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Published September 09, 2003
To which I replied:
You know I was waiting for the Diva to pick on the little kids too. Somehow I knew for her inanity, this was the only logical next step. And thats fine.
Unlike her if I am not mistaken I have in no way said anything at all disrespectful or demeaning about her or her work. So wouldn't that make Mac Diva somewhat of a hypocrite? Or does that make me a neo-Confederate too?
If my thoughts to you are 'piffle', guide me. Confer with me and allow me the chance to become better in what you perceive better to be. But your rants are getting old and I haven't even been here long.
Al could be the Grand Dragon if he wants to be but I will give him this when he insults he also disputes. Which at the moment is more than I can say for the Diva. It is much better to have a forum where opinions can be expressed, however conflicting they may be, rather than have intolerent attitudes on the streets where violence can erupt.
Am I young? Yes, admittedly. Now that we understand my reason for acting as such tell me Diva what is yours? As you would have people think: it was not that long ago I was playing in the sandbox. And, if I remember correctly there was always one person who had to have their way and if they couldn't they threatened to leave the sandbox. I am terribly sorry to have bothered you with my piffle, but please if you are leaving don't get sand in your shorts on the way out.
And in the indelible words of Faith Hill
Breathe
I feel sorry for her for one reason: she started throwing insults. When all you can resort to is insulting people, basically you have allowed them to win.
To be quite honest, as I normally am, I admired the Diva. I would have loved to be under her tutelage because she had a lot to offer. I signed up for the Blog experience to grow as a writer not to coddle adults who can not stand to be disagreed with. If she's upset be adult enough to self examine the real reasons why, but don't strike at any and everybody because you have run out of ways to prove your point.
I'll be the first to admit, I didn't even know what piffle was. So I looked it up. Am I upset she called my writing, which I thought was quite readable, piffle? No, I am upset she didn't give me reasons why it was piffle. I'm all about growing and learning, but if this is what being an adult is about you grown folks can have it!!
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Unfortunately, my belief in what was said above has only been strengthened.
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Thank you, Tom, very well put. I'm sorry that you posted this, Dew, as it does lower you to the level of your accusers. It would have been better, I think, to have let the post stay where it was. Don't let people get under your skin!
I know, more easily said than done.
What's been happening lately on certain specific posts is that disagreements boil down to pure insults, name calling, insinuations, and lies with no regard for the original topic. This is just childish and doesn't accomplish anything but making enemies. The best way to make this stop is to not respond, no matter how angry it makes you. Anger is fed by attention, and inattention forces the anger to burn itself out.
I'm sorry that you posted this, Dew, as it does lower you to the level of your accusers. It would have been better, I think, to have let the post stay where it was.
agreed and agreed
And your agreement has already raised you up a bit from that level again. ;)
Philip, that's so funny, I ws going to say just that.
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Controversy and disagreement has been a staple of Blogcritics as long as I've been a part of the site (early this year,) and probably since its inception last year. It just goes with the territory. Most people can deal with that intelligently, and even if it reduces down to insults, there is still a core of the argument that actually has something to do with the topic at hand. What's been happening lately on certain specific posts is that disagreements boil down to pure insults, name calling, insinuations, and lies with no regard for the original topic. This is just childish and doesn't accomplish anything but making enemies. The best way to make this stop is to not respond, no matter how angry it makes you. Anger is fed by attention, and inattention forces the anger to burn itself out. I hope we can all take the high road and simply skip over the posts by names we know we're going to not just disagree with but wind up in a heated angry dispute with. Intelligent, mature people take this route. We all want to be mature and intelligent, don't we?