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What chaps my hide about this forum is someone posts an honest reasonable question and too frequently in my view, subsequent posters turn the subject to displays of childish ego, rude behavior and insults. I can assure you that no man has ever looked me in the eye and insulted me the way some of you insult each other. In my opinion there are many people on this forum who have gifts to share and those gifts would be much more enjoyable if you wrote your responses as if you were face to face with the members of this forum. It is my understanding that new topics should contain a question and mind is directed to those who find it necesary to insult each other. Do you insult your friends, strangers and associates as you do the members of this forum?

FWIW, One thing I have found is that there are vast differences in what is considered tolerable/acceptable public exchange culturally and geographically.

An example can be found in forensics debate tactics applied in the east vs the midwest. Whole nother game.

Moderating tends to homogenize the discourse.

The best strategy I have found is to just ignore posts based on the name on the left of it. It lowers the nausea considerably.

The ignore function on this forum is it's greatest attribute...Geo

I don't know if it's as much regional behaviour as reflection of a country in nervous breakdown. Cool members keep their heads. A few anonymous others in temper tantrums call for attention to themselves in their political sandboxes

You nailed it Geo. I've noticed many threads have become shorter and much more enjoyable since I've employed that function.

I have never used the ignore function, though I have been tempted. I see it as rude in cutting people off, but it might be better than extreme irritation.

The baseline of this thread is correct, many here err both in manners and discussion.

I argue for the simple approach, stick to the point in discussion, attack ideas if necessary on their merits and avoid personal attacks.

I try to live by that and have at times failed to see that something I typed could be read in a way other than I meant. I am always prepared to back step and apologize should I do wrong. And or clarify better what was meant.

Manners, Etiquette, are important to a civil society as is honesty in thought and word. It is erroneous to assume a disagreement of fact is a question of character. If one sees misinformation (falsehood) identify and restate what is believed to be fact.

We are all bound by a love a doubleguns. That bond and simple manners are to everyone's advantage

Not all gifts are equal. Exchanging superficial pleasantries face to face really doesn't translate to some higher level. I think the accounts here of forum folks meeting up beyond the computer have a good bit to do with compatibility clues, and less to do with being a double gun encyclopedia.

What chaps my hide is when I put a few direct anti-gun quotes which someone made into a post, and the same few supporters of the Liberal Left Democrats who work tirelessly to separate us from our guns rise up in mock indignation. Then they get their panties all bunched up and bother Dave with demands that he remove them or lock a thread. But they don't do the same thing when one of their like-minded peers puts up a thread like this one which has absolutely nothing to do with advancing the knowledge and appreciation of double guns. Let me demonstrate:












I am typically pretty direct and straightforward. What passes for civility here is quite often hypocrisy laced with thinly veiled insults hurled by someone who thinks that they are above the fray by not naming names... as King has done here in his post. Dishonesty is not civility. Some are astute enough to see right through it:



Others see right through straight faced denial of their own words:



Another totally Off-Topic Thread... another door opens where anything goes! Let's end this with an I.Q. test:

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