================================================ Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... From: "Debbi" To: Date: Sun 2 Dec 2001 01:36:28 -0800 ================================================ Something. It needs a home. -----Original Message----- From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On Behalf Of Keith P. Mears Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 1:22 AM To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... You mean, like the welcome message? Or the description on one of our sites? And you're right, it's DAMN good. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi" To: Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 3:58 AM Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... > I nominate this for the official description. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On > Behalf Of ]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[ > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:02 AM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... > > > To borrow from a post I made several days back: > > > It's a place where you talk about Creed. *smirk* > It's another discussion list where you're free to state your opinions > and not have to worry about a person quoting rules that they only > listen to when it's in their favor, but break any other time. It's a > place where a train of thought is necessary to join, and a sense of > humor is mandatory to stay. You need to be able to recognize sarcasm, > and not whine and cry every time someone shares an opinion that > doesn't match yours. All in all, it's a great place to relax and > unwind and read through the 500+ mails per day that it generates > (mostly late night chats). > > Basically, if you don't agree with a person, and thing they're not > thinking through their posts, you're allowed to say "you know what? I > think you're a moron" and no one will run crying from it... they'll > stand up for their thoughts and explain WHY they think that, or why > they don't think it. And, in most cases, if you should actually tell > someone that they're not thinking, they'll take the time to actually > hear you out, instead of sniveling about it. From what's I've seen, > it's a place where you need to actually have a level of maturity if > you hope to last. There is no "bashing". Only sharing of thoughts and > opinions, and each one of them needs to be backup up. > And any person that gets "bashed" there is free to join at any > time and defend themselves... but one of the reasons those people get > bashed (as you call it) is because they are incapable of self-defense, > and in every case so far, have done something to deserve what is said > about them. It's a chance there to speak freely of what's on your > mind and have no worries of repercussions. Like it says above... it's > a great place to relax and unwind. > And the rules that Keith makes reference to are simply a > disclaimer stating that when you join, you promise to not do anything > moronic like post private info to a public forum, and that you > understand that Creedtalk will get into some heated debates, and you > can't take offense by what is said. More or less, the only rule there > is that you need to actually use your brain... not exactly an easy one > for most of us to break. > > ¤]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[¤ > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp