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Hello everyone...just a quick note to remind everyone that we need to remain respectful of one another while we are posting. The Parenting Forum can contain very passionate topics and there will be many differing opinions but we need to be mindful of respecting each others beliefs, approaches and advice.
Thank you all in advance for thinking about others before posting.
Thank-you for posting this. Lets remember to be respectful of everyone and not just reply to posts in order to be argumentative and to belittle the posters that have true concerns. There is such a thing as CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. Please remember not to be catty or gang up on a poster just for your own amusement. Lately that's all that's been going on here. This is supposed to be a parenting forum and not a highschool clique. Let people have their own opinions and if you disagree do so respectfully and without judgment.
Last edited by KylieEve; 06-20-2010 at 08:51 AM..
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Let people have their own opinions and if you disagree do so respectfully and without judgment.
mrstewart,
Just looking for clarification here....
If we call a poster a 'skank' would that be outside the rules of respectful posting without passing judgment?
How about the following sorts of posts...
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I think you're a stuck up snob.
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I wish your parents had taught you how not to be so annoying.
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You are one JUDGMENTAL ***** fill in the blanks.
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YOU are obnoxious.
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I can tell you didn't graduate highschool by the way.
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Maybe your child got knocked up at 16 or maybe you did.
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You have the mentality of your 12 year old.
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And don't think I'm going to dignify your level of stupidity with any more responses from now on I'm ignoring all your stupid replies.
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you miserable person.
I would think that the above sorts of posts are beyond any definition of respectable posting but they are allowed to remain unedited (I know some of them have been reported)...with no apparent infraction given to the poster. I've received an infraction for much less offensive posts so now I have no idea where the lines are (not to say I didn't deserve it). If I had posted any of the above I'd have expected to get another infraction, if not a ban.
Are we to assume the sort of posting featured above is acceptable?
Count me in for looking for some clarification too. I've been called worse names here than I have over on the Cats forum when I admitted that I used to let my cats go outside.
I have reported the above post from ncyank to the moderator. The user has gone on to reopen a thread on rude mothers that was closed by the moderators and is using it to attack me ONCE again.
THIS is an example of the kind of behaviour that should be reported.
A StICKY clarifying the rules of the forum should not be used to relaunch a personal vendetta against me.
mrstewart,
Just looking for clarification here....
If we call a poster a 'skank' would that be outside the rules of respectful posting without passing judgment?
How about the following sorts of posts...
I would think that the above sorts of posts are beyond any definition of respectable posting but they are allowed to remain unedited (I know some of them have been reported)...with no apparent infraction given to the poster. I've received an infraction for much less offensive posts so now I have no idea where the lines are (not to say I didn't deserve it). If I had posted any of the above I'd have expected to get another infraction, if not a ban.
Are we to assume the sort of posting featured above is acceptable?
What the poster FORGETS to mention is that these were only RESPONSES to horrible things that were said about me and my child and leaves out what the posters actually said to me in order for me to respond in this manner. I will NOT stoop to the level of posting the words about me as that would be inappropriate on this sticky.
Last edited by KylieEve; 06-20-2010 at 07:08 PM..
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Well, I am glad to take part in some open dialogue on this topic and think it is positive.
First and foremost I think it is important to respect one another. We are here on our leisure time, not getting paid for it, so we should all try to enjoy it!
If there are issues that you feel are not resolved via reported post, PLEASE send me a DM to look into a particular post. Recently, several of the reported posts are not hitting my normal email but going to spam and I may have missed some.
In my opinion, any name calling, chiding, or mean spirited comments are not conducive to a productive discussion and I am hoping we can get past these things and come to a mutual understanding that we are all coming from a different place but ultimately want the same thing...healthy, happy children.
So, with that said, let's try to turn over a new leaf and let this forum be about Parenting and not the Great Debates forum!
You are all great posters and have great advice to give so let's try to keep it civil and helpful!
Well, I am glad to take part in some open dialogue on this topic and think it is positive.
First and foremost I think it is important to respect one another. We are here on our leisure time, not getting paid for it, so we should all try to enjoy it!
If there are issues that you feel are not resolved via reported post, PLEASE send me a DM to look into a particular post. Recently, several of the reported posts are not hitting my normal email but going to spam and I may have missed some.
In my opinion, any name calling, chiding, or mean spirited comments are not conducive to a productive discussion and I am hoping we can get past these things and come to a mutual understanding that we are all coming from a different place but ultimately want the same thing...healthy, happy children.
So, with that said, let's try to turn over a new leaf and let this forum be about Parenting and not the Great Debates forum!
You are all great posters and have great advice to give so let's try to keep it civil and helpful!
Well, I am glad to take part in some open dialogue on this topic and think it is positive.
If we're permitted to have open discussion, I will post an opinion on the matter.
I consider it baiting if someone starts threads and then insults and name-calls anyone who disagrees with the thread starter.
It's definitely baiting when it becomes a habit, thread after thread the thread starter reacts similarly negative.
A baiter shouldn't get away with making one self look like a victim.
IMO, it's healthy when members think a baiter is entertaining and comical. It would be so much worse if the members took the baiter's insults personally.
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