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Liliara 09-07-2001 02:59 AM

When I first came to this board, the topics were casual, not political.
Now I know that I have responded on some of these threads, but only to stand up for what I believe in. I have become quite disheartened with this chain of events. I thought this was a place to get away from the controversy of this world, but alas, I was wrong. I am extremely disappointed and I wonder, is this a common thing? If so, I would like to know, since I thought at first that this was an escape where people of different cultures could unite without the pressures of the outside world.

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250 09-07-2001 03:42 AM

we can hardly ignore whats going in the real world

this place diminish the difference between each individual, therefore, rid us prejudging, so that we can better express ourselves. well, I am chatting with now, I will get back later

Memnoch 09-07-2001 03:49 AM

Liliara, I guess this place is like a huge club - some people like dancing on the dance floor, some like drinking at the bar, some like casual chatting, and some like to sit in the extreme corners and debate passionately about issues. One person's wine is another's poison. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Some (controversial) thread topics may prove upsetting, but they are entitled to be posted as long as they do not breach forum guidelines, talk about illegal activities or involve flaming. There are many other posts which are more conversational, escapist type posts (look for anything initiated by Cloudbringer). http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif I guess my best suggestion would be to avoid the threads that might upset you. Just skip over them. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

I will be bringing up the possibility of having a "serious discussions" forum with Ziroc in the future - when the time is right for him. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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250 09-07-2001 03:52 AM

sometimes, it is hard to distinct between serious discussion and casual talk. you are saying open a foumr just for serious discussion, right? there is not clear line

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Liliara: Actually I think one of this forum's strongest points is the enormous diversity of the people that come here and concomitantly the diversity of the topics discussed. It is never dull! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Melusine 09-07-2001 03:54 AM

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Originally posted by 250:
sometimes, it is hard to distinct between serious discussion and casual talk. you are saying open a foumr just for serious discussion, right? there is not clear line
Well, that's not always the case. The serious discussions forum at the Mithril Hall works perfectly well.



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Memnoch 09-07-2001 04:12 AM

Liliara, I've just read that entire American politics thread and obviously things got a little heated. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

I will repost what I posted there below.


Guys, I've always thought that the wonder of Ironworks was that we could debate controversial issues rationally and prevent ourselves from getting emotional about it. Rahnid, re: your first post on this thread:

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Please excuse the arggressive nature of what I'm about to say! Liliara I've got your back babe!( by the way...nice pic!!!)I have to admit its been a long time since I've seen quite a collection of morons and retards in one string! I have the right and ability to place a string of letters after my name(not to mention 12 years of PROUD military service) that would make most of your english professors wonder if that many consonants exist. I'm sick of the little faggity a*s opinions of the current state of American foreign policy in the world without a remotely researched view point. The chinese spy plane incident was the fault of the chinese! "A SMALL PROP AIRPLANE IS INCAPABLE OF PROPOSING A THREAT OR EVEN KEEPING UP WITH ANY TURBINE JET DRIVEN AIRCRAFT!" use your brain !!!!! Put your ignorant statements where they belong,.....perhaps in the local high school newspaper! If any Americans are tired of the way things are progressing here, perhaps you should seek out other places to reside and stop disgracing the men and women who have allowed you the right to voice your protests and who have died for a**holes just like you! I am sick of hearing the uneducated views of people who have never felt what it's like to carry a friend who has been killed in the line of duty serving the country that spits on them when they have died to keep "their" right to act like fu*king jerks alive. So any one of you who think for one moment that there is somewhere out there better suited for what life has to offer, I say "pack your SH*T AND GET THE FUC* OUT OF HERE" join up with billy bob what's his face who thinks that socialism is the "WAY" and live happly ever after! Anyway, keep your rude and insulting opinions to yourself!!!!!
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This was out of line, mate, since everyone is entitled to an opinion on this board as long as they state it in a mature and professional way and not personally attack someone in the process. There's no need for the aggression, ok? http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Nobody was attacking you personally. I'd hate to have to lock the thread because it degenerated into flaming and personal attacks on others. (Welcome to the board, by the way - you picked a hell of a thread to enter http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ).

Liliara - I appreciate that you feel passionately about this subject, but try to remember that these are just words on a screen and opinions from a multitude of other people. It is diversity of opinion and the freedom to express that which helps us all to learn. Like Voltaire said:

"We may not agree with what the other person says, but let's respect their right to state their opinion."

