Be A Man/woman! - Page 2

FuzzieAlum · #16 11-01-2002, 05:09 PM

I am thoroughly sick and tired of seeing the "it's just a message board" argument on here. Yes, indeed, it is a message board, and I doubt anyone on here is lacking enough in the brains department to notice that. But the rules of polite communication are the same on here as they are in any other realm (face-to-face, letters, public speeches) direct insults to other people are out of line. Disagreement is fine but attacking the person is uncalled for. It doesn't matter if this is "just" the Internet. It doesn't matter how old or new someone is. It doesn't matter whether they're your buddy or a stranger. And words don't magically lose their power to cheer up, offend, inform or piss off simply because they're typed.

And if this site matters so little to a GCer, why are they here? Surely none of our lives are so empty as to hang out somewhere we get absolutely nothing from. Whether we're here to make friends, start a fight, learn something, network, brag about our lives, or whatever, we're obviously getting something from it or we wouldn't bother. So it's hypocritical to take others to task for admitting they get some value from Greek Chat and to pick on them just because they get more or less from it than you do. If "words on a screen" from a stranger are so irrelevant to you, why bother replying to words on a screen from another stranger?

dzrose93 · #17 11-01-2002, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
I am thoroughly sick and tired of seeing the "it's just a message board" argument on here. Yes, indeed, it is a message board, and I doubt anyone on here is lacking enough in the brains department to notice that. But the rules of polite communication are the same on here as they are in any other realm (face-to-face, letters, public speeches) direct insults to other people are out of line. Disagreement is fine but attacking the person is uncalled for. It doesn't matter if this is "just" the Internet. It doesn't matter how old or new someone is. It doesn't matter whether they're your buddy or a stranger. And words don't magically lose their power to cheer up, offend, inform or piss off simply because they're typed.

And if this site matters so little to a GCer, why are they here? Surely none of our lives are so empty as to hang out somewhere we get absolutely nothing from. Whether we're here to make friends, start a fight, learn something, network, brag about our lives, or whatever, we're obviously getting something from it or we wouldn't bother. So it's hypocritical to take others to task for admitting they get some value from Greek Chat and to pick on them just because they get more or less from it than you do. If "words on a screen" from a stranger are so irrelevant to you, why bother replying to words on a screen from another stranger?

Kudos, FuzzieAlum.

KillarneyRose · #18 11-01-2002, 05:52 PM

LibraSoul,
I'm curiouss as to why you think someone would be sh80 enough to want to keep coming back under new screennames???

Dionysus · #19 11-01-2002, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
LibraSoul,
I'm curiouss as to why you think someone would be sh80 enough to want to keep coming back under new screennames???

Oh no, not again!

I am SOOOO not these new people.

Give me three reasons why you think that. I'm just well......curious.

librasoul22 · #20 11-01-2002, 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by Imthechamp

What a loser. You do realize this is the INTERNET and this is a MESSAGE BOARD, right? New people will come and old people will leave.

Why the hell are you so paranoid? Are you scared that all these 'new' people are invading your 'online' family?

It's just words on a screen from someone you don't even know.

*edited by moderator b/c oif content and an attack on another poster*

D*mmit, IowaHawkeye! I wanted to read what he/she/it said! Oh well, lol.

I hardly think you are new. But it's all good. If you wanna be scared and hide behind another name like the b*tch that you are, I will just *yawn* and move on.

Something tells me that last part will be editted out...oh well, use your imagination!

Imthechamp · #21 11-01-2002, 07:40 PM

Ok sweetie. You sure are doing a good job at *yawning* and moving on. You made a post to discuss this issue so it does bother you.

Scared?? Of what? Your post count? Give me a break...

Why don't you ask IowaHawkeye or one of the other incompetent mods here to run an IP check on me? I'm on a cable modem so my IP is static.

#22 11-01-2002, 07:50 PM

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Originally posted by Imthechamp
Ok sweetie. You sure are doing a good job at *yawning* and moving on. You made a post to discuss this issue so it does bother you.

Scared?? Of what? Your post count? Give me a break...

Why don't you ask IowaHawkeye or one of the other incompetent mods here to run an IP check on me? I'm on a cable modem so my IP is static.

delete post, ban user

Kitso
KS 361 beers i'm drinking tonight at Margaritaville.....YOU should be here.

kddani · #23 11-01-2002, 08:45 PM

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Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361

delete post, ban user

Kitso
KS 361 beers i'm drinking tonight at Margaritaville.....YOU should be here.

C'mon, seriously, how much more of this crap do we have to put up with from imthechamp?

