Is this true? BOTTO's been BANNED?
03-29-07, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by biker7
OK...but a word about human nature...lol. There is a huge double standard among men when it comes to women...you think? I believe you get a pass for a reason. Only a guess.
The defenders of botto were never really assaulted by him and that includes me btw.
The prism you view him through therefore is less critical.
George
The defenders of botto were never really assaulted by him and that includes me btw.
The prism you view him through therefore is less critical.
George
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03-29-07, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
I had two PB&J's for lunch. They were good.
I'm still hungry though. Dammit.
I'm still hungry though. Dammit.
03-29-07, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
I'm not being intolerant I'm being helpful. I don't want people to feel like they can't come here due to the meanie's that exist here and elsewhere in the world. I want them to have safe place to express themselves.
I really could care less if you or anyone else comes here and gets their feelings hurt, I do however care when those same people try to change something due to their thin skin. You see I believe in freedom of choice. I hate Howard Stern, I never once tried to get him banned from the airways. I just chose not to listen to him. I used to cut his television show, after a few episodes I asked to be put on a different show. I didn't ask the network to stop airing him.
I guess where I find the big disconnect is when those who feel that they have been wronged feel that the only recourse is to have the person that they are having an issue with removed. I just don't believe that is realistic, here or in the 'real' world. When my kids come home and say that so and so made fun them, I don't go to their teacher and complain. I tell them to stand up to so and so let them know that they don't like it. I want them to know that a little teasing at school isn't the worst thing that's going to happen to them, and neither is a little teasing on bike forum the worst thing that's going to happen to any of us.
I really could care less if you or anyone else comes here and gets their feelings hurt, I do however care when those same people try to change something due to their thin skin. You see I believe in freedom of choice. I hate Howard Stern, I never once tried to get him banned from the airways. I just chose not to listen to him. I used to cut his television show, after a few episodes I asked to be put on a different show. I didn't ask the network to stop airing him.
I guess where I find the big disconnect is when those who feel that they have been wronged feel that the only recourse is to have the person that they are having an issue with removed. I just don't believe that is realistic, here or in the 'real' world. When my kids come home and say that so and so made fun them, I don't go to their teacher and complain. I tell them to stand up to so and so let them know that they don't like it. I want them to know that a little teasing at school isn't the worst thing that's going to happen to them, and neither is a little teasing on bike forum the worst thing that's going to happen to any of us.
Where we agree is on having people removed. Aside from sparking good discussion about appropriate dialog on this forum, I am dead against kicking people off the board that are not overly toxic. The question is where is the line? Its different for many. You and I may agree that we saw nothing that should have gotten botto banned from here.
George
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03-29-07, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
I had two PB&J's for lunch. They were good.
I'm still hungry though. Dammit.
I'm still hungry though. Dammit.
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03-29-07, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by jccaclimber
Might be in the thread already, I'm not reading 36 pages of it, but when is he allowed back?
03-29-07, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Psimet2001
I LOVE to eat 2 PB&J's for lunch! I have been reducing that to 1 PB&J because I fear how many calories are in 2 each day, but I claim I do it for the protein.
03-29-07, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by cuda2k
Hey everybody, let's have a 900 post thread about someone who can't post, can't defend himself, can't clearify his intentions, let's all jump on one side or another, speculate about why he can't post for the last several days nor the next couple, get mad at each other for taking sides, make wild generalizations, or over simplify, or better yet hijack the thread for a while, or generally carry on conversation, or create some photoshops in the hopes to be up to the standards of whom can't post.
03-29-07, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by -VELOCITY-
Then I stand corrected. I guess I was "incorrect". Thank you for your clarification.
03-29-07, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Really? You should look at some the photoshops he's done on me. I could just as easily got pissed about it but instead I had to just have a laugh like everyone else and now I am 'Austin Monkey Boy'.
03-29-07, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
What you need is pie...yes PIE dammit...eat it....eat it!!!!
03-29-07, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Greg180
I'm confused are you Austin Monkey Boy, A Swissy or a Swissy Monkey Boy?
03-29-07, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
Really? You should look at some the photoshops he's done on me. I could just as easily got pissed about it but instead I had to just have a laugh like everyone else and now I am 'Austin Monkey Boy'.
George
03-29-07, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
...I had to just have a laugh like everyone else and now I am 'Austin Monkey Boy'.
03-29-07, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
oh man, you ride rollers and you're from Austin? Is this you?
No Vlad has more hair
03-29-07, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Greg180
I'm confused are you Austin Monkey Boy, A Swissy or a Swissy Monkey Boy?
03-29-07, 11:19 AM
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I think there is somebody else worthy of scorn who deserves some of the blame and seems to be left out of this. The mindless poster who logs in, asks some inane question that has been asked before without searching and then just moves on.
Is a simple, "Use the search" reply helpful? No. But it is fair.
How many people did you know in school who never cracked a book and then came to a study session before the midterm looking for someone to teach them Micro Economics in four hours?
<edit> I should add, when I was that mindless poster and put in my place, I took it as a learning experience.
Is a simple, "Use the search" reply helpful? No. But it is fair.
How many people did you know in school who never cracked a book and then came to a study session before the midterm looking for someone to teach them Micro Economics in four hours?
<edit> I should add, when I was that mindless poster and put in my place, I took it as a learning experience.
03-29-07, 11:20 AM
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Has anybody used Speedplay pedals? What do you think of them?
03-29-07, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Mo'Phat
Has anybody used Speedplay pedals? What do you think of them?
03-29-07, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DocRay
or better, let's just get threads from sensitive moderators justifying their unique moral take, or more "steel is real" threads.
+1
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Originally Posted by Hambone
I think there is somebody else worthy of scorn who deserves some of the blame and seems to be left out of this. The mindless poster who logs in, asks some inane question that has been asked before without searching and then just moves on.
Is a simple, "Use the search" reply helpful? No. But it is fair.
How many people did you know in school who never cracked a book and then came to a study session before the midterm looking for someone to teach them Micro Economics in four hours?
<edit> I should add, when I was that mindless poster and put in my place, I took it as a learning experience.
Is a simple, "Use the search" reply helpful? No. But it is fair.
How many people did you know in school who never cracked a book and then came to a study session before the midterm looking for someone to teach them Micro Economics in four hours?
<edit> I should add, when I was that mindless poster and put in my place, I took it as a learning experience.
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03-29-07, 11:31 AM
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I wonder if this thread's going to bust 1200 posts before Botto's back.
03-29-07, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by biker7
His responses are his way to condescend, i.e. feel better about himself.
Originally Posted by biker7
As to refrain from responding. I rarely engage botto because of his shallowness...lol.
03-29-07, 11:47 AM
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It's like rain...
...on your wedding day.
...on your wedding day.
03-29-07, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Mo'Phat
It's like rain...
...on your wedding day.
...on your wedding day.