Sorry for being AWOL lately ...

[gatito]

I'll give this a final attempt Steve, in the hope that it's possible to resolve our misunderstanding and

• because I actually like your online persona (despite its incessant virtue signalling...) and
• because we share a similar training...:

 

Do you really hold that your perspective of the collective is necessarily mine?

 

[thelerner]

I get the feeling Steve's Virtue Signaling is a natural phenomena caused by lots of virtue. 

[gatito]

Nice1!

[Trunk]

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm pretty busy and this won't get much focused attention until weekend.

- Trunk

[Apech]

7 hours ago, gatito said:

I'll give this a final attempt Steve, in the hope that it's possible to resolve our misunderstanding and

• because I actually like your online persona (despite its incessant virtue signalling...) and
• because we share a similar training...:

 

Do you really hold that your perspective of the collective is necessarily mine?

 

 

If we collect together our individual perspectives of the collective into a collective collective this could be both your's, Steve's and everyone else's collective collective collective perspective, about which both individual and collective valid statements could be made.

[SongShuhang]

I am newcomer to this place, but I did notice a lot of fights and insults. 

[doc benway]

9 hours ago, gatito said:

 

Do you really hold that your perspective of the collective is necessarily mine?

 

 

To phrase it in a way you may find familiar, WTF gave you that idea?

[doc benway]

10 hours ago, gatito said:

I'll give this a final attempt Steve, in the hope that it's possible to resolve our misunderstanding

 

PS - I feel like my posts have been clear, what don't you understand?

Edited April 10, 2020 by steve

[doc benway]

2 hours ago, SongShuhang said:

I am newcomer to this place, but I did notice a lot of fights and insults. 

 

Yes, quite a lot lately.

Without moderation, some people here tend to indulge in throwing tantrums, bullying, trolling, insults, even threats on occasion.

The loudest, most obnoxious voices trample and often silence those that aren't interested in wasting so much energy on fighting. 

Rational discussions give way to emotional venting and ridicule.

It can be ugly.

Bringing some moderation back will help.

[gatito]

3 hours ago, Apech said:

 

If we collect together our individual perspectives of the collective into a collective collective this could be both your's, Steve's and everyone else's collective collective collective perspective, about which both individual and collective valid statements could be made.

 

 

Perhaps, providing that you continue to make appororiate use of your catflap(s).

 

[gatito]

1 hour ago, steve said:

 

To phrase it in a way you may find familiar, WTF gave you that idea?

 

 

Your habitual lack of clarity about the use of the word "we".

 

[gatito]

48 minutes ago, steve said:

 

PS - I feel like my posts have been clear, what don't you understand?

 

 

Just now, gatito said:

 

Your habitual lack of clarity about the use of the word "we".

 

 

 

[doc benway]

4 minutes ago, gatito said:

 

Your habitual lack of clarity about the use of the word "we".

 

 

We refers to the DaoBums community as a whole.

[gatito]

10 hours ago, Trunk said:

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm pretty busy and this won't get much focused attention until weekend.

- Trunk

 

 

I'm understanding this to mean that you'll be enforcing the rules (and the Founding Principles) strictly, after having given the above fair warning.

 

Am I mistaken?

 

[gatito]

1 minute ago, steve said:

 

We refers to the DaoBums community as a whole.

 

 

Gr8!

 

In future, I can take it that when you use "we", you'll be referring to yourself as representing the entire membership of this forum in general.

 

Thanks for clarifying.

 

[gatito]

55 minutes ago, steve said:

Bringing some moderation back will help.

 

 

Hopefully, it will stamp-out rule infraction entirely.

 

[doc benway]

3 minutes ago, gatito said:

 

Gr8!

 

In future, I can take it that when you use "we", you'll be referring to yourself as representing the entire membership of this forum in general.

 

Thanks for clarifying.

 

 

What is the point of so much projection and animosity? 

[gatito]

Just now, steve said:

 

What is the point of so much projection and animosity? 

 

 

You're misreading the situation Steve.

 

Just because you're feeling those emotions yourself, it certainly doesn't signify that I'm feeling them myself (or projecting them - whatever that actually means).

 

[doc benway]

3 minutes ago, gatito said:

 

Hopefully, it will stamp-out rule infraction entirely.

 

 

Maybe it’ll even eliminate all sarcasm!

[doc benway]

1 minute ago, gatito said:

 

You're misreading the situation Steve.

 

Just because you're feeling those emotions yourself, it certainly doesn't signify that I'm feeling them myself (or projecting them - whatever that actually means).

 

 

Perhaps

[gatito]

Just now, steve said:

 

Maybe it’ll even eliminate all sarcasm!

 

 

Speak for yourself...

 

 

 

[doc benway]

12 minutes ago, gatito said:

 

Gr8!

 

In future, I can take it that when you use "we", you'll be referring to yourself as representing the entire membership of this forum in general.

 

Thanks for clarifying.

 

 

1 minute ago, gatito said:

 

Speak for yourself...

 

 

 

 

Now I’m confused,

I thought I now have your mandate to speak for everyone...

🥳

[gatito]

1 minute ago, steve said:

 

Perhaps

 

 

I cannot provide any further evidence in writing but, if  you want to VoIP, you'll hear the evidence in my voice.

 

[gatito]

1 minute ago, steve said:

Now I’m confused,

I thought I now have your mandate to speak for everyone...

🥳

 

Go for it if you want. 

 

[gatito]

3 minutes ago, steve said:

Now I’m confused,

 

Perhaps it would be clearer if I use this:

 

if I'm being sarcastic?