In Light of Skinner's Latest Message.....

[CO Liberal]

...about civility on DU, I will be placing certain individuals on "Ignore", effective immediately. (I won't name them, but I believe they know who they are.) So if you post something in response to something I've posted and I don't reply, you can pretty much put two and two together and realize that you're now on my list.

I don't want to jeopardize my DU membership by posting inappropriate mesages. So farewell to a few of you....

Here's the text of Skinner's message:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=announcement&id=29

[Hawkeye-X]

1. I hope I'm not one of 'em..

:D

(Although I don't read J/PS, so I'm safe)

[CO Liberal]

3. Oh. Definitely Not YOU, Hawkeye!!!

Just a few people with whom the exchanges have gotten a little rough....

[Faygo Kid]

2. Civilitu? Ah, the traditional Greek spelling.

Looks like I'm toast.

[CO Liberal]

4. For a Professional Writer, My Typing Sucks!

:-)

[MrBenchley]

5. Farewell to many on my part

and goo driddance

[slackmaster]

6. Goo driddance?

:toast:

[Superfly]

8. I believe that if you continue your track record

of deleted posts after 1 Jan, we will be saying farewell to thee!

[Township75]

11. Bench, you wouldn't put The Town on ignore would you?

Cmon, bud....you are the only anti gunner on this board I like. You are the only anti gunner I have ever met that has a personality and doesn't saturate their surrounding with their boring personalities.

Even if you do put me on Ignore, NO WAY are you going on my Ignore list....that way I can watch the next poll you post:) Just kidding with ya Bench, but there is no way you are going on my ignore list.:pals:

[Superfly]

13. He was on my ignore list for a while...

but I soon realized that this board lacked that certain Panache.

[Township75]

16. He has never gone on my Ignore List for precisely that reason*

*

[DoNotRefill]

7. I'm wondering.....

if it would be inappropriate to start an informal (non-monetary) pool as to who the first suspended person will be.... I've got my bet all ready!!! ;)

[Superfly]

9. Yeah, that's a no-brainer

he's probably kicking holes in his drywall right now....

[slackmaster]

10. I'm not making any bets of that nature

Anyone who has brinksmanship mastered to the point of surviving over 1,000 posts probably has the skills needed to make out OK under the new rules.

[Superfly]

12. The thing about brinksmanship...

is that you are on the brink. It only takes a small nudge to send the person over...

[juancarlos]

18. That is true

we better hope that he doesn't use "asswipe lunatic techniques", or he'll be gone. Then the board wouldn't be as entertaining.

[slackmaster]

22. I've been away for most of the last 2 weeks

I must have missed something funny.

[Superfly]

24. That term is Benchley's gift to us...

it's an Umbrella term, describing anything any gun owner ever does anywhere. It's a fairly broad term...

[slackmaster]

25. I guess I used one in the bathroom this morning

:shrug:

[Superfly]

26. Not unless you used a gun.

Used a gun: "asswipe lunatic technique"
Did not use: "posterior remediation technique"

[Township75]

14. Maybe we could go to Yahoo and start a discussion board...

dedicated solely to bets on who is the first to get banned. I think it would work...I dont' know I never started one over there.

Personally, I believe that continually broke the rules and survived have a Get Out of Jail Free Card and will never get banned...they probabaly got that card from the blood money of the corrupt gun industry, but it doesn't matter.

Maybe we could come up with a betting line or something.

[davidinalameda]

34. yes it would be inappropriate

:-)

[Cha]

15. Thanks for this....I hadn't read

the "formal announcement" yet.

[Liberal Classic]

17. And I would have liked to have known you

But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did



GOOD BYE!

[CO Liberal]

19. Oh, YOU'RE Not on the List, LC

:-)

[Superfly]

20. I betcha I'm on the list....

Hello? Hellllll-oooooo?

[MoonAndSun]

21. I have been using my ignore feature for the past couple of months,

and it has helped me tremendously in dealing with the candidate threads.

[Township75]

23. Place your bets! Do I get banned before reaching 1000 posts?

or how many warnings do I get before reaching 1000 posts.

I will say not banned but 3 warnings.

[Emoto]

27. Civility is good!!!

Thanks for posting the link.

Could we be on the brink of *gasp* polite discourse in the debates down here? It would certainly work for me...

BTW, I hope I have escaped CO's ignore list as well.

[CO Liberal]

28. You Have, Emoto!

:-)

[beevul]

29. I hope

Im not on your list CO. Even though we are on different sides of the gun issue, I find you to be someone who can be debated with in a discussion, and who didn't dodge arguments when we posted to each other. I respect that.

As for myself, I won't be putting anyone on ignore. Controlling myself is my responsibility and mine alone.

Thanks for this thread as well, I missed Skinners announcement.

[CO Liberal]

30. You're Safe Too, Beevul

:-)

[beevul]

32. Thanks , CO. A request by Superfly...

He requests that you take him off your list, and "and let's let bygones be bygones." His words. Your call.

[Superfly]

33. Thanks, Beeve...

!

[beevul]

35. Your welcome. I hope..

you two can work it out.

[Superfly]

31. Tell him to take Superfly off his list...

and let's let bygones be bygones.

[Moderator]

36. Mission accomplished and I am locking this thread

Guys, reread the comments on here and see how many personal attacks you can find. Done? Ok, everyone who participates in this forum regularly tends to be guilty of a personal attack now and again. Its not just the Pro gun control crowd or the pro RKBA gang.

Keep it clean, nothing below the belt, now lets have a good discussion...