I'm Sorry.

[11225]

If for some reason I made any rude approached without knowing it...then I'm sorry.
I'll try my very best to be a better member.

However, if I somehow continued being rude...then I won't resist any serious punishment. (i.e. be blocked by members or banned by Admin.)

 

[meteor]

I have a big mouth and no tact so i'ii say sorry just in case someone is offended by anthing i've said, or done or not done.just hope the wife don't see tis her list of my offences is vast, i kid yee not she could nag for england and the usa, mind you i havn't done the jobs she wanted done last year,like polishing tarmac.

 

[Senshi1]

99.9% of it is common sense. Some people walk the line between blunt and downright rude. Others will take offense at any tiny hint of it. Just gotta judge every situation and person individually.

Good rule of thumb is treat others how you'd want to be treated. If everybody stuck to that, things would be calmer (although even then there'd be differences, as people have differing ideas of polite).

 

[meangry1]

I don't care if I am rude.

People need thicker skin.

 

[FeatherDaemon1]

99.9% of it is common sense.

I completely agree here. I really kinda feel sorry for the people who have no sense of social tact. I'm talking in real life not on a forum. It doesn't really take much to be a net thug, but in reality some people just can't figure it out. It honestly sets them a step behind in life. The old adage you catch more flies with honey than you do vinegar are wise words. Just deal squarely in life with others.

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

They are not called wise words for nothing.It is wise advice to treat others with respect and kindness

 

[meangry1]

The are no wise words.

Words are constructed signifiers, which can connote a multitude of meanings.

 

[Bashiku]

The are no wise words.

Words are constructed signifiers, which can connote a multitude of meanings.

Cruel realist as always... people don't need a tougher skin, they just need to be aware of the danger and words are stronger than any sword.

 

[FeatherDaemon1]

words are stronger than any sword.

Remember though it will not be a word which will be holding that dagger stuck in your back. It will be a live human being. Remember that both words and steel mean nothing, it is the intent behind both.

 

[Bashiku]

Remember though it will not be a word which will be holding that dagger stuck in your back. It will be a live human being. Remember that both words and steel mean nothing, it is the intent behind both.

Hmmm... that is why you choose at which person will you point your sword. If you are careful you can avoid any fate with them, but truly the intent is always hidden in them.

 

[melanie2]

99.9% of it is common sense. Some people walk the line between blunt and downright rude. Others will take offense at any tiny hint of it. Just gotta judge every situation and person individually.

Good rule of thumb is treat others how you'd want to be treated. If everybody stuck to that, things would be calmer (although even then there'd be differences, as people have differing ideas of polite).

oo yes...yes indeed..i absolutely agree with this post...you Senshi are wise beyond your years..and you will go far in this world..i can predict that..

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

oo yes...yes indeed..i absolutely agree with this post...you Senshi are wise beyond your years..and you will go far in this world..i can predict that..

Indeed. Well spoken, Senshi! :]

 

[drew70]

Rudeness is tough to avoid, and of course everybody has their own unique list of qualifiers. I know that many people regard words as being mightier than the sword, but I'm not one of them. Yes, the wrong words whispered to the wrong person at the wrong time can have potentially devastating results, but in my opinion the perceived impact of rudeness or unkind words on an internet forum is grossly exaggerated.

Still, there are people who glorify in anti-social behavior and base a good measure of their self worth on it, just as there are those who glorify in illiteracy. People will be who they are, but the rest of us can decide for ourselves how to react to them.

 

[meangry1]

Cruel realist as always... people don't need a tougher skin, they just need to be aware of the danger and words are stronger than any sword.

No, words are only as powerful as one allows them to be. Words are not inherently meaningful. They are constructed. Don't argue out of your depth, because this realism is much more palpable than any cliche about how words are stronger than swords. Tougher skin is necessary, because reality is not nice or inherently just, as people would love to construe.

 

[Bashiku]

No, words are only as powerful as one allows them to be. Words are not inherently meaningful. They are constructed. Don't argue out of your depth, because this realism is much more palpable than any cliche about how words are stronger than swords. Tougher skin is necessary, because reality is not nice or inherently just, as people would love to construe.

Reality is as nice as we work to make it nicer. Of course no one is going to give you anything free, but being nice and not someone who hides behind tougher skin when he really isn't that repays thousand times over. And reality also depends on many factors, like the point of view, intelligence, knowledge. If reality is dependable by any factor then it can be freely called an illusion and then it would seem that two of us meangry are living in one illusion. That is what I love about the words, their power to explain things, but their grace in doing so.

