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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Almost none of us on here are COMPLETELY innocent of a "gotcha" now and then that may or may not be a tiny bit mean spirited. I distinctly remember a BOOM!  |
Hey! About that "Boom." I remember that. It was the day a very long time ago when I revealed that maybe my name Boomer does not always refer to my age. Boomer on that day turned out to be in reference to one of those Navy submarines that just glides along beneath the surface until it becomes necessary to launch a ballistic missile. So yeah. I did it. BOOM! But that was not being mean. I BOOMED a troll. That nasty snide troll was picking on people. Had not even picked on me I know. But ohhhh, that troll was mean......so I got a little carried away and the next thing you know this Boomer went BOOM! (But hey I told you all to back up first and stay out of the way so I could BOOM! that troll.)
OK, enough Boomer history. Who cares. Back to the topic at hand.
I just want to add that I hope we do not do a poll. First of all they are pointless. Statistically irrelevant. Meaningless.
But that is not the main reason I do not want to see a poll on this one.
Most polls are harmless fun. But a poll on this political thing is just wrong. (The admins really do a good job saving us from things getting out of bounds. I would not stay on a board where I felt like it could be open season and people could come in here and just attack others or post anything they felt like saying.) But c'mon. The members who like to go to political and express strong opinions know why they are there. They are finding what they want or helloooooooo they would not go there.
It is not my place to tell them what to do. I even go there sometimes, though I know it is pretty pointless. But going in I always know I run a risk. But sometimes it makes me feel better just to post my moderate opinion there. But I understand the territory.
And yeah, last night I wrote about my own little pout and told you what happened a while back when somebody went way too grumpy grouch on me in a thread that was not even in political. But I explained that I got over it fast. It's that old baby/bathwater thing.
But things could get into a real mess here if members start trying to make rules. Trying to control the board. That's the admins' job. Who needs it?
And if we start with polls for who should be allowed to say what, wellllll it is only a matter of time before we start trying to vote each other off the island. Just self-regulate, take part in what you want to take part in and don't worry about the rest. Just leave the heavy artillery in the hands of the guys with the control panel. (Although I know. I know. I did BOOM! that troll. And there was that little snit I was in for a bit that I told you about. But I self-regulated.)
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