I myself am an American living in Australia and I didn't see this thread as America-bashing at all - just a vigorous debate. The people on the other side of the fence feel just as passionately about their opinions as you do and in their way care about America just as much. Don't take things personally! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif Nobody's right or wrong here - it's just opinions from a group of people.

Finally, just some final words of advice - if you feel your blood pressure rising and feel like punching the monitor http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/smiles/eek.gif just stand up and take a walk to calm yourself down. It's just a forum thread, guys! Let's not forget that. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif


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Link 09-07-2001 05:13 AM

As always: well said Memnoch!

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Fljotsdale 09-07-2001 05:35 AM

Gosh! That Rahnid guy sounds like a real {edited}! P'raps he should have thought before he posted, or edited it afterwards! I sometimes say things in post that are a little too strong, but when I see it on the page after posting, I go in fast and edit! Rahnid could have made exactly the same points without the abuse. Not difficult. If he is a soldier, I really think he should have more self-control.

Back to Liliara - debate about serious things is good. It makes for greater understanding between widely diverse people and opinions. Surely a good thing? But since you were subjected to that sort of abuse I can understand you feeling as you do! I would be pretty upset and http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no.../angryfire.gif myself!

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Avatar 09-07-2001 05:37 AM

It's not like we all join in the political debates.

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Epona 09-07-2001 06:21 AM

I like the political debates - this place is not separate from RL really - we are all real, we all have real opinions about the world around us. It would be artificial (IMHO) to try to leave that behind when we come here.

However, I do think that the person who posted that particular diatribe was way way out of line. I haven't been in that particular thread, but I hope he was told to cool it. I won't resort to flaming him, although I feel as though I want to! He does not show much self control and that is not called for, no matter how much you disagree with the debate - there are more intelligent and effective ways to disagree.

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Wulfere 09-07-2001 08:08 AM

Liliara...
This is a great place, no doubt about it.
I will also say that generally my policy is to stay away from the political threads. I should have stayed away from that last one. But, curiosity wrestled my better judgement into submission. I have not been back to that thread since my last post there. Political discussions make for hurt feelings and often high blood pressure. I don't see the need to participate generally. I will not go back to that thread either, I said my piece and that's it. I will apologize if I have offended anyone with my rant. Though what I said as I recall had no cursing. I hope you stay and...
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Memnoch...
sometimes the contents of the threads are hard to determine. The Title for some threads are sometimes misleading. That was not the case this time. Perhaps asking folks to add Political: or Politics: to the begining of the thread could help? Just a suggestion.
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Cloudbringer 09-07-2001 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Liliara:
When I first came to this board, the topics were casual, not political.
Now I know that I have responded on some of these threads, but only to stand up for what I believe in. I have become quite disheartened with this chain of events. I thought this was a place to get away from the controversy of this world, but alas, I was wrong. I am extremely disappointed and I wonder, is this a common thing? If so, I would like to know, since I thought at first that this was an escape where people of different cultures could unite without the pressures of the outside world.

Liliara,

IW is a place where ALL these things occur and in cycles. We don't just discuss the weather, no, but then we aren't always discussing nuclear disarmanent either.

What you WILL find is that if a serious discussion takes place it is done with respect for each other and if anyone goes over that line, they are reminded that we DO respect one another's right to have opinions and express them. NO, we don't always agree with each other but THAT is the beauty of Ironworks. We CAN have disagreements in a civil manner.

Discussions of serious topics political or othewise do happen and are a natural thing in any group of people. I myself, tend not to get heavily involved in most of them, but there are some that I feel passionately about and will take part in or where I just have a few cents worth of opinion to add to the mix.

No, Ironworks is not a haven from any serious thought, just a haven from ridicule and flames and trolls. I'm sorry you were adversely affected by seeing the new topics come up, Liliara! Maybe if they bother you, it would be best to read the many other fun and light things we have around. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Kaz 09-07-2001 10:09 AM

I agree with Cloudy, and I would also like to add that in the forums, you meet completely different people than you meet in RL who have completely different opinions and views than anyone you know (this may not be true for everybody, but it is for me). I enjoy the chance to discuss the latest political fiasco here because in RL things tend to become a bit one-sided, in school we sometimes have to quit discussions because there is no one willing to represent the other side! LOL That is one of the great things about forums, you meet people there whom you would never have met otherwise. I hope this hasn't gotten garbled.
EDIT: The thing I mean is that the political discussions here are discussions with points of view and opinions that you will rarely together in RL. Clear?

