking to others on here. Keep an open mind. I'm always willing to be convinced that I'm wrong, its just got to be some pretty good convincing. But most of the time I'm right Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bch7773 0 #43 March 19, 2004 i think its interesting for some of the stuff... but usually those threads turn into people clashing over petty shit just so they can say they are right. things like spelling errors and such... and some of those threads are purely created to start an uproar going. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jose 0 #44 March 19, 2004 QuoteAlmost everyone on here knows or knows someone who knows anyone else. For that reason alone, I think it sticks at legitimate, thoughtful debate and discussion. Plus, the moderators do a great job. I wouldn't say all moderators.....some are the one's primarily responsible for all of these religious and political threads.... see post #14. QuoteNow it's been taken over into a political/religeous forum by a select few. Again post #14. Dont believe me...just look that the posts started by these 2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jakee 1,596 #45 March 19, 2004 Sweet! Its an argument about whether or not people should care about other people arguing.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Snowflake 0 #46 March 19, 2004 QuoteI give a rat's ass what everyone else thinks about politics/religion/gun control. It's a complete waste of time and bandwidth to argue about any of it, especially on a fucking skydiving site. What he said x2. too much mental diarrhea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 3ringheathen 0 #47 March 19, 2004 QuoteIs this or is this not a skydiving related website? Are there or are there not many other websites where politics/gun control/religion are the primary subject matter for discussion? Dontcha think people who frequent those websites would get a bit uptight if we came in and started discussing RSL's and AAD's? Not if they had a section for general discussion, kind of like, oh I don't know... Talkback. -Josh If you have time to panic, you have time to do something more productive. -Me* *Ron has accused me of plagiarizing this quote. He attributes it to Douglas Adams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites 3ringheathen 0 #48 March 19, 2004 Quote maybe it's time for people to take a minute and think about what they are doing to the "community" here, and maybe, just maybe, take the debates elsewhere. Maybe you've got a point. I know that I get pretty tired of reading about how many beers someone else has consumed. Don't get me wrong, I'm an alcoholic myself, but I don't go around bragging about it! -Josh If you have time to panic, you have time to do something more productive. -Me* *Ron has accused me of plagiarizing this quote. He attributes it to Douglas Adams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tbrown 26 #49 March 19, 2004 No, I'd rather have friends. Everybody really IS entitled to their own opinions. As long as we don't try to run each other's lives, I'd just as soon hang out, skydive & be friends. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites tunaplanet 0 #50 March 19, 2004 QuoteWow...It's probably only brought up for debate/intellectual curiosity purposes. Negative. It's brought up time and time again for one purpose...to instigate an argument. That's it. Period. The same people (everyone knows who they are) purposely start "hot button" threads for the pure sick satisfaction of starting arguments. Sad. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 4 Next Page 2 of 4 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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TypicalFish 0 #38 March 18, 2004 I do care, more from the standpoint of wanting to understand the perspectives that are different from my own."I gargle no man's balls..." ussfpa on SOCNET Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #39 March 19, 2004 QuoteYes, I do care. I look at every opportunity I can to learn whatever I can about anything. Ditto. People who don't give a shit what anyone else thinks are simply closed minded, and suffer for it in the "learning something new" department. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antithesis 0 #40 March 19, 2004 QuoteQuoteI give a rat's ass what everyone else thinks about politics/religion/gun control. It's a complete waste of time and bandwidth to argue about any of it, especially on a fucking skydiving site. What Chuck said. What Bytch said that chuck said!! I travel the land, Work in the ocean, Play in the sky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #41 March 19, 2004 QuoteAnd if you don't post on forum boards catered to those topics, why do you insist on posting them on a skydiving forum board? Seems to me people just like to post threads to get people in an uproar. See what pajarito said - I feel the same. This particular forum is specified for non-skydiving subjects. So you know what to expect when you look here. The thread titles are usually clearly labeled, giving you the option to skip over items that don't interest you. That's what I do with about 60% of the threads. You can do the same thing, without infringing upon what other people want to talk about. Just because we're all skydivers, doesn't mean that we don't like to talk about other subjects with like-minded people. You see the same thing in other forums. I was a regular in "Avsig" for quite a while, the Aviation Special Interest Group, and pilots do the same thing that we do here - talking about a wide variety of topics with each other. Rather than try and control what everyone else talks about, I suggest that it would be easier for you to just control what you look at. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ian84 0 #42 March 19, 2004 Yeah I care what others on here have to say about topical issues. I may disagree with people about certain things but I know my thoughts about gun control (in the US) for example have changed since talking to others on here. Keep an open mind. I'm always willing to be convinced that I'm wrong, its just got to be some pretty good convincing. But most of the time I'm right Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #43 March 19, 2004 i think its interesting for some of the stuff... but usually those threads turn into people clashing over petty shit just so they can say they are right. things like spelling errors and such... and some of those threads are purely created to start an uproar going. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jose 0 #44 March 19, 2004 QuoteAlmost everyone on here knows or knows someone who knows anyone else. For that reason alone, I think it sticks at legitimate, thoughtful debate and discussion. Plus, the moderators do a great job. I wouldn't say all moderators.....some are the one's primarily responsible for all of these religious and political threads.... see post #14. QuoteNow it's been taken over into a political/religeous forum by a select few. Again post #14. Dont believe me...just look that the posts started by these 2. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,596 #45 March 19, 2004 Sweet! Its an argument about whether or not people should care about other people arguing.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowflake 0 #46 March 19, 2004 QuoteI give a rat's ass what everyone else thinks about politics/religion/gun control. It's a complete waste of time and bandwidth to argue about any of it, especially on a fucking skydiving site. What he said x2. too much mental diarrhea Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3ringheathen 0 #47 March 19, 2004 QuoteIs this or is this not a skydiving related website? Are there or are there not many other websites where politics/gun control/religion are the primary subject matter for discussion? Dontcha think people who frequent those websites would get a bit uptight if we came in and started discussing RSL's and AAD's? Not if they had a section for general discussion, kind of like, oh I don't know... Talkback. -Josh If you have time to panic, you have time to do something more productive. -Me* *Ron has accused me of plagiarizing this quote. He attributes it to Douglas Adams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
3ringheathen 0 #48 March 19, 2004 Quote maybe it's time for people to take a minute and think about what they are doing to the "community" here, and maybe, just maybe, take the debates elsewhere. Maybe you've got a point. I know that I get pretty tired of reading about how many beers someone else has consumed. Don't get me wrong, I'm an alcoholic myself, but I don't go around bragging about it! -Josh If you have time to panic, you have time to do something more productive. -Me* *Ron has accused me of plagiarizing this quote. He attributes it to Douglas Adams. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #49 March 19, 2004 No, I'd rather have friends. Everybody really IS entitled to their own opinions. As long as we don't try to run each other's lives, I'd just as soon hang out, skydive & be friends. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tunaplanet 0 #50 March 19, 2004 QuoteWow...It's probably only brought up for debate/intellectual curiosity purposes. Negative. It's brought up time and time again for one purpose...to instigate an argument. That's it. Period. The same people (everyone knows who they are) purposely start "hot button" threads for the pure sick satisfaction of starting arguments. Sad. Forty-two Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
