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Well, so much for the respect part.
Posted By: Gromit <gromit59@mac.com>Date: 7/1/02 2:20 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Gratitude and respect? (Shishka)

Disagreeing with your point of view does not make anyone an asshole. Nor does finding more in your post than a simple call for gratitude make me a jackass. What you wrote was an opinion piece that is premised on questionable assumptions, as addressed in my response above. Even a polite request that nobody directly contradict you is still a unilateral attempt to dictate the terms of discourse.

Gromit

: English hard for you, Gromit? Here, let's play nurse on the following short
: paragraph: "If you would like to say something that ISN'T gratitude
: or respect, please do so in another thread, or e-mail me. I'll be happy to
: reply. "

: There are three notable parts to the preceding paragraph. First, is the
: situation: "If you would like to say something that isn't gratitutde
: or respect"

: Followed by my request: "...please do so in another thread, or e-mail
: me."

: Lastly, a follow up: "I'll be happy to reply."

: Now, unless you've got some bizarre setup for this forum, new messages appear
: at the top. So, when this message was new, it wasn't even 5 inches on any
: monitor away from the link that leads to the BOTTOM of the thread list
: that allows you to fill out forms and start a new thread. Apparently,
: though, sometimes people are too stupid, or thickheaded to figure out
: "Hey, he's trying to do something nice, and doesn't want it messed up
: with the constant bickering that goes on in the forum all the time."
: I'm sorry that "please" sounds like some kind of impossible
: demand to you. I'm also sorry that it's too hard to type a new thread,
: with a subject along the lines of "In reply to Shishka" or
: anything like that. It didn't even have to be that complex, but apparently
: that's past what you can comprehend.

: The point, genius, was that this wasn't a thread for conversation, but just a
: thread for people to say "thank you." I was asking for
: conversation to be taken elsewhere, with the understanding that
: "please post it in another thread or e-mail me directly" wasn't
: over anyone's head. Thanks for proving me wrong.

: Furthermore, I wasn't even demanding it. I was being respectful to those who
: disagree as much as I was to Bungie themselves. Hence the please .

: I'm sorry that the idea of not being an asshole on one thread was too much
: for you to handle. You should get what ever bug crawled up your ass and
: died out, so maybe you'll see when a little respect isn't too much to ask.
: And MAYBE, just maybe, you'll notice that "Post New Message"
: link for once and you can do your pissing and moaning elsewhere.

: Next time, read the message a couple times. I wasn't initiating conversation.
: I was just asking those grateful to say thanks. Next time, I'll start a
: special thread right after my post for jackasses like you that can't well
: enough leave things alone without messing them up.

: -S

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Replies:

Of Acquisitions and GamingShishka 6/26/02 7:33 p.m.
     well said...to world domination! ::clink!:: thanks *NM*Roger Wilco 6/26/02 7:55 p.m.
     Re: Of Acquisitions and GamingJack Black 6/26/02 8:29 p.m.
     Thank you, Bungie! *NM*NthDegree256 6/27/02 12:28 a.m.
     :) Rock on.vector40 6/27/02 12:40 a.m.
     A life without Halo! (weeping in the background)Spartan III 6/27/02 1:50 a.m.
           Yay Bungie! *waves flag*Tarrsk 6/27/02 3:09 a.m.
     Hear hear! *NM*Theocracity 6/27/02 10:02 a.m.
     Re: Of Acquisitions and GamingAida-kun 6/27/02 5:34 p.m.
     On what do you base this claim?Gromit 6/28/02 8:25 p.m.
     i respectfully disagree.karstux 6/30/02 12:50 p.m.
           Re: i respectfully disagree.*Ar-Isildur of *WP* 6/30/02 2:20 p.m.
                 Re: i respectfully disagree.karstux 6/30/02 3:43 p.m.
                       Re: i respectfully disagree.Louis Wu 6/30/02 3:53 p.m.
                       Re: i respectfully disagree.vector40 6/30/02 11:01 p.m.
                             Re: i respectfully disagree.Shishka 7/1/02 12:06 a.m.
                                   Gratitude and respect?Gromit 7/1/02 12:58 a.m.
                                         Re: Gratitude and respect?Shishka 7/1/02 1:14 a.m.
                                               Re: Gratitude and respect?karstux 7/1/02 12:31 p.m.
                                                     Re: Gratitude and respect?Shishka 7/1/02 6:02 p.m.
                                               Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 2:20 p.m.
                                                     Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/1/02 5:39 p.m.
                                                           Thanks for the backup, Vec.Shishka 7/1/02 5:51 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Thanks for the backup, Vec.Gromit 7/1/02 9:21 p.m.
                                                                 ::forces Gromit to smell rocks:: *NM*Andrew Nagy 7/5/02 12:50 p.m.
                                                                       I'm not familiar with that idiom...Gromit 7/6/02 7:41 p.m.
                                                           Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 8:06 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/1/02 8:55 p.m.
                                                                       This thread is too confusing. :( *NM**Ar-Isildur of *WP* 7/1/02 9:30 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 9:46 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Well, so much for the respect part.NthDegree256 7/1/02 10:04 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/1/02 10:59 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/1/02 11:51 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/2/02 12:30 a.m.
                                                                                               Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Gromit 7/2/02 1:55 p.m.
                                                                                                     Re: Well, so much for the respect part.vector40 7/2/02 4:39 p.m.
                                                                                                           Re: Well, so much for the respect part.Shishka 7/3/02 7:01 p.m.
                                                                                                                 A Quick CommentMatt 7/3/02 9:56 p.m.
                                                                                                                       I'm going to come to your house... and BLAM.vector40 7/3/02 10:40 p.m.
                                                                                                                             Re: I'm going to come to your house... and BLAM.Uriel 7/4/02 9:21 a.m.
                                                                                                                             Where's the mystery?Miguel Chavez 7/4/02 9:49 a.m.
                                                                                                                             Re: I'm going to come to your house... and BLAM.Gromit 7/4/02 1:11 p.m.
                                                                                                                       Hehe, okay, okay.Shishka 7/4/02 12:07 a.m.
                                                                                                                       Thanks for addressing this. *NM*Gromit 7/4/02 1:13 p.m.
                             Ten?Andrew Nagy 7/5/02 1:33 p.m.



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