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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 10:00 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Starwood Lurker:
I entered into FT Chat once. It was like being in a pen full of Dobermans with a steak sown onto your shirt.

Never again.
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Much as I'd suspected ... Will so have to make sure I miss it...

As to OMNI, "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it make a sound?" Likewise, adults should be able to get along or move along. If moderating assistance is required, then the parties involved should request it. A "problem" is not a problem unless someone proves it is (in most cases, true problems require no proof aside from pointing the moderator at the right thread; other problems really AREN'T problems.)

As to this issue with "tin-foil hat crowd" or "drink the Fox News kool-aid" remarks, IMHO, 1. you'd have to demonstrate that you were an intended recipient of the disparaging remark; 2. it was not a generalized remark (like, "I hate them" - those types of remarks are usually general enough as to be like typed frowns or scowls); and 3. the remark was intended SIMPLY to make someone else feel bad.

Nako, I feel your objections do not "pass go" as personal attacks. You may very well FEEL bad about what you read there, but that is not sufficient to be a personal attack. I feel bad when I hear people use pejorative names, but that doesn't make them personal attacks (which is not to say it doesn't STILL violate the TOS against racist speech and is thus time-out-able). I feel bad about being pushed and shoved on the subway during my commute, but it is almost NEVER a personal attack - just thoughtlessness, selfishness, any number of things, but it is not personal.
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