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Originally Posted by Anchor
No its not.
I share your dismay.
There have been flares of ego, the posturing "tests" by those that think they "know" but fail most of the tests themselves, passive aggression, veiled accusations of insincerity, recently close to outright accusations and a distinct lack of respect now; which has started to become the norm in this thread and I really hope it stops.
I already knew at the outset that sooner or later Abraxas would be implicated as a would be "cult" leader. I'll give the the forum credit - I could see it brewing for weeks, and it took longer than I estimated, but sure enough you delivered. Why ? What was the point ? Ask youself - do you take pleasure in landing these sword blows? Do you think you are "winning"?
Where is the love? It's gone fishing on account of too much FEAR and inability to see the role of the ego when it plays dirty.
Quite apart from this, it seems to me that a wanna-be cult leader would be stupid to come on Avalon! [1] - there are a small percentage (and I mean small) of people here that would out them in a second. None of whom I think I have seen posting on this thread yet but they do thier thing in peace and respect.
So I sit here thinking why do I have to sit here and watch yet another Avalon style hatchet job in progress - and then Malletzky comes along an posts just what I was thinking.
Please stop it. Bury those hatchets. Read the thread for what it is. Just ask your questions nicely please and be respectful. If you must laugh at the posers who think they are masters of this game - go ahead, but do it in private please.
Above all, please don't "With respect" , I think you are a - cult leader, fake, plaigiarist, non-sensical speaker of gibberish "with respect" anyone. It is not respect - it is bloody rude.
Abraxasinas/Moderators/Members - please have a good talk with your human sides and tell them not to escalate please.
With respect 
In the love and in the light of the one infinite creator, let harmony come.
A..
[1] Bill Ryan excepted of course  |
Hi Anchor!
It is not THAT serious. The correspondents are not 'hostile' on the 'lower' levels of the 'personas', though it certainly appears that way.
I am NOT offended and do not detect offense in the other participants.
A forum such as this, by definition, assumes a slightly different and more tolerant notion of the 'ad hominem'.
Think of it as the 'today politically incorrect' notions of 'British Comedy', say 20-40 years ago.
At your life-experience you might remember 'sitcoms' like:
"Love Thy Neighbour" and 'Mind Your Language' and 'Only Fools and Horses' and 'George and the Dragon' and 'Are You Being Served'.
It's fun and a little 'sexist' and a little 'racist' and so on but always allowing the 'offended ones' win the arguments.
So its NOT 'sexist' or 'racist' or any of the 'insane' labels placed upon things in today's 'morally correct' society.
The ability to 'laugh at onself' has somehow be left behind in this 'correctness' and attempts not to say a 'wrong word' at a 'wrong place'.
Now the OZZIE has not yet fallen into the 'I'll sue you for this' conundrum of the litigations, as you well know.
Let us hope that the Americana of the 'I am so offended' does not become a worldwide phenomenon for the 'vulnerable sentimentalities'.
That said, yes I shall curtail the aggressive replies in a more circumspect manner.
Abraxas