Guy - note the original pic I posted was up for TWO seconds, I edited it out as fast as it doesn't even note it in the bottom of the post, because I realized it was in bad taste, lay off of it. I had realized it wasn't an appropriate pic and I changed it post haste, don't dwell on it guy.
My point was you know my p.o.a. comment which you are dwelling and dwelling on to use against me, was made in response to the original post (hell, it quoted it).
Like I said I do tend to find you annoying
So why not ignore me? ZetaAce's advice about if yr gonna butt heads with someone use the feature; we know I can't use it due to the way it works.
…and I find it very offensive considering you aren't even Greek, to talk to other Greeks as if you should tell us what to do, what to consider, or by giving us your advice. That is my real problem with you, you aren't greek and I feel that you act as if you know quite a bit more than people that actually are greek certain times.
This paragraph I do not understand at all. I'd like for someone to explain it to me, perhaps someone else?? Firstly my not being Greek: Now you know this from threads I started like 'starting glo on non-greek campus' and various others all about starting up a greek org on my campus.
Yes, I could possibly have started up a *local* professional fraternity, named it with Greek letters - which would have magically appeased you
since it made me “Greek”, would have made me “acceptable” in your eyes, and then later worked on building it then trying to get the existing local picked up by an International. But I did not have an interest in doing that, my interest was in being a part of an international, and in my chosen field so it made sense- to me - to simply create an interest group to hopefully one day petition for a charter.
All the people going through recruitment (rush) who come to gc are also not Greek! But like me they have an interest in Greek Life and wanna embrace it/be a part of it ??? It’s different if they are not Greek NOR WISH TO BE.
So far as I see, someone who is not Greek you think does not have a place on here and should leave? The way I see it is people with a legitimate interest in Greek Life either because they're Greek/aspire to be/are trying to be etc "belong".
Anyone who really isn't interested in greek life at all or whose only interest is to attempt to post flamebait trying to destroy it is a different matter and a troll. Rest assured since I have spent lots of time in conversation with a fraternity, met actives of it by arrangement with their IHQ, and have already set up an interest group to petition said glo at some hopeful future point that attacking greek life is clearly not my goal. I do not understand your comments.
I have never claimed to be Greek, never said I was, never had letters in my signature nor a Fraternity name. Announcing I'm not Greek just makes me wonder what your point is. Uhm hello?? I *know* it is something I am still working on. I didn't submit a constitution to my Student Union the other day for fun! Anyone who reads my posts also knows I'm not an initiate but have a genuine interest in greekdom and am working on working hard to be a part of it. Hence my presence.
Of course I try to say something when people post just in case my comments might end up being helpful/useful/insightful to them; often a different perspective is useful. That’s why I as you say “give my advice” - It’d be hypocritical IMHO to not lift a finger in response to other posts which’re probably of great importance to the people who posted them, when I have had so much help MYSELF.
I’m been giving all this some thought recently, and as far as I see it I
post three types of posts.
1) Asking for feedback/advice on issues concerned with starting up a greek org. at my school
2) Giving my opinion on OTHER’S questions/attempting to help others who come to the board for help because to do so otherwise would be hypocritical or parasitic. Like Curtis Sliwa said it’s less about the 'I' and 'me', and more about the 'us' and 'we. If they find my well-intentioned comments totally useless then it becomes IMHO simply a nice gesture all the same!
3) Chitchat random stuff, this movie that movie or whatever or issue of the day (basically non-greek stuff) when it's time to kick back and chill or if there's an interesting debate.
... 4) Attacking others with personal remarks out of nowhere to cause trouble, having no legitimate interest in the forum’s subject just an interest in causing trouble and getting an angry reaction. #4 does not apply to me. Yet you maybe infer otherwise.?
If I wanted to "name calll" on you, I would, plain and simple.
My point was you did.
Edited to add: As for arguing with you in other posts "cornell" and whatever "bug" thread you are talking about; man, that's life, I don't have to agree with you and there is nothing wrong with what I posted in that cornell thread. The simple fact is that you posted something that could have possibly not been true, and I didn't agree with it, so I posted otherwise. I do not have to agree with you and most of the time I don't, nothing wrong with that.
People disagreeing with each other on this forum cool, partly what it's there for -- that makes it debate. People disagreeing with me is also welcome - I do not believe anyone died and made me God! But there is clear disagreeing with someone for the sake of it in a non-constructive way versus disagreeing to put across a different point of view/simply stating disagreement. No there’s nothing wrong with disagreeing with the next person but facile comments like “you weren’t there” I don’t get. I wasn’t in Alabama (although OT I am next week
…), I haven’t extensively interviewed the judge and everyone involved yet I still gave my view - even though I “wasn’t there” - I still commented on the ten commandments thread - the forum is chitchat. So I did.