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MILAMBER 09-07-2001 10:11 AM

Sorry you were upset there Liliara. I know that I have been involved in a few of the threads that you are referring to and I hope I didn't offend you or anybody else. For me, it's not so much that I enjoy politics, It's that I have a hard time not jumping in a debate when I hear something I disagree with. Sometimes people get out of line, but for the most part, people are careful to back up and remember where they are before things get too serious.

Please don't be disheartened by this.

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MILAMBER 09-07-2001 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by Kaz:
I agree with Cloudy, and I would also like to add that in the forums, you meet completely different people than you meet in RL who have completely different opinions and views than anyone you know (this may not be true for everybody, but it is for me). I enjoy the chance to discuss the latest political fiasco here because in RL things tend to become a bit one-sided, in school we sometimes have to quit discussions because there is no one willing to represent the other side! LOL That is one of the great things about forums, you meet people there whom you would never have met otherwise. I hope this hasn't gotten garbled.
EDIT: The thing I mean is that the political discussions here are discussions with points of view and opinions that you will rarely together in RL. Clear?


Kaz, from what I've noticed, you speak your mind very well, yet you are always saying you are garbeling the message. Don't worry about it, I think you do better then alot of us!



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MagiK 09-07-2001 10:14 AM

While I know that posting on hot political topics is never really going to change anyones belief system, I think it is important to occsaionally have input from people who have differing viewpoints. If you never actually hear the other side of an issue, you can never really understand the reality of the thing, wethere you agree with the opposition or not.


The thing that really amazes me..well actually there are several, is that some times I can hear a "kid" who is only 15 actually have a fair grasp of things that I would have thought beyond his/her ability to understand. On the other hand, I frequently see people who are rather young, who have no real world experience, who have never been more than 5 miles away from mom and dad, thinking that they in their infinite wisdom can better manage the world than people who have dedicated decades of time and energy and who have learned from centuries of trial and error in our histories. Things are the way they are because they work...in general, there is room for improvement but as you get older you learn that human beings ...being what they are...are not destined for some theoretical idealogical utopia. We just arent built that way...Maybe with some genetic tinkering we will improve but as it stands RIGHT now we have what we have earned and what we deserve as a species. Things usually improve in increments, slowly and surely because there are good people trying, what does NOT happen is "snap your fingers and over night the world suddenly changes".

So a raucus discourse is good for the soul and also serves a useful purpose...if people remain civil about it.

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Cloudbringer 09-07-2001 10:19 AM

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Originally posted by Memnoch:
Liliara, I guess this place is like a huge club - some people like dancing on the dance floor, some like drinking at the bar, some like casual chatting, and some like to sit in the extreme corners and debate passionately about issues. One person's wine is another's poison. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Some (controversial) thread topics may prove upsetting, but they are entitled to be posted as long as they do not breach forum guidelines, talk about illegal activities or involve flaming. There are many other posts which are more conversational, escapist type posts (look for anything initiated by Cloudbringer). http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif I guess my best suggestion would be to avoid the threads that might upset you. Just skip over them. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

I will be bringing up the possibility of having a "serious discussions" forum with Ziroc in the future - when the time is right for him. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Liliara, he's got the whole thing right,here. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif that is how it works!

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Oh and the idea of a serious discussions forum has been run past Z. He's still thinking about his upgrade in general. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Memnoch 09-07-2001 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by Fljotsdale:
Gosh! That Rahnid guy sounds like a real {edited}! P'raps he should have thought before he posted, or edited it afterwards! I sometimes say things in post that are a little too strong, but when I see it on the page after posting, I go in fast and edit! Rahnid could have made exactly the same points without the abuse. Not difficult. If he is a soldier, I really think he should have more self-control.

