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Post by ProvidencePortal on Oct 29, 2004 21:40:37 GMT -5
It means, in this one man's opinion -- which, granted, counts for incredibly, mind-blowingly little -- you have a counterproductive preoccupation with your post count.
I'm just saying: I wish you posted with other people -- with the discussion, the board, visitors ... others -- in mind, instead of what seems to be like a pattern of posting to up your count, which leads to lots of repeating other people, sort of aimless typing, and unnecessary/unproductive editorializing.
There, now you've made me be mean. I like you, Mad ... I just sometimes get frustrated sifting through your posts to find what is usually a pretty good idea. If my opinion mattered, I'd hope it swayed you to focus more on your idea and less on your posts.
That's what it was supposed to mean.
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Post by Madridarko on Oct 30, 2004 16:51:29 GMT -5
This conversation started all because of that comment I said to gretchen, well I was just trieng to cheer her up. I wouldn't want for her to leave because she does not feel interested in it anymore. About you accusation, I guess I am partly guilty, but it is not completely true. If I was trully just posting to up my count I would go into every thread I could find and just type in something like "oh yeah that was an interesting comment" end of conversation
but I actually ussually only respond to the posts that I have a worth comment on or I have something to say on or whatever. Or at least I try to.
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Post by Pax on Nov 10, 2004 22:28:36 GMT -5
Just wanted to say that I loved seeing a response to my Kerry/Edwards comment. Just threw it in there in hopes of getting people to vote for change. As we now know, we have 4 more years of Dubya ahead of us. But I really liked seeing younger people responding (younger meaning you under-18 peeps. ) Don't despair, stay involved and informed. The fight continues. Peace.
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Post by gretchen on Dec 10, 2004 17:05:22 GMT -5
boys?
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Dec 10, 2004 17:12:51 GMT -5
Oi. Yet another troublemaker spending most of his time with his foot in his mouth. This is not the way to set the stage for interactions with the community, FinalWhiteStar. Never mind that you appeared on the board being completely rude to people and patrolling their posts (specifically, their spelling) ... but taking a shot at someone who is foundational to the forum is a pretty poor formula for getting engaged. Gretchen has been here for a very long time, has forgotten more theories and postulations than you may ever know, and has only the very best for the forum at heart -- every time she posts. But I won't suggest that you should respect her because of her monumental contributions here ... instead, how about demonstrating just some base-level respect for her and others here because they're on the forum? Were you to do that, you might get the same respect reciprocated.
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Post by Madridarko on Dec 10, 2004 19:12:38 GMT -5
Providence is right WhiteStar, yeah it is true that Gretchen does not participate gigaenourmously in the forums, but you have to understand if you were to be her age (age as in old as in being in the forum for a long time) you would understand her better and be able to see that you kinda run out of topics to comment on and you have basically seen almost of everything in this site. So she took the job of patrolling. She can be a bit of a Nazi sometimes, but everybody has a small peice of that within us, you have to give her credit in doing pretty good job in her job.
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Dec 12, 2004 17:27:16 GMT -5
The crooked cross was a totally inappropriate and incredibly offensive place to go, FWS. I won't be responding to any of your posts from this point forward, and I'm saddened for you.
Were there a mod, you'd be banned immediately.
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Post by Madridarko on Dec 12, 2004 22:42:17 GMT -5
I agree with you Providence, bu a bit more technicality... The crooked cross is called a swastika. and did you know that it was originally a hindu symbol (su-as-ti-ka) that meant "it is well"
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Post by ProvidencePortal on Dec 13, 2004 8:42:56 GMT -5
Thank you, Madri. I'd never heard the term "swastika" before. Did you know that the Nazis got it wrong when they adopted it as their symbol? They believed they were using an image associated with prosperity, but somewhere along the way they ended up using the mirror image of the true symbol, resulting in the crooked cross ... what turned out to be representative of failure and devestation.
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Post by Abi on Dec 13, 2004 13:31:20 GMT -5
In my history class last year, I was told that the swastika was chosen as a symbol of moving forwards. The circle is a symbol of something never-ending, and the red and white colours were supposed to appeal to both nationalists and socialists. I forget which colour was for which. That way it would get as many people as possible interested in the party. My teacher also said that the white stood for the peace the Nazis said they wanted, and the red stood for the blood of the German soldiers who died in the war. I don't know if any of that is correct, but it's what I was told so I just thought I'd share it.
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Post by Madridarko on Dec 13, 2004 18:47:19 GMT -5
It is highly probable what you are saying Abi. Sounds true.
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