And you can freely say that I am wrong, but I doubt you will do that. For you they are just the words, this is world of illusion and we are all actors behind masks of 0's and 1's 🙂

 

[meangry1]

Reality is as nice as we work to make it nicer. Of course no one is going to give you anything free, but being nice and not someone who hides behind tougher skin when he really isn't that repays thousand times over. And reality also depends on many factors, like the point of view, intelligence, knowledge. If reality is dependable by any factor then it can be freely called an illusion and then it would seem that two of us meangry are living in one illusion. That is what I love about the words, their power to explain things, but their grace in doing so.

And you can freely say that I am wrong, but I doubt you will do that. For you they are just the words, this is world of illusion and we are all actors behind masks of 0's and 1's 🙂

Doubt I will?

You are wrong.

All you are doing is constructing a fallacy to make the world 'nicer'. Genuine feeling is much more respectable than empty niceties.

 

[FeatherDaemon1]

They are not called wise words for nothing.It is wise advice to treat others with respect and kindness

I agree. There will always be those who can't be trusted and those who live in a world of negativity. You really can't allow your own moral compass to be compromised by those people. Most people out there aren't looking for a fight anyway. They'll return to you what you give them. So basically you act how you want to be treated.

Of course, shit happens to everyone. It can't be avoided. That's when you step back and use the brain that God gave you to figure out what happened and set a new course.

 

[Ticklish Old Man]

I know this is going to sound very concieded, but I do not intentionally hurt members feelings- however IF I have screwed up and offended a member, I sincerely apologise for my irrisponsable actions.

*smacks own forehead with a nerf bat "bad - bad - bad - bad - bad - bad - bad - bad"*

 

[waddleman1]

Well I know I haven't offended anyone...because I hardly post. Rudeness is a very subjective thing, so it's hard to avoid it and even more so if you're a person who's more on the blunt side. There's nothing wrong with being a bit rude sometimes when it's warranted, but there's a big difference between that and being the "internet tough guy" aka the dude who acts like a complete and total asshole, but would never actually dare to be that kind of person in real life.

 

[QueenBeeBeeMari]

You don't have to be rude when dealing with anybody.If someone is being rude to you,you can ignore them just like you would with a child throwing a tantrum

 

[Bashiku]

Doubt I will?

You are wrong.

All you are doing is constructing a fallacy to make the world 'nicer'. Genuine feeling is much more respectable than empty niceties.

Empty niceties? I doubt that everything I did so far is just an failed attempt to make to surrounding a better place. Still no matter how toughed skinned you are in your specter of feelings should be human niceness. Then what about passion and calmness? Does that not exist in your reality as well... you can act as tough as you want, but every nut is cracked in the end and in that end we are all human beings.

 

[Wade1]

I am sorry that I haven't been more rude to people.

Because I really ought to try new things.

A resolution for '09, perhaps.

 

[dubman]

There's a lot of philosophical stuff being said in here, but I think that if you have to go out of the way to defend yourself against being "rude," in whatever context you view it, when no one has made any direct allegations against you, then it seems to me that you must believe you did something wrong, anyway. Why fight? Just my two cents.

That being said, I'm sorry I've lurked here for so long and never played an active role in this community, through contributions or anything else. I'm sorry for being a blood-sucking leech.

 

[meangry1]

Empty niceties? I doubt that everything I did so far is just an failed attempt to make to surrounding a better place. Still no matter how toughed skinned you are in your specter of feelings should be human niceness. Then what about passion and calmness? Does that not exist in your reality as well... you can act as tough as you want, but every nut is cracked in the end and in that end we are all human beings.

You sound like Samuel Johnson, opining about morality as quintessential to the human experience. And just like Johnson, your rationale for arguing reality against veiled attempts at being nice because of some moral imperative is mediocre and unsatisfactory at best.

I'm not acting tough. I'm acting as I do because it is as true to a real representation of myself as I can convey. Smiling to everyone in the world isn't going to change anything unless you are not rooted in the every changing spectrum of emotions we experience.

And even those are biological constructs; understanding the fluid by grasping it is a futile effort. There is not a concrete element of what is; it is merely speculative.

You and yours, who seem to be so rooted in this need to be arbitrarily nice are, are not acting in a human accord; you are simulacra.

 

[Ninjaboo]

Though, I believe we should all be kind to one another, I also believe that apologizing for certain things (or everything) is dangerous to one's self-esteem.

Being mean for the sake of being mean is unhealthy and suggests emotional, social and mental problems.

However, saying something that's not "nice" in defense of yourself isn't always a bad thing. For example, a boy was harassing me at school for two years straight. So, I finally asked him if his mother loved him. He shut up. It was either, defend myself with words (I was close to moving on to fists) or allow myself to be chipped away slowly by his comments. I feel no shame or guilt in questioning the love he got as a child.

And we can ignore some things, of course. And sometimes that's effective. But I don't think one should be ashamed of his or herself when defending his or herself.

Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me? That's one of the biggest and most wide-spread lies. Speak carefully always but never fail yourself.