[NorestRDS]

since i consider this a huge waste of time and a huge over reaction. im sure most of you will kiss butt to a moderator , but this is nonsense. Re: My Ka-Bar TDI thread .

hso
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Join Date: 01-03-03
Location: Currently 0 hrs east of TN
Posts: 10,692

"there should be no excuse"
Dontcha think you came on a little strong and opinionated and narrow minded? You've hardly been here two months and you drop in and tell everyone at NFW that have been discussing the merits of various knives for months (or years in many cases) that they have no excuse for not doing as you do. You can't expect folks to receive that very well and you shouldn't be surprised that they didn't.

I know the designer of the TDI knife. While I wouldn't say we're friends John and I are reasonably friendly acquaintances and have shared training and design ideas for the past couple of years. I assure you that the knife is designed for a very specific niche. While it fills that well (just like the HAK knife) it isn't intended for anything other than a last ditch weapon for use by people with no training in using a knife.

My advice is to repost with an apology for the brusque way you "introduced" yourself and see if that helps establish a little credibility for you.

[JShirley]

I am going to deviate from the way we usually do business here, in the hopes that some productive learning can happen over this.

We do not usually air our laundry in public here. PMs are usually that, private messages. You received a message meant to help you find a friendly reception here, and also help you avoid looking like an ignorant and over-opinionated, dogmatic ass.

And this is how you respond.

To other members: please avoid responding. I don't want a pile-on. NoRest, if you have something contributory to add, please do so. I'll lock the thread in 24 hours otherwise.

John

[Thernlund]

Whadayamean no pile on??!! Come on!!

We can do this nicely.

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Can't we all just get along? :)


-T.

[NorestRDS]

you know every message board i post on the has old heads on it (yeah yous) that usually involves guns , politics , government or those damn nasty Muslims yous white old heads hate . i find my self watching my P's and Q's not to get a banned from a message board usually revolving around 1st and 2nd amendment rights. which is the most ironic aspect of it .


now i see this living in Philadelphia and then taking a trip to even Maryland things are different . the people and their ways of life are slower , calmer and less forward . well here we tell epople how it is not ask how it is. it would be very contradictory of you to expect me to suggest or ask about object and except that way and not except mine .

i don't run that way . there is nothing to be sorry for and maybe in different areas you air out your laundry in your own basement but here we don't have the space and we do it in the front of the house.

[TimboKhan]

I risk my presumably good reputation here on THR by responding to this, but I feel compelled to do so.

Your whole point seems to revolve around the fact that where you are from, you "tell it how it is" as opposed to "asking how it is". Apparently, in doing so, you ignore a basic premise of polite society to keep private communication, you know, private. Telling it how it is isn't a license to act like a jerk.

As opposed too leaving it at that, let me take a moment to explain exactly why you are acting like a jerk. This is a privately owned board, so your expected to follow our rules of conduct. We are under absolutely no obligation to adhere to yours. It's not contradictory in the least for the moderators to act as they have, because you agreed to these rules when you joined this board. These standards of behavior that you agreed to follow make no mention of THR having to mold itself around how you want to do things. Simply put, it's our way or no way. If you can't operate under those standards, either find another forum that's more to your liking, or start your own.

[JShirley]

The really sad thing, is that hso was attempting to help you fit into the board, Norest. He was being friendly, and trying to be helpful. (And by "being helpful", I mean "trying to help you not look stupid".)

You didn't accept his attempt to help you, and you add insult by taking umbrage and trying to make this some kind of public brouhaha. I'm not sure why you thought his attempt to help you fit into the board culture was somehow an "over reaction".

Clear moderator warning: unsubstantiated accusations of racism ("those damn nasty Muslims yous white old heads hate"), as well as actual racism, will warrant a quick ejection from the board. Atrocious written delivery will just increase the chance that whatever the hell you're trying to say will be misunderstood.

Now, as I said before, we don't usually do this stuff in public. It's impolitic and unseemly. You wanted this to be public, so for once, it is. This is your chance to find a way to fit into the culture, enjoy the forum, and share and learn. If it's not for you, and another forum is more your style, vaya con dios.

John