Come back - FOXY - POIROT and - SUSEONLINE all is forgiven.

yep Hasbeen their is nothing new under the sun. That is what makes it laughable, sick, frustrated when the left have the dishonesty to call themselves progressive rather than regressive. The young getup clowns are the most pitiful. I know I was ignorant as a young fellow but these guys/girls are pathetic. Most of their dogma is right at home at Sodom and Gomorrah.

We are all puppets in one sense and who pulls your strings will determine very much your worldview. For the gw alarmist it is usually the purse strings.

Hi there HASBEEN...

You described me as being a 'gentlemanly and kind poster' on OLO ? Mate if it were only true ! I can get into the gutter with the best of 'em and produce some of the vilest, nasty and penetrating language you can imagine, as evidenced by some of the 'blues' I've had with STEELEREDUX, and occasionally, A J PHILIPS (an individual I dislike and lack respect) nevertheless I've no right nor any special licence to denigrate or belittle anyone. It took STEELEREDUX again, to give me a boot right up my proverbial arse to give me a real wake-up on an issue where I was utterly wrong !

With the presence of our perfumed trio, I believe they exercised a steadying influence on most of the more aggressive boofheads like me on OLO. That can only be for the amelioration of everyone who regularly contributes to the Site. Furthermore much of what FOXY and Poirot opined, I was essentially diametrically opposed, coming from the Left as it were. That said, they all expressed themselves exceptionally well and with considerable flair, in a way that I could only wish for myself.

While it's true, to conceal our true feelings, both for an individual contributor, and what precisely that individual writes, can be difficult. Especially in my case, when someone continually casts aspersions on the police force, I tend to 'arc up' and become overly protective to the industry I gave over thirty two years of my life !

Is this style of behaviour acceptable and reasonably ? It can be, provided that response is both fair and wholly reasonable as well. But moi, I tend to over react in any defence I may choose to mount, and it is then my argument is lost. Lost in all that dust and noisy clamour of repetitive invective and dreary insults flying about in cyberspace, thus making myself and my argument appear unreasonable. Therefore I must accept a substantial proportion of blame for the inevitable decline of the overall 'tone' of OLO.

As an extremely sensitive soul, I often cry myself to sleep at night after a bit of a verbal thumping from Beach, runner, Butch, Shadow, Is Mise ttbn and Hassy, sorry if I missed anyone out, and I know I certainly have.
I miss the trio who I could rely upon to put up the sensible opinion, when needed from our side of the political fence. I started a couple of female threads recently, one hope was that they might have fired up Poirot and Suse in particular to throw in, knowing Foxy had said she was giving it away, but to no avail. As I told Belly at the time, and Foxy once or twice, try to invoke the 'Armadillo Principle', develop a tough hide, but not everyone can do that, and I suppose like for Belly, others comments got a bit to much for them.

Hi LOUDMOUTH...

I agree in principle with much of what you say Joe. I can't find fault with either your conduct or politeness on OLO. Generally, you're circumspect with most of your remarks and opinions. whether negative or otherwise ?

I've noticed ONTHEBEACH has come in for an inordinate amount of criticism? While it's true he does occasionally remove the gloves with some, but generally speaking I find he's relatively polite but can play 'hardball' if others choose to attack him or his argument. He can express his point quite forcefully if necessary, but that doesn't mean he's deliberately offensive or cruel, rather he can evoke a combative strategy if he deems it necessary and he perceives his opposite number as being derogatory towards him. I personally appreciate his style.

Another thing that Joe and many others had observed, the standards on OLO have declined which seems a shame. As if we've lost a lot of true intellectual talent recently; and if true, that's sad really sad for the sake of OLO ?

Yet with the likes of ROBERT ; ARMCHAIR CRITIC; CRAIG MINNS; A J PHILIPS; LOUDMOUTH; PAUL1405; and an assortment of others herein, each of these individuals do tend to mount well argued propositions, and have the ability to enrich any discussion and are obviously well educated. And lets not forget the 'peoples champion STEELEREDUX, who can usually lay bear any crap emanating from just about any contributor herein.

Then we have HASBEEN; and if truth be known, probably the most pragmatic of us all. He possess the analytical skill of reducing just about any argument right down to its constituent parts with consummate ease. A very smart fellow and former Navy Aviator !

RUNNER; SHADOW MINISTER; TTBN; and many many others on OLO, can easily prosecute an argument, but their only flaw, they do tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves, therefore they expose a sensitive part of themselves, that enables them to be attacked. Space, strict limitation on words have got me.

But by acting as you now are O SUNG WU not only are you to be commended, but you are also adding impetus to "reverse the polarity" so to speak and thus, for want of a better term, redeem yourself and assist in the elevation of those around you. .. And I think that that is rewarding.

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I think there are a quite a few people who GHOST about here at OLO, and have a bit of a look to see if anything entertaining or interesting is on offer and only bother to drop in and contribute if there is.

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Sticky Threads, as used on other forums, would be one way to capture the best of debates so far to provide people with an informed entry point .. but the software here at OLO is long since antiquated. Cool Features such as blocking those people that you do not wish to read etc are common on other sites.