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Pretty sound advice Don. These days when I feel inclined to rant in print because something has made me furious, I sit at my keyboard giving full vent to my rage (surely we've all been there?). Then I save the file and come back to it the next day. By that time the rage has abated and more often than not I can see how ridiculous it sounds or how my rage has obscured the real point. If I stil feel ...
It doesn't need to be too serious or very intelligent. All that is needed is a place to express one's ideas and absorb other people's ideas without incurring name calling and abuse and without posts aimed simply at winding up other posters. I have simple rules for myself: never write anything online that I would not say to someone face to face. think before I write and never write in ...
Who knows, 1263? But with a little effort and good will............
"I must say, that it would be nice to think that there was a forum for serious, intelligent discussion and debate" - maybe there is but this isn't it and never will be...
@Epicurus & @Don Pearson And there was I beginning to think "Can I be arsed anymore?". Praise indeed. Lovely to see both of you making your rare postings on this site. I for one would love to see you post more not least because I do feel a little 'lonely' on here sometimes.
I am bound to say that I am surprised and not a little heartened by the responses to my posts. My somewhat pessimistic expectation was that they would be received with a tirade of abuse. (I like the humour in your second post by the way). That said, hands up, full confession, even Iv’e done a little ranting in my time though you would not need all the fingers of one hand to count the ...
Perhaps we could reanimate the forum with the Marcus Tullius Cicero award for rhetoric. Candidates, anyone?
Epicurus, I haven't posted on here for years because of all of the very unpleasant abuse that a small number of people direct at one another. Apart from Lynne, soldiering on with informative posts and thought-out ideas, most of the constructive posters have withdrawn. I used to post satirical pieces and I am glad to see your work. My other great pleasure is to read posts complaining about ...
Epicurus, you are wasted on this forum.
You’re absolutely right of course. I should not be wasting my life trying to make points by posting puerile attempts at ironic humour. After all, I must have squandered hours on those 7 posts in the last 8 years. Mind you, I see there are some who have made well over 1200 posts but I guess I could learn from their more adult, calm and thoughtful efforts such as: “ Lobotomy Dems” (1263 ...