F, please, http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/rolleyes.gif I didn't mean for this to turn into a thread bashing Rahnid, ok? He's new and might not have been clear about our posting guidelines. We don't flame ANY member here, regardless of what they may have done. Leave that to me, Ziroc, Saz and Ertai. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

Edit: Doesn't mean that we as mods are allowed to flame either, by the way. I reread my post and realized that it sounded a bit funny. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/smiles/eek.gif

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Memnoch 09-07-2001 10:43 AM

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Originally posted by MagiK:

So a raucus discourse is good for the soul and also serves a useful purpose...if people remain civil about it.


Took the words right out of my mouth. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

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Memnoch 09-07-2001 10:46 AM

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Originally posted by Cloudbringer:

Oh and the idea of a serious discussions forum has been run past Z. He's still thinking about his upgrade in general. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif


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Fljotsdale 09-07-2001 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by Memnoch:
F, please, http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/rolleyes.gif I didn't mean for this to turn into a thread bashing Rahnid, ok? He's new and might not have been clear about our posting guidelines. We don't flame ANY member here, regardless of what they may have done. Leave that to me, Ziroc, Saz and Ertai. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

Uh - was THAT a flame? http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/eek7.gif Sorry! I thought flaming was cussing at someone abusively, not just commenting on someone's attitude calmly. Sheesh! I always try to be careful, too. What exactly is wrong with it? Am I being stupid? It looks ok to me.
But anyway, apologies, Memnoch, and anyone else if I offended. Including Rahnid.
Er - shall I delete the post?

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Gwhanos, Lord Of Evil 09-07-2001 11:26 AM

No idea why things are so political.

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Memnoch 09-07-2001 12:29 PM

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Originally posted by Fljotsdale:
Uh - was THAT a flame? http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/eek7.gif Sorry! I thought flaming was cussing at someone abusively, not just commenting on someone's attitude calmly. Sheesh! I always try to be careful, too. What exactly is wrong with it? Am I being stupid? It looks ok to me.
But anyway, apologies, Memnoch, and anyone else if I offended. Including Rahnid.
Er - shall I delete the post?


Your first sentence was a flame, albeit a small one. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/nono.gif

A flame is a disparaging/insulting remark about someone at a personal level. This does not have to include cuss words by any means - it's the tone of the post. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/Instagib.gif

The rest of your post is commenting about his post, so that's ok. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no.../xyxthumbs.gif

And no, you don't have to delete it, just as I didn't ask Rahnid to delete his. I thought I'd call it to your attention as I don't want a flame war to develop. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/LSVADER.gif

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Grand-Ranger 09-07-2001 12:37 PM

I must I say agreee with Lilara...If you want to talk about Polotical things why bring it too nicel oving IronWOrks when every person knows good and well its going to start an agurment. Now mater how many warnings the mods give out, no mater how nice the overall thread out POLOTICAL THREADS ARE GOING TO CASUE FLAMES thats all there is too it people. IF you dont want an agurment, then dont start a political thread,that simple

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Cloudbringer 09-07-2001 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by Grand-Ranger:
I must I say agreee with Lilara...If you want to talk about Polotical things why bring it too nicel oving IronWOrks when every person knows good and well its going to start an agurment. Now mater how many warnings the mods give out, no mater how nice the overall thread out POLOTICAL THREADS ARE GOING TO CASUE FLAMES thats all there is too it people. IF you dont want an agurment, then dont start a political thread,that simple


Because we are human. We enjoy interacting and sometimes that means on a serious level in addition to the silly and fun ones. Yes, I know that I am usually in the last group, GR, but not always. I do have a very serious side, I just don't trot it out too often! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

And conflict, real "in your face" variety conflict upsets me. I hate to see people hurt or disrespectful and it makes me very sad to be involved in it so I tend to naturally avoid things that might lead there. I have participated in more 'serious discussions' on IW than elsewhere because here I've always been afforded the right to have my own opinion and to voice it without fear of being flamed and ridiculed. I also tend to have a 'mediating' personality, a fence mender if you will and sometimes I see it isn't quite possible to make everyone 'kiss and make up' so I stay out. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif That lack of flamewars, btw, was something made clear to me my first weeks on the board and I've never regretted staying here because of that and the warm and friendly people I have met here. You know, I even have reasonably good friends here who don't always agree with me... eef! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Of course I know I'm right... hehe http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif*snicker*

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Grand-Ranger 09-07-2001 01:09 PM

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without fear of being flamed and ridicule

WHAT!?! How can you say that, wasnt there just a big flame war going on right now!?

