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Liberal and defender of freedoms for the people
Oct 1999
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I see Slowwhand and Chris62 amongst others are wedging themselves even further up MtG's arse. Only to be expected, of course as they can't think for themselves.
laz,
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Spend any time in a British pub and you quickly learn that if you ridicule the wrong person (intentionally or not) you end up on the receiving end of a good kicking. |
That's why you go with friends. You don't seriously thought I meant that I go around a pub mocking every individual in there? No. Just friendly banter with people we know.
AH,
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Brits are famously thin skinned. The "whingeing Pom" is a legend in Australia. Complaining about everything is virtually their national pastime |
You're joking, right? Americans over here complain because customer service is worse than they receive back home. We're prepared to accept.
Slowwhand,
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Figures.
A thread, whining about how someone else whines.
What a whiner. |
I'm not whining, just discussing. Hey if Americans want to get all riled-up and offended then that's their choice, it certainly makes the job of MarkG, AH and cohorts easier.
And in response to your "walking away" comment which you like to constantly repeat, I was sleeping.
MtG,
You say what happens externally is of no interest to the Mods in adjudicating. That's ridiculous - Giancarlo has sent nude pictures of "himself" to many posters, and complimented many male posters on their looks. He is gay.
If we then pertain to him being gay on the site, we get banned? That's plainly ridiculous. Should we not talk about anyone's sexuality in case it might offend them?
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Drekkus
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This whole Giancarlo thing is a big mystery to me. The Lord of the Flies like attack frenzy some people here indulge in stuns me. In some threads the kid makes a bold statement and within a few posts it's all about 'you're gay' vs. 'NO I'M NOT!!'. The name Giancarlo attracts people who enjoy attacking him because he goes ballistic so easily. People get so worked up about him they even post drunk threads in his dishonor. Everytime Giancarlo makes a post in a thread, I know the thread is doomed into becoming an insultingmatch, and that's just a shame.
Somehow the kid is too thick to understand that you can't win an argument like this. Time and time again people have told him to let it go, but he can't. Whatever happend on ICQ or email is no concern of mine and I certainly don't want to know. So what if he acts different here then elsewhere. It's the f#cking internet, zillions of people pretend to be bigger and better then they are IRL.
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KrazyHorse
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Macedonia
May 2001
time: 00:17
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To respond to the original thread title, no, I don't think Americans are offended too easily. I notice Canadians getting a lot more insulted about things than Americans in general.
In this way, we're actually more American than the Americans. I don't know about Britain, but Germans primarily and other Europeans in general have a bit of a reputation for being brutally honest about things, without mincing words. I do notice, however, that self-deprecating humour doesn't seem as common down south as it is up here. A lot of our humour is based around parodying ourselves as we think others see us, and it's almost always irreverent.
In other words, Americans tend to take themselves pretty seriously, but might be better at dealing with uncomfortable truth than we are.
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Drekkus
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Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Man, did you not see the crap that kid posts? He's convinced he's a great leader come to rid the world of communism, gays and Christians. First he wanted to be President of the US despite not being an American citizen. Then he wanted to work for the CIA. I think he wanted to be a DA the last I heard.
He also has a unique "argument" style that involves making up facts and figures (doing a very bad job of this, by the way), |
I've read his ludicrous posts and his reactions to other (better) arguments. At first I thought he was just a good troll (look at all the sigs he has made it to). But now I just feel sorry for the kid. Back in school I would be protective of those kids and tried to put the bullies in their place, but some people are just selfdestructive and (subconsiously) seek the humiliation.
Somewhere in july he posted a thread about how he should change. It was some masochismic exercise were everyone just shot from the hip and it ended with him leaving (for good...). Some people can't be helped, but maybe the people here can take a more relaxed attitude towards him and only attack when they are attacked by him.
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Drekkus
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Originally posted by Roland
From what I observe in academia, americans (and to some extent english) are a lot more blunt, while we "continentals" have elaborate rituals to sugarcoat criticism. |
I think the difference lies in everyday contact, in which dutch and german people are pretty blunt and to the point, and in criticism, where americans are more ruthless and to the point.
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MattHiggs
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to publicly humiliate the class freak, just like back in the elementary school playground where there was always one kid who was everyone's target. |
There is a lot of childhood aggression there methinks. Got something to tell us?
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