Has (s)he posted anything not inflammatory, degrading, and insulting? How many posts of theirs have had to be deleted or edited? The mods don't need to deal with this. Take out the trash.

And as always, i'm asking- WHAT GREEK ORG ARE YOU IN? If you're not greek, then why the hell are you here????

Kevin · #24 11-01-2002, 08:49 PM

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Originally posted by kddani

And as always, i'm asking- WHAT GREEK ORG ARE YOU IN? If you're not greek, then why the hell are you here????

Honestly it would appear that ima's here just to get a rise out of people. That's what it looks like for me at least.

IowaHawkeye · #25 11-01-2002, 09:06 PM

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Originally posted by kddani

And as always, i'm asking- WHAT GREEK ORG ARE YOU IN? If you're not greek, then why the hell are you here????

Honestly - I think that is a very unfair question and an extremely rude demand that people be greek to enjoy greekchat. yes it's called greekchat - but do you want to tell the PNMs looking for rush advice and guidance "why the hell are you here????" when in reality they're NOT greek - and some of them may not get bids. Do you want to tell the college alums who have realized later in life what being greek could have done for them "what the hell are you doing here" when all they want is Cutiepie2000's awesome advice on Alum Initiation? No, I didn't think so. Stop perpetuating the stereotype that greeks are exclusive - in my opinion, everyone is welcome at greekchat.

KappaTarzan · #26 11-01-2002, 09:15 PM

i agree- greekchat is for everyone. we don't reveal any secrets or anything like that, and we are a close community that shares advice on problems.. just like with everything else in life there is one person who wants to creat a problem or start a fight.. it happens.. so we ignore it and move on. i bet you ima would be REALLY disappointed if everyone just stopped replying to this thread.

kddani · #27 11-01-2002, 09:15 PM

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Originally posted by IowaHawkeye

Honestly - I think that is a very unfair question and an extremely rude demand that people be greek to enjoy greekchat. yes it's called greekchat - but do you want to tell the PNMs looking for rush advice and guidance "why the hell are you here????" when in reality they're NOT greek - and some of them may not get bids. Do you want to tell the college alums who have realized later in life what being greek could have done for them "what the hell are you doing here" when all they want is Cutiepie2000's awesome advice on Alum Initiation? No, I didn't think so. Stop perpetuating the stereotype that greeks are exclusive - in my opinion, everyone is welcome at greekchat.

But it's okay for people to come here solely for the purpose of stirring up sh!t? Look through their posts. I think it's a pretty legitimate question to ask why someone is here, because all they have done is stir up trouble.

I'm think that it was "very unfair" and "extremelly rude" for you to say this to me, especially as a mod. You're putting words and contexts in my mouth that weren't there. I never said that nongreeks had no business here. But questioning someone's interests in this board when all they've done is been mean and hurtful is a valid point in my book. This user has said a countless number of very nasty things to many many members of this board, including myself. I consider a number of people on this board to be my "friends" and some of them are actually my sisters.

One of the great things about being Greek is supporting your friends/sisters/brothers (whatever you choose to call them). When someone is constantly saying nasty things and trying to start crap with my friends, I'm going to call them on it.

And if that makes me "very unfair", "extremelly rude", "perpetuating stereotypes that greeks are exclusive" or whatever else you want to say i'm being, then so be it.

I'm sticking up for my friends, and myself.

IowaHawkeye · #28 11-01-2002, 09:23 PM

Go ahead and ask "why are you here" - but don't ask, "if you're not greek, why are you here. " Because as a greek, i don't care if someone non-greek is on the boards, and I would hate for them to think all greeks want to know why they are here.

With all of these "trouble makers" you have the option and the ability to IGNORE THEM, and never again have to read their posts. It's called using the ignore button. Check the chit chat forum guidelines at the top of the page for info on how to use this.

Imthechamp · #29 11-01-2002, 09:55 PM

Stirring up shit?

Yeah, I guess being honest and having an opinion that differs from yall means exactly that. I'm sure most of yall hate me cuz I openly discussed how "overweight" people are unattractive and I said every girl here was average at best.

What I said earlier about libra being a needy #####-##### was prolly the first derogatory thing I have said here. Hawkeye quickly edited and told me I would be banned if I continued, so there isn't any reason to give her crap about it.

SATX*APhi · #30 11-01-2002, 10:55 PM

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Originally posted by IowaHawkeye
Go ahead and ask "why are you here" - but don't ask, "if you're not greek, why are you here. "

I think this is what kddani meant by that remark:

She could see no reason why this person is on GC. They haven't made any positive contributions to the board, and the only excuse for them being here is because they were Greek.

I have no idea if this is what she meant, it is just what I think was meant.