Actually come to think of it there have been quite a few serious flames latley.

There was the clan one

There was this one

and there was a another one a while back. 3 may not seem too much, but its 3 too many. And by the way cloudy your last post was toatly ignoring the my point, sure we are human and cant help falming, my point was politcial, racial and all other thread like that WILL CAUSE FLAME WARS. If you want to talk about sutff like this got to msnnbc.com, they have some boards I think for this kina stuff.


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Moni 09-07-2001 01:17 PM

I have seen quite a few political and serious topic discussions go on in this forum without them turning into flame wars. Some of them have been in-depth, intelligent discussions. It all depends on who is participating in them as to which direction they will go.
If we all remember to be civil with others and their opinions that differ from our own, there is really no need to make a separate forum for more serious discussions.
You always have the option not to post in any thread or to discontinue posting in one when someone else makes it hard for you to carry on an intelligent conversation!
I know you all see how well the serious discussion forum at Mithril Hall works but that segregates the community. Their General Discussions forum is so tame! Their Serious discussions forum is so serious! At least here, we can all converge with our discussions, jokes and casual conversation all at once! It is no different than belonging to a large family!
I would hate to see this forum fall to mere chit-chat!

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Memnoch 09-07-2001 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by Grand-Ranger:
WHAT!?! How can you say that, wasnt there just a big flame war going on right now!?

Actually come to think of it there have been quite a few serious flames latley.

There was the clan one

There was this one

and there was a another one a while back. 3 may not seem too much, but its 3 too many. And by the way cloudy your last post was toatly ignoring the my point, sure we are human and cant help falming, my point was politcial, racial and all other thread like that WILL CAUSE FLAME WARS. If you want to talk about sutff like this got to msnnbc.com, they have some boards I think for this kina stuff.



Flame war? Could've fooled me. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/smiles/eek.gif

There was one flame in that entire political thread. There is a BIG difference between flaming and debating/arguing, flaming is personal, arguing/debating is not. I have no problem with arguments as they show that people are passionate about what they believe in, but they should refrain from taking things personally as that is when flames begin, you begin to focus on the people instead of the argument. This is when it's best to disassociate yourself with the thread. There's no shame in withdrawing without convincing the others, it's not a contest.

And aside from F's little indiscretion http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif this one has no flaming whatsoever.

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Cloudbringer 09-07-2001 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Grand-Ranger:
WHAT!?! How can you say that, wasnt there just a big flame war going on right now!?

Actually come to think of it there have been quite a few serious flames latley.

There was the clan one

There was this one

and there was a another one a while back. 3 may not seem too much, but its 3 too many. And by the way cloudy your last post was toatly ignoring the my point, sure we are human and cant help falming, my point was politcial, racial and all other thread like that WILL CAUSE FLAME WARS. If you want to talk about sutff like this got to msnnbc.com, they have some boards I think for this kina stuff.



GR, you missed MY point- but I did see yours, really. Yes, there HAVE been incidents lately and look how much discussion was generated by them! Why? Because we don't LIKE that behavior here. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif And the mods are doing their jobs so the flamers will know by now that it wasn't appropriate and will stop or be stopped. We cannot control everyone who comes in and posts without thinking, but we can make things known to them and remove them later if the fail to comply with IW standards.

My point- we WILL ALWAYS have discussions of a serious (politics, religion, etc) come up, even off topic in simple fun threads. It happens. It's the nature of message boards and human beings. And there is nothing wrong with controversial subjects discussed on civil terms! But yes, I think they should be separated into another forum where a warning (about the nature of the contents) and RULES(of acceptable and inacceptable behavior) are posted. No, they do NOT have to cause flame wars. People can and DO have debates without personally insulting each other. And in separate forum, that's what the mods would watch for. GR, I think maybe you may not have realized that it is possible to talk about those things without spewing hate or violence or other insults at one another. It IS and I've seen it done at MH and in person in real life talks. I tend to avoid them alot because frankly it makes one have to think AND control ones emotions as well as use a LOT of energy. I'm all for it once in a while,but I much prefer my FUN! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no.../partygirl.gif

Cloudy



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WOLFGIR 09-07-2001 01:39 PM

Anyone here owns a TV?? I do, when I see something on that TV I donīt like, I switch the channel. IW is like a TV , alot of nice people and very different people. YOu canīt love all, but you are in control of everything, since you can choose not to respond or not read that wich you donīt like. However under the guidelines of IW there are some basic rules that tries to make one point certain: We are all here because we like it and want to have fun and exchange ideas in a friendly manner.

