A Time To Lay Down Our Arms, Perhaps? (page 2)

searcher

Englishman

A personal attack is their natural reaction to someone who has simply disagreed with them, a sort of either friend or enemy mentality.

A bit like Jehovahs Witnesses you mean ?

searcher.

One of the problems is the "I said", "You said" "He said" argument. Fortunately, with a discussion board, it is possible to go back and see exactly what someone actually said, but the arguments still rage.

I would like to suggest that anyone at and above the rank of Jedi Member be able to volunteer as a mediators who can be called in by one or more of the persons involved in the argument. This would not be with regard to subject matter but more as to disagreements as to who said what.

It often seems to me that some posters are not able to read the messages without inserting or deleting words here and there to make the other person seem unreasonable. If they knew in advance that this could be picked up by a neutral third person they would be far more reluctant to do it. This would remove one of the tools from those who might come here only to start arguments.

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roybatty

One can disagree without being disagreeable.

blondie

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat,
For you like this and the other
While I go for this and that,

Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh I don't know where I'm at
It looks as if we two will never be one
Something must be done:

You say either and I say either,
You say neither and I say neither
Either, either Neither, neither
Let's call the whole thing off.

You like potato and I like potahto
You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto.
Let's call the whole thing off

But oh, if we call the whole thing off
Then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart

So if you like pyjamas and I like pyjahmas,
I'll wear pyjamas and give up pyajahmas
For we know we need each other so we
Better call the whole thing off
Let's call the whole thing off.

You say laughter and I say larfter
You say after and I say arfter
Laughter, larfter after arfter
Let's call the whole thing off,

You like vanilla and I like vanella
You saspiralla, and I saspirella
Vanilla vanella chocolate strawberry
Let's call the whole thing off

But oh if we call the whole thing of then we must part
And oh, if we ever part, then that might break my heart

So if you go for oysters and I go for ersters
I'll order oysters and cancel the ersters
For we know we need each other so we
Better call the calling off off,
Let's call the whole thing off.

I say father, and you say pater,
I saw mother and you say mater
Pater, mater Uncle, auntie let's call the whole thing off.

I like bananas and you like banahnahs
I say Havana and I get Havahnah
Bananas, banahnahs Havana, Havahnah
Go your way, I'll go mine

So if I go for scallops and you go for lobsters,
So all right no contest we'll order lobseter
For we know we need each other so we
Better call the calling off off,
Let's call the whole thing off.

Englishman

Blondie,

Quite right!

It's definitely PO - TAY - TOES and TO - MAH - TOES!

Englishman.

pettygrudger

Edited to say - I changed my mind, anyone can change.

Edited by - pettygrudger on 5 November 2002 17:46:17

larc

I don't think it is a cultural difference. Where I live here in the States, the majority of people treat each other civily most of the time. I have known people, from the richest to the poorest, and this has been my experience. I don't think it is our religious heritage either. I have met many xJWs, and they have all been nice people. It may, in my opinion, have to do with the emotional issues that are raised here. Sometimes it is difficult to keep our strong emotions out of it. I think emotions are a good thing if it motivates us to defend an idea. I think emotions are a bad thing when they cause us to cloud our judgement and attack a person.

TR

However, it does seem to me that many of our disagreements could be avoided if we all took some time to try to understand the cultural differences between our various countries.

Yes, indeed! Righto, 'ol chap! Bloody well right!

A Time To Lay Down Our Arms, Perhaps?

Hell no! You Brits may be used to giving up the right to defend yourselves, but not me! My sidearm is at the ready, and it's loaded!

TR

Edited by - TR on 5 November 2002 10:57:16

Simon

Who said what is often no the problems ... in fact the opposite - stopping people quoting snippets, sometimes out of context, that try to make the other person look bad.

SixofNine

Simon says:

make the other person look bad.

A Time To Lay Down Our Arms, Perhaps?

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