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[Buckalew]

LOL, Kristy. If you can't ignore one of the posts, turn it into a game and TRY to GUESS what the poster will say. Then click on ignore and WOW! You'll win EVERY time!

 

[Goofball]

I've found that my feelings are spared and often helped by saying a little prayer for certain someones anytime I see their names, whether I read the post or not. I hope that doesn't pi$$ anyone off!!

 

[Robinrs]

I've had this conversation with SOOOOO many DISers who had thse same reaction about this situation...

I'm sorry, I find that I pity this person way more than I have disdain for him. His life is a quest, as mine was. He is asking the questions, hopefully, like I did, he will get his answers one day.

I understand his anger and his attitude, I WAS him once.

Have patience. There is hope...

 

[robinb]

I, for one, am totally appalled at this thread.

All of you who have been attacking this particular poster like this should be ashamed of yourselves. I guess it must be alright with all of you as long as you don't mention this person's name. As you know, personal attacks are strictly forbidden on the DIS. You have managed to by-pass the rule by alluding to this person but you all know who are you talking about. Nudge, nudge, wink, wink!

Well ... let's put a name to the person. Eros. You are all talking about Eros. He knows it, so by naming him I am not hurting him any more than the lot of you already have.

Community Board. {{shaking my head}} Yeah, right.

 

[Disney845]

ummm.... hmmmm....well....

I saw this the other day and did not really want to get involved. I still don't but I have to agree somewhat with Robin. People are allowed to have personal opinions, that is part of life. I myself have had "post confrontations" about certain subjects. When people do not agree it isn't the end of the world, and just because someone says something that you view as callus and unfeeling, or possibly overstated, does not negate the right for that person to freely express his/her opinion. This is a discussion forum for Disney fans. That is the common theme we all have. It does not however ensure that we are all going to be white middle class families with 2.3 children and a minivan, or asian bisexuals who have multiple body piercings, or irish conjoined twins. We are all different. We live all over the world, have varying incomes, lifestyles and personalities. If a discussion forum topic or reply or poster is going to ruin your day, or scar you in such a way as to dissuade you from enjoying the experience of being here than I think you are the one with the biggest problem. I understand how some things can be "taken out of context," "misunderstood," or "taken to heart" when no malice was meant on a posters part. I also know that some posters on this board have a "grumpy" (to use a light term) nature. These people need to be treated in much the same way anyone else who has opinions different from you are treated. Exchange views, understand you can change no one but yourself, and (to use a phrase that has gotten me in trouble before ) GET OVER IT.

 

[Goofyposter]

robinb .....yer may be right...if sew....it's ah never ending cirle ah friends isn't fer that poster???? perhaps thar's a reason ger that?!!!


Dan...as usually....."bingo"

In MHO...this place is not designed ter be a bedlam of hatred..and wonton 'free spreech' run awry.....sum sorry beautock folk may think it is....but...thar's 10 gazillion web sites ter do that...if that what they need ter feel thar a 'real human-being'

 

[EROS]

ROBINB, are you SURE that they're talking about me?? .

THANKS for all of your touching comments . Of course, many ARE personal attacks, but unlike the moderators/Webmasters, I feel that you are entitled to express them.

When I question whether GOD was present when a child DIES, I'm NOT personally attacking ANYONE. I'm simply expressing MY view, for better or worse. You certainly can say that my viewpoint is callous, insensitive, narcissistic, or rude........, but MY opinion about the absence of GOD is just as valid as YOUR perception that he's always there.

ATHEISTS are universally HATED because they bring the:

BAD NEWS .....

BELIEVERS wish to hear the:

GOOD NEWS!!!!


Sooooooooooooooo, when a thread decries sadness for the loss of an innocent life, I AM going to question the construct that GOD exists. I think about LIFE and DEATH much more than most of you, because my work involves people who are forever on that edge. You may HATE my opinions, you may DESPISE me, but your perceptions of life are no more "correct" than mine.


PEACE TO YOU ALL,

JohnTBAP, you're straying away from your fine moral compass, but you're a compassionate woman .....

