What is the Purpose of this part of the Pit??

Irish Al

I'm just curious, I stopped coming here on the old pit because I found that people seem to get banned for voicing views or getting annoyed at others views or responses to their views...but the issues brought up here ARE emotional by nature and people feel passionately about them and this cause a rise in raw emotion, so my question is...why have this avaiable to people if they cant get pissed off at others on topics they feel strongly about??

TBH I don't mind, as I say I dont come here anymore but I know people I would call friends get banned from here and I would hazard a guess that there have been more people banned from here than all other parts of the board combined.

Just curious :twisted:

inmytree

Irish Al wrote:

I'm just curious, I stopped coming here on the old pit because I found that people seem to get banned for voicing views or getting annoyed at others views or responses to their views...but the issues brought up here ARE emotional by nature and people feel passionately about them and this cause a rise in raw emotion, so my question is...why have this avaiable to people if they cant get pissed off at others on topics they feel strongly about??

TBH I don't mind, as I say I dont come here anymore but I know people I would call friends get banned from here and I would hazard a guess that there have been more people banned from here than all other parts of the board combined.

Just curious :twisted:

were your friends got banned for being passionate or inappropriate...? discussing something rationally is different from telling someone to f off because they don't care for there views....

this forum is what it is, mostly politically charged discussion...if someone can't discuss something without getting pissed off, then perhaps this is not the place for them...

just my

decides2dream

one can't discuss and debate, even passionately..without getting rude or pissed off? we're TYPING here, haha. i mean, we have time to assemble our thoughts, and we also have a moment before we hit 'submit'...so yes, i do believe many good discussions can, and should happen, in such an environment. if the whole board has guidelines, most especially about respect...i see no reason for it to be suspended here. and there are many interesting topics here that i think are well worth discussing, and that it can be done with respect. dunno if that actually answers your question ...but that's my take.



btw - hi al!

tybird

Hiding out in treetops and shoutin' out rude names does not belong in any discussion. :twisted:

decides2dream

tybird wrote:

Hiding out in treetops and shoutin' out rude names does not belong in any discussion. :twisted:

ahhhhhhh...lucky woman, that daystar. a man quoting peter gabriel. *swoons*



and, certainly....WELL stated!








(btw - my kitty's name comes from that song)

Boston Lou

it's purpose is for people to show how big their brain is :roll:

and since they don't have people to talk to in real life due to how they interact with others
they come here



good to see you around Irish Al!!

tybird

decides2dream wrote:

tybird wrote:

Hiding out in treetops and shoutin' out rude names does not belong in any discussion. :twisted:

ahhhhhhh...lucky woman, that daystar. a man quoting peter gabriel. *swoons*



and, certainly....WELL stated!








(btw - my kitty's name comes from that song)

Which name?....there's only about 50 names tossed out in that tune.

decides2dream

Lucifer wrote:

it's purpose is for people to show how big their brain is :roll:

or how small....all depends.

Lucifer wrote:

and since they don't have people to talk to in real life due to how they interact with others
they come here

and THAT could be said for every forum here. :P


tybird.....i was leaving you guessing.
suki

tybird

decides2dream wrote:

tybird wrote:

Hiding out in treetops and shoutin' out rude names does not belong in any discussion. :twisted:

ahhhhhhh...lucky woman, that daystar. a man quoting peter gabriel. *swoons*



and, certainly....WELL stated!








(btw - my kitty's name comes from that song)

Seriously, I'm the lucky one in our relationship...what a woman.

tybird

"decides2dream wrote:

and THAT could be said for every forum here. :P


tybird.....i was leaving you guessing.
suki

Played with Leo???

VINNY GOOMBA

This place is pretty tame compared to the last board. A lot less people, a few of the more 'abrasive' personalities seem to be MIA.