Memnochs statement fromn Voltaire is a great guideline. WE come from all over the world here and yet we have only had a few mishaps so far. That is great IMHO.

Political? Well why not. We discuss the bible and religion, best things to do during a powerfailure. So why not politics. One donīt like it, one donīt have to read it and one donīt have to post there!

A friend of mine said something really funny about this when another friend got an ugly T-shirt with some ad for a video game.
"Just because you get a T-shirt, doesnīt mean that you HAVE to wear it!" http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

(He didnīt say thoose exact words since he spoke swedish at the time being! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif)

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Blade 09-07-2001 01:46 PM

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Originally posted by Moni:
I have seen quite a few political and serious topic discussions go on in this forum without them turning into flame wars. Some of them have been in-depth, intelligent discussions. It all depends on who is participating in them as to which direction they will go.
If we all remember to be civil with others and their opinions that differ from our own, there is really no need to make a separate forum for more serious discussions.
You always have the option not to post in any thread or to discontinue posting in one when someone else makes it hard for you to carry on an intelligent conversation!

I know you all see how well the serious discussion forum at Mithril Hall works but that segregates the community. Their General Discussions forum is so tame! Their Serious discussions forum is so serious! At least here, we can all converge with our discussions, jokes and casual conversation all at once! It is no different than belonging to a large family!
I would hate to see this forum fall to mere chit-chat!


I coulden't agree more Moni http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif if this forem was just chit-chat it would be so dull. The idea of a seperate forem is ok but then not as many people wold see it or bother to read it. IMHO.


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Fljotsdale 09-07-2001 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by Memnoch:
Your first sentence was a flame, albeit a small one. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/nono.gif

A flame is a disparaging/insulting remark about someone at a personal level. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...s/Instagib.gif

The rest of your post is commenting about his post, so that's ok. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no.../xyxthumbs.gif

And no, you don't have to delete it, just as I didn't ask Rahnid to delete his. I thought I'd call it to your attention as I don't want a flame war to develop. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/LSVADER.gif

But there's no worries of that. I'm here. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/ylsuper.gif


Oh. OK. Point taken. Though I didn't actually USE a cuss word, I see what you mean - it was a denigrating personal comment. I'll go crawl under my stone. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/FRblush.gif

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Cloudbringer 09-07-2001 02:20 PM

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Originally posted by Blade:
I coulden't agree more Moni http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif if this forem was just chit-chat it would be so dull. The idea of a seperate forem is ok but then not as many people wold see it or bother to read it. IMHO.


Blade, the idea is that GD would still have plenty of topics of a serious nature, but the really hot ones that are guaranteed to draw many opposite views and possibly offend some individuals who stumble into them without meaning to, would be in a forum dedicated to such things.

Originally, I was not much for the idea, myself. But recently became very annoyed to see how thoroughly messed up the Polls forum is now. It is NOT a polls forum anymore. These sorts of controversial things are being discussed THERE and many people who might like to join in, didn't realize it, while some who thought they'd find simple polls there were surprised to find hot button topics being thrashed about. I think we need to do one of three things-
1) send those talks to GD
2) rename that forum the Polls and Hot topics board ( http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif )
3) create a separate place for such things so that those who wish to participate know where to find them and those who don't, know what to avoid

I know that I've mentioned as much to Z and I'm sure others have. He will no doubt discuss the idea with people if he wishes, but ultimately this is HIS board and HE will decide what he wants for topics/forums and such. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Cloudy

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Cloudbringer 09-07-2001 02:23 PM

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Originally posted by Fljotsdale:
Oh. OK. Point taken. Though I didn't actually USE a cuss word, I see what you mean - it was a denigrating personal comment. I'll go crawl under my stone. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/FRblush.gif

*giggle* awww, F, you only did it once! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Come on out and play some more! Besides, rocks are hard to hide under without getting all mucky! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

Cloudy

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Moni 09-07-2001 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cloudbringer:
Blade, the idea is that GD would still have plenty of topics of a serious nature, but the really hot ones that are guaranteed to draw many opposite views and possibly offend some individuals who stumble into them without meaning to, would be in a forum dedicated to such things.

