Re: Be nice on this message board

for the weak-hearted, tree-hugging hippie, campfire-singing, cry-babies who can't f'ing read the forum name, I simply offer this:

In a gorilla cage, a lot of crap is usually flung. Don't want hit? Keep out!

"Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<f2l99.12592$g9.41116_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> Hi Parag,
>
> It's just as easy to express one's opinions in a nicer manner.
>
> For example (and this isn't aimed at anyone in particular):
>
> "Look, that's a really interesting question, really it is, however this is
> not quite the right place to ask such a thought provoking question and it
> might give some people the decided opinion that you, the asker of such a
> question in this, the most inappropriate of forums, might be leaning a touch
> towards the negative side of utter stupidity that could hence reflect poorly
> on both your social, biological and psychological reputation to the point
> where the social garbage bin of ridicule and humiliation might await".
>
> Now isn't that a much nicer and kinder way of communicating and resolving
> such issues ;)
>
> Cheers
>
> Richard
> "Parag" <parag_ch_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:acea9170.0208221346.78c151c_at_posting.google.com...
> > One day or rather late night when the original poster is sleepy and
> > desperate to solve some problem.....
> > he runs to Google or other such search machine ........with his query
> > ......
> > and lo behold ....he gets pages and pages of hits.....
> > which are questions and answers to basic questions asked again and
> > again and again...or about wrong topics asked in the wrong forums
> > .....
> >
> > and there will be another set of hours and hours of plodding through
> > those hits into the twilight zone ....
> >
> > and then will he realize why there are seperate forums .....
> > and why posters should try to first get answers from previously posted
> > questions .....
> > and why one should try to read manuals .......
> >
> > Amen ?
Received on Sat Aug 24 2002 - 00:11:16 CDT