================================================ Subject: Re: I may be missing somthing but... From: "]\\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[" To: Date: Sun 2 Dec 2001 04:24:25 -0500 ================================================ *Bows* *falls over* *passes out of the floor* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith P. Mears" To: Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 4:22 AM 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