Originally, I was not much for the idea, myself. But recently became very annoyed to see how thoroughly messed up the Polls forum is now. It is NOT a polls forum anymore. These sorts of controversial things are being discussed THERE and many people who might like to join in, didn't realize it, while some who thought they'd find simple polls there were surprised to find hot button topics being thrashed about. I think we need to do one of three things-
1) send those talks to GD
2) rename that forum the Polls and Hot topics board ( http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif )
3) create a separate place for such things so that those who wish to participate know where to find them and those who don't, know what to avoid

I know that I've mentioned as much to Z and I'm sure others have. He will no doubt discuss the idea with people if he wishes, but ultimately this is HIS board and HE will decide what he wants for topics/forums and such. http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

Cloudy



Not saying that we could not live with separate forums, this one just won't be the same.
It'll be like sending all the kids to their respective rooms rather than allowing everyone to be in the same room, laughing, talking, butting heads...whatever...as adults normally do when they socialize in RL.

I still don't see a need for it, even the User Created Polls questions are generated to get a variety of opinions, which is what polls do!
So what if the nature of some of them touch on more serious topics? Its not like that forum is strictly for listing what are your favorite foods, types of music, etc without being allowed to have some input from members on the subject of the poll right? If the moderators there see that some threads don't belong in a "Polls" setting, what is to stop them from moving them over here where we, for the most part, have proven that we can all act like the adults that most of us are? Even the younger people here at IW show a vast depth of intelligence and wisdom!

I know very well that this is Ziroc's forum and that he will do as he sees fit but to let the wishes of a few people who don't even want to see titles of threads that they would rather not participate in rule over the majority who can handle this forum and like it the way it is will be showing favoritism to the "players" rather than the "participants", if you can understand what I mean.

As long as we can all follow the rules, what's wrong with this forum now that wasn't wrong with it six months ago?


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Fljotsdale 09-07-2001 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cloudbringer:
*giggle* awww, F, you only did it once! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif Come on out and play some more! Besides, rocks are hard to hide under without getting all mucky! http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

Cloudy


*Fljotsdale crawls out, dusts herself off, and twists her toe in the mud, looking foolish* "Oh - ok then, if you're sure? It IS a bit icky under there - worms and stuff..." http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif

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Mouse 09-07-2001 03:24 PM

Personally I'm with Moni on this one. I like the mix of silly, chatty, serious and yep even the http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/spam1.gif that all goes to make GD the diverse grab-bag of threads it is today. I kinda like opening a thread and not being sure of where it will lead or how serious it is going to get.

And if I don't like the tone or type of one thread, well, there's always the next one.........http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif


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Moni 09-07-2001 03:45 PM

Amen Mouse! It is unique isn't it!

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Cloudbringer 09-07-2001 03:46 PM

As I've said, my view on it has been in both camps so far. Not really sure either way, but one thing is for sure, things can and do get lost when put in places nobody expects to find them. Thus the misconception on polls. A poll is not a discussion, albeit it may contain info pertintent to an answer, it is not expected to be a "I believe this, what do you believe" set of threads, but a "Do you believe x, y or z or other" type of thread. And my point is simple, such things DO become discussions so the two have blended there.

Someone (in msn) told me that people were doing that on purpose. IE: holding 'serious, HOT topic discussions" in POLLS to avoid offending people here in GD! I was bothered for one reason: GD was MADE for such things as well as the fluff and I wondered if this person was right. Were people holding those debates/discussions there INSTEAD of GD for that reason? Or was it just a simple matter of where one happened to be when a topic came up? Same idea, though. It's happening elsewhere, not in GD, so we have, de facto, a separate forum already!

For the record, I can count on ONE hand and have fingers left over, the number of times I've brought forum related things up with our Webmaster in my time here at IW. In fact, other than informing him of troll activity and asking about private messaging or chat, I'd have to say that this is the ONLY time I've made upgrade suggestions! And in any case, I put forth ALL options when I suggest things to Z, so 'player' or 'participant', I never forcefeed ANYONE my views. I offer them as options and point to what I prefer.

Cloudy, glad that it's Friday and she goes home in 15 minutes

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