 

[WDWHound]

Robin,
We are a community, and as such, we sometimes need to identify when we find someone who is not respecting the beleifs of others in the community. Eros (there, I used his name) has in the pass openly attacked Christian and other beleifs and he has done so on threads meant for offering support in tragic situation, sympathy or conndolances to grieving parents. Other threads, which were meant as a simple opportunity to share reflections on our faith were also repeatedly interupted by Ero's pointed and deliberately insluting comments. There comes a time when a community needs to point out the disrespectful behavior of one of its members, and this thread become a forum for expressing just that opinoin.

All anyone here has ever asked is he use some discernment in where he posts his opinion. I can stand the blatant insults he dishes out regularly (which I note you don't seem to have any objection to), as long we can sometimes be allowed to discuss our beleifs here with constant interuptions in Bold Type screaming an opinoin we have already heard thousands of times.

So I hereby make a request. Eros, if you want to disagree with a beleif in God, fine. Thats your right. You have the right to post said opinions anywhere you want, but I am requesting that you please have enough respect for others viewpoints not to do it on threads in which people are trying to take comfort in their faith. If you want to insult me openly by callijng me a fool, ignorant, or a member of the hang em high crowd (all of these are quotes from past threads), please don't interupt a thread discussing religious beleifs to do so. Just because these threads have no meaning to you, they do have meaning to others. Please respect that and allow our conversations to continue in peace. If you feel the need to express your opinoin, then please spare us the barbs and insults. I do not mean this as an attack, but as a request of fellow member of this community to treat us with the respect we deserve. Of course, I am not a moderator, so this request only reflects my views (though I think many others would agree).

 

[newmousecateer]

Ok. It appears I am the one who started a thread that started all of this controversy.

Once again, I apologize. I never wanted to start a thread that would put people at odds with each other. I gave a knee jerk reaction to a situation that upset me terribly. If I offended anyone by what I said, I am truly sorry. I have apologized in previous threads, and I am truly sorry if some cannot forgive me. (to err is human, to forgive is devine), yes?

We all have our opinions. If EROS or anyone else has a problem with a thread I start, please feel free to PM me and we can take it "offiline"

Believe it or not, I am a very compasionate, caring person. I keep popsicles in the freezer for the neighborhood kids, I feed the birds and rabbits (they better keep out of my gardens LOL), I make food for sick neighbors. (Dont get me wrong, I am definately not patting myself on the back, just trying to explain that I am an OK person)

Lets all get back to caring about each other, spreading PD when needed, and having a good time here (and I have to finish doing my nails LOL).

PD to everyone who comes here on the DIS. (and to you new members, we truly are a very special group of people, just like to vent now and then)

 

[Goofyposter]

sum posters...have concocked a means by witch ter corrupt otherwise decent folks...inter...folks that think....speak'in out in ah way ter be harmful ter others...is "OK" and in fact a 'responsiblity' of democtarciy....butt..they're as wrong as wrong kan be...they only dew it ter reward thar patectically low self esteem...fer thar own sense of misguided....self worth...they've gotter prove ter themselves in thar own minds...that they have a reason ter live....

 

[DocRafiki]

Go Robinb!
It's your birthday!



Sorry... just having flashbacks to jr high with all this clique bully behavior

 

[Deb in IA]

Wow, I am gone for a day, and it's amazing all the stuff I miss . . .

Look, EROS and I disagree on a host of things, but for the most part, I find his posts and responses humorous and thought-provoking. He is ABSOLUTELY entitled to his opinions, and, as far as I recall, he has never personally attacked or belittled anyone's beliefs. Questioned them, maybe, but never ridiculed or mocked them, as some here have been accusing him of.

Anyone who has been here for any length of time will soon pick up on the fact that if someone posts a thread about some horrific human tragedy, especially if it involves the death of children, EROS is gonna ask, "Where was God?" It's a question, folks, not an attack. And it's a legitimate question, one that I daresay many of us have grappled with at one time, and one which may not have an answer.

The other issue here is what is considered offensive. When speaking to a large forum such as the DIS, it is truly difficult to make sure no one will be offended. What YOU find to be offensive may be perfectly OK with me. And some here certainly seem to be more sensitive than others.

I think EROS' viewpoints on many issues differ from the mainstream, but he has the courage to voice those opinions. Difference and diversity is OK. As I've said before, this would be a terribly boring place if we all agreed on everything. You know, there are all kinds of people in this world. I run across this in real life, as well as in cyberspace. If you let everyone who disagrees with you upset you, you'd be pretty miserable. So, when I see EROS' comments about God's little vactions and siestas, I just smile, maybe even roll my eyes , and go on. And I still enjoy his other posts as well.

