Let's call a truce

[Orangecat]

When monkey feces is flung at you, definitely fling it back.

Or just side-step it. Sometimes it's so off target, due to bent-wrist and/or dull mind, that engaging is an act of time-sucking tedium.

 

[westwall]

I can be a crass person sometimes. I've noticed that I can be very sharp-tongued and curt with people. If I am on your ignore list, I ask that you give me another chance. I am trying to tone down the invective. Yes, I know you will never see this post because I am on your ignore list, but I extend an olive branch to you if this post reaches you in some other way.

I myself don't use the ignore list anymore, because it robs me of the experience this board provides. I admit that my tact could use some work.

So, let's call a truce.

No

 

[TemplarKormac]

No

Oh my, how direct! That is your choice, however.

 

[westwall]

Oh my, how direct! That is your choice, however.

I know my enemy.

 

[TemplarKormac]

I know my enemy.

Am I your enemy?

 

[westwall]

Am I your enemy?

Nope.

 

[GLASNOST]

Let's call a truce​

Not until Trump keeps his promisses, NATO and the EU are demolished, the MIC is destroyed, the UN is completely rehauled, Putin gets everything he wants along his border, Zoolinsky and Ursula von der Leyen are forced to have their heads shaved and publically humiliated, Jaguar stop producing cars that resemble Toyota, and pizza parlours around the world learn how to bake it New York style. Then ....
... you can have a truce!

 

[luiza]

------ very sharp-tongued and curt with people.

Clearly we are 100% different .
BUT
Ask yourself whether you will ever meet anyone here .
Let alone wish to .
Whether you could afford the punishment of flooring one of the paid Trolls .
Ask yourself whether you would be embarrassed if any given person here was to meet your family , good acquaintances or friends .

There's your answer .
It is all Virtual Reality and it all matters not a jot other than that your real choices best suit you .
But just imho .

BTW , I have never put anybody on the ignore list , and other than a handful of posters, I doubt I would care a button who chose to formally Ignore me unless my "audience" fell below six , say .

 

[luiza]

Not until Trump keeps his promisses, NATO and the EU are demolished, the MIC is destroyed, the UN is completely rehauled, Putin gets everything he wants along his border, Zoolinsky and Ursula von der Leyen are forced to have their heads shaved and publically humiliated, Jaguar stop producing cars that resemble Toyota, and pizza parlours around the world learn how to bake it New York style. Then ....
... you can have a truce!

Promises?
Premises?
Premisses ?
Clever word play or a huge Dutch blunder?


Joke . As in , Ha Ha .

 

[JoeB131]

I can be a crass person sometimes. I've noticed that I can be very sharp-tongued and curt with people. If I am on your ignore list, I ask that you give me another chance. I am trying to tone down the invective. Yes, I know you will never see this post because I am on your ignore list, but I extend an olive branch to you if this post reaches you in some other way.

I myself don't use the ignore list anymore, because it robs me of the experience this board provides. I admit that my tact could use some work.

So, let's call a truce.

Um your "tact" isn't your problem.

Your problem is your hypocrisy.

YOu wouldn't want to live in the world you are trying to create.

You've done very little with your life, but you want to lecture people who've actually accomplished things.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

You.

Even I have my moments, but of course everyone is going to have their own definition of the word.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[GLASNOST]

Promises?
Premises?
Premisses ?
Clever word play or a huge Dutch blunder?


Joke . As in , Ha Ha .

Better than nothing, but in my list of demands I forgot to include Americans must cease using catch phrases and cliches.

 

[Orangecat]

YOu wouldn't want to live in the world you are trying to create.

One of the reasons you LWNJs are so disliked is that you pompously assume you know what other people think and/or will regret. Always doomsaying and chicken-little-ing.

 

[Anomalism]

I can be a crass person sometimes. I've noticed that I can be very sharp-tongued and curt with people. If I am on your ignore list, I ask that you give me another chance. I am trying to tone down the invective. Yes, I know you will never see this post because I am on your ignore list, but I extend an olive branch to you if this post reaches you in some other way.

I myself don't use the ignore list anymore, because it robs me of the experience this board provides. I admit that my tact could use some work.

So, let's call a truce.

That's what the **** I'm talking about dude.


We need more energy like this.

 

[Anomalism]

Nice idea. But I can tell you from prior experience, the ones you are offering the olive branch are almost certain to take it as a sign of weakness.

Another person's negative perception of your strength is meaningless. Let them underestimate. He knows why he did this, and he knows it didn't come from weakness. It came from strength.

 

[Anomalism]

Be that as it may, I entered this board with the full intention of engaging the membership amicably. I have strayed from it.

Furthermore, I view not being open to other viewpoints as weakness.



Of course, ad hominem is the default tactic for some. I shouldn't rise to the bait. Though I will defend myself if need be.

Other people attacking you rather than engaging your substance says everything about them, not you. We should be humble and true for ourselves and our own dignity. That's how you look into the mirror without flinching.

 

[BackAgain]

You two stop Daving...M'kay..?

Stop pretending that you have the slightest ability to discuss such matters until you (someday) step up and post an intelligent post.

 

[Zincwarrior]

I can be a crass person sometimes. I've noticed that I can be very sharp-tongued and curt with people.

The board would be a much better place if we all did that.

 

[BackAgain]

Another person's negative perception of your strength is meaningless. Let them underestimate. He knows why he did this, and he knows it didn't come from weakness. It came from strength.

I partially agree. The opinions of those who I don’t respect have zero impact on my life.

But that wasn’t the point. The point is that their tawdry behavior won’t be influenced even by our best and most civil behavior.

 

[Anomalism]

I partially agree. The opinions of those who I don’t respect have zero impact on my life.

But that wasn’t the point. The point is that their tawdry behavior won’t be influenced even by our best and most civil behavior.

Even if their behavior doesn’t change, which I don't think is always the case, the deeper question remains. Does that invalidate the value of your actions?

I don’t think we should act with strength and integrity because it guarantees results. We should act that way because it's who we are. If someone lies about you, mocks your restraint, or sees kindness as weakness, let them. Their misreading doesn’t lessen the reality. Their behavior is a mirror of them, not you.

Even if the world never rewards your discipline, your self-respect will. If our principles only hold when they yield outcomes, they’re not really principles; they’re transactions. So yes, their cruelty might persist, but we aren’t who we are to change them. We’re who we are to stay whole. No?

Let them fail the test of character. You weren’t acting for their approval. You were acting from your own integrity.