Has a thread even been locked yet???!!!???

decides2dream

tybird wrote:

Played with Leo???

yep.


and you bet...i KNOW you're BOTH lucky.





vinny, thus far...sure seems more tame. i do think a thread or 2 in MT, AET and the porch, each, has been locked.....but sure, people do seem, overall, to be 'playing nice.'

tybird

decides2dream wrote:

tybird wrote:

Played with Leo???

yep.


and you bet...i KNOW you're BOTH lucky.





vinny, thus far...sure seems more tame. i do think a thread or 2 in MT, AET and the porch, each, has been locked.....but sure, people do seem, overall, to be 'playing nice.'

I think the alternative board might be a taboo subject and could be the cause for a couple of locked threads.

decides2dream

tybird wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

tybird wrote:

Played with Leo???

yep.


and you bet...i KNOW you're BOTH lucky.





vinny, thus far...sure seems more tame. i do think a thread or 2 in MT, AET and the porch, each, has been locked.....but sure, people do seem, overall, to be 'playing nice.'

I think the alternative board might be a taboo subject and could be the cause for a couple of locked threads.

i think what those threads devolved into has always been taboo.....and the fact that they started out about the alterna-board really has nothing to do with it. but then again, wtf would i know? :P

soulsinging

Lucifer wrote:

it's purpose is for people to show how big their brain is :roll:

and since they don't have people to talk to in real life due to how they interact with others
they come here

You're right to roll your eyes, it's so pathetic to come here and talk politics. Now hitting on every young woman in the AET with a cute photo and trying to one-up everyone else with witty one-liners like a high school lunch table... there's a worthy posting goal! And no way do those people come here because their lame come-ons have never gotten them laid in real life... it's the Moving Train folks that have socialization issues.

Commy

I"ve learned a lot from this part of the pit. its anything from an alternative news source to a place to figure out wtf is really going on with specific issues-mumbai attacks, 911-still have no idea about that-Iraq war, obama presidency, federal reserve, etc.

NoK

soulsinging wrote:

You're right to roll your eyes, it's so pathetic to come here and talk politics. Now hitting on every young woman in the AET with a cute photo and trying to one-up everyone else with witty one-liners like a high school lunch table... there's a worthy posting goal! And no way do those people come here because their lame come-ons have never gotten them laid in real life... it's the Moving Train folks that have socialization issues.

Classic.

Commy wrote:

I"ve learned a lot from this part of the pit. its anything from an alternative news source to a place to figure out wtf is really going on with specific issues-mumbai attacks, 911-still have no idea about that-Iraq war, obama presidency, federal reserve, etc.

My thoughts exactly. I've picked up so many great sites from this place.

Byrnzie

VINNY GOOMBA wrote:

This place is pretty tame compared to the last board. A lot less people, a few of the more 'abrasive' personalities seem to be MIA.

Has a thread even been locked yet???!!!???

I managed to get a thread locked on the first day. But that was on the AET.

JordyWordy

soulsinging wrote:

Lucifer wrote:

it's purpose is for people to show how big their brain is :roll:

and since they don't have people to talk to in real life due to how they interact with others
they come here

You're right to roll your eyes, it's so pathetic to come here and talk politics. Now hitting on every young woman in the AET with a cute photo and trying to one-up everyone else with witty one-liners like a high school lunch table... there's a worthy posting goal! And no way do those people come here because their lame come-ons have never gotten them laid in real life... it's the Moving Train folks that have socialization issues.

haha, EPIC

i come on MT for different perspectives, different views, to challenge others' opinions and challenge my own.

Anon

VINNY GOOMBA wrote:

This place is pretty tame compared to the last board. A lot less people, a few of the more 'abrasive' personalities seem to be MIA.

Has a thread even been locked yet???!!!???

I may be one of those. To be honest I was warned about some of the things I said because they didn't fit along the lines of the majority. That is why I'm not going to update my username for fear of retaliation, now they can put a username to a member number. No thanks! I love that low member number like a member of my family.

Irish Al

Its interesting and I take the points, that there is time to formulate before you type, but i suppose some people dont, espicially when they are feeling very frustrated

Thanks a mil for all the different opinions...good to see you lot too :twisted:

Soulsinging..never forget "you cant be neutral on a moving train"