OK, now to go back to folding laundry . . .

 

[Goofyposter]

Groosch Doc...we must have had a very different junior high expenice....I recall when one person waz a real jerk tew the majority.....the 'majority' "corrected" the misguided direction of the wayward waunder....back then...it waz called..."grow'in up"

 

[Disney Doll]

Actually, robinb, there is more than one person who posts on the CB that I find annoying, so to say that anyone is singling EROS out is probably incorrect, as I am sure that there are many other folks besides EROS that other posters find annoying...who knows how many "Ignore" lists I am on?

I think my recently newly adopted tactic of saying a prayer for all those folks I find annoying works wonders! I do it in real life too!!!

 

[ripleysmom]

robin....how would you like to Eros to jump on every thread you post with something negative to say even when it is something as innocuous as posting proudly about one of tyour son's accomplishments.

Nope....can't have that, it might hurt the feelings of someone whose child can't do that.

Can't express the fact that I think that people that abuse or kill children should die terrible and painful deaths. I am a bloodthirsty creature.

Can't express grief for a child who was hurt or grief over the holocaust. There must not be a God to allow this to happen.

Can't express a belief in God. There is no God doncha know....

As for you Eros, I used to like your posts but somewhere along the line your posts have become obnoxious. The really sad part of that is that, while your points are very valid, beating people over the head with them has apparently taken it's toll on the message.

 

[Goofyposter]

The really sad part of that is that, while your points are very valid, beating people over the head with them has apparently taken it's toll on the message.

"Amen" ter that!!!

 

[DocRafiki]

Originally posted by Goofyposter
Groosch Doc...we must have had a very different junior high expenice....I recall when one person waz a real jerk tew the majority.....the 'majority' "corrected" the misguided direction of the wayward waunder....back then...it waz called..."grow'in up"

PLEASE!

Your "real jerk" = someone with a differing opinion, someone who didn't brown-nose.

Your "majority corrected" = bullying. You call that growing up? Yes, growing from childhood to adolescence... not exactly a step in the right direction. I call it clique behavior. Those "real jerks" found people who were similar to them, left your clique, and made their own.

But thanks for another example of what Eros might refer to as "sanctimonious." Being a part of the majority does NOT mean, by any stretch of the imagination, that you are IN THE RIGHT.

 

[Saffron]

In my opinion, calling someone names such as "sancitmonious", "self righteous", "arrogant", "blood thristy" and all of the other names that I've heard CBers called because they disagree with certain points of view, is insulting. Members of a community usually don't go around insulting people, and then expect to be treated with respect.

The road goes both ways. If certain posters want respect or expect to be treated with respect, then they should treat others with respect.

I don't always agree with everyone on the CB, but I never feel the need to disrespect their opinion or call them names because I disagree with them.

 

[disfanatiks]

I have been trying to think of the correct reply to all of these posts. I truly have feelings on both sides. I am a Christian and I have seen God work in my own life in so many ways.

I have seen EROS' posts and at times have cringed and wished that he had not posted in way that he has. But I believe that he does have the right to post just as the rest of us do. I tend to be in agreement with robinrs when she states that she believes that he is searching. Eros even told in a post over the weekend why he feels as he does. That it was in the death of a child 20 years ago. I sometimes think of him and I have prayed for him to find God again.

But I must say that all that are condemning him should be embracing him instead. Isn't that what being a Christian is all about? We should all be praying for him. We should be praying for all those which we are appalled by, offended by, etc. Isn't that our duty?

I must also say that I have seen compassion from Eros. He always thinks to post flowers for a congrats...or send a PM for something that you have posted. I have experienced this a couple times from him, so I know that he has a good heart.

Eros is a part of our community here and we as Christians should be praying for our togetherness and resolution. I pray that Eros will not be quite so condemning. But it is my prayer as well that we as a community will come together and accept each other faults, obnoxiousness and all.

 

[epcotfan]

I say if a post bothers someone so much, use the ignore feature (I think it was put in place for that purpose) and move on. This is, after all a message forum. Same with TV. Don't like what you see. Switch the channel. Simple as that. Not worth stressing over it and getting your shorts in a knot.