[Rant] IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER | ANN.lu |
Posted on 07-Sep-2004 17:34 GMT by Darrin | 140 comments View flat View list |
Before reaching comment #150 in an earlier debate, I suggested a "wild idea":
Who on each side is prepared to bury the past, treat the other side(s) with respect and DEBATE instead of ARGUE? One golden rule... whoever signs up should try and remeber the names of the others doing the same and treat them with the respect which they would like to be shown to themselves. Anyone against it should then be ignored by the group in order to avoid flamefests.
Here is the reasoning behind the idea:
Let's forget about everything Amiga Inc, Gensei, Hyperion, McEwan, Buck, Fleecy, Hermans, Schmidt, KennyR, Eva, myself, Sammy... EVERYONE has said in the past. Yes, that's right - let's FORGET IT ALL.
It's group hug time!!! Let's accept that OS4, MOS, AROS, AmigaDE and Amithlon are all great pieces of software. Let's accept that the latest Pegasos and Amiga boards are worth buying if you want to. Let's also remind ourselves that several years of blasting each other with wild accusations and insults have got all sides NOWHERE.
I'll start. I apologise to everyone I've insulted on ANN. I'd like to thank everyone I've debated with. I want an AmigaOne for myself. I'd like to pay the same price as the Pegasos for it, but I accept the fact that I want OS4 so I have to buy an AmigaOne and I'd appreciate it if everyone would recognise that it's my choice. I wish the Pegasos and MOS good luck in this small market. I hope OS4+ manages the suceess of the classic OS. I like Amigaworld.net and I'm sure that MorphZone is a wonderful place full of satisfied customers.
Let's cut out the crap. Let's talk to each other as if we were face to face and not hide behind keyboards.
I'd much rather spend my time commenting on what software is being developed for the platforms than talking about what where my T-shirt is or whether a business card was genuine or not.
Can we stick to what's important? Can we agree to disagree? I don't recall the Amiga v ST war being anything like this, but then we usually had to meet each other face to face.
Damn, this reads like a bloody John Lenon song ;-)
This is a chance to start a multi-platform news-site that we can ALL enjoy? I'd like to give it a try.
This may be pointless, it probably won't work, but who is willing to try? Comment below and let's bury the past and respect those who respect us. Thanks for reading.
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 128 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 10-Sep-2004 10:02 GMT | In reply to Comment 126 (darklite): >I can't believe how naïve you are. Do you really believe this sorry community
>can make peace? Even those running things (or at least that's what they're
>supposedly doing) fight publicly on ANN.
If it's such a "sorry community" then why are you here? Being here makes you part of the "sorry community" too.
Anyway, to answer your question. No, I don't believe the WHOLE community can make peace with one another because there are certain individuals that get off on provoking fights or insulting others. What I do believe is that the majority of people here on ANN are sick and tired of the endless recycling of old news and want to debate new topics in a civil manner. So far 38 people have stood up and agreed to this while only a small minority have attempted to prove otherwise.
I don't expect the flaming to stop, but what I'd like to do is identify a group of people who wish to behave in a civil manner and bring them together where they can debate tough subjects, but still be treated with respect.
My major concern was the average Joe Bloggs who would visit this website because he once owned an Amiga, take one look at it and say "bugger that, where's my PC?".
I can understand why you're a skeptic, but let's give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Infact, when I suggested this about a year ago, you posted then that the idea sucked and you wanted nothing to do with it, didn't you? |
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