[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 1 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 15:42 GMT | Oh, and one more thing. Let's remember that AmigaOne sites are for people interested in the AmigaOne/OS4 and that Pegasos sites are for people interested in the Pegasos/MOS. Let's not go there looking for "converts" ;-)
Also, to those people that use these sites, if someone from another side should wander in looking for answers to meaningful questions then please treat them as "guests" and not lepers. You never know, if you're nice to them then you may make a "convert". :-) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 2 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Anonymous on 07-Sep-2004 15:47 GMT | McEwan
McEwan is a writer.
McEwen is a member of Amiga Inc.
;)) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 3 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Andreas Magerl on 07-Sep-2004 15:49 GMT | nice idea, but no realistically |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 4 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 15:54 GMT | In reply to Comment 3 (Andreas Magerl): Thanks. I know, but I'm going to try. The alternative is "business as usual" and most of us are sick of it. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 5 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 15:55 GMT | In reply to Comment 2 (Anonymous): Ooops!!! And which one is a beer? Oh, that's McEwan's.. or is it McEwens? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 6 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Amon_Re on 07-Sep-2004 15:58 GMT | In reply to Comment 5 (Darrin): Hmmm.... AmiBeer |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 7 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Sammy Nordström on 07-Sep-2004 15:59 GMT | Ok, for whatever it may be worth, sign me up. I mean, even if it is a bit overly optimistic, what harm could it possibly do to try? :-) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 8 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Gregg on 07-Sep-2004 16:01 GMT | On the subject : There were distinct attempts at developing an /entente cordiale/ between amigaworld.net and morphzone.org a few months ago; anybody care to share what they know of that?
Gregg
Thinks : "Stress testing, stress testing, 1... 2... 3..." |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 9 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Denise LaSalle on 07-Sep-2004 16:07 GMT | In reply to Comment 7 (Sammy Nordström): Aight! Sign me and nerd boi up!! |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 10 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Amon_Re on 07-Sep-2004 16:08 GMT | In reply to Comment 8 (Gregg): A what? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 11 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Amon_Re on 07-Sep-2004 16:08 GMT | Sign me up, and where's the beer? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 12 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Chris Scott on 07-Sep-2004 16:16 GMT | I don't post much on Amiga sites - I'm more of a reader, but I'd like to add my support to this idea.
It seems as if quite a few people are starting to realise - in their own ways - that we cannot continue going in the direction we've been going.
To those who are reading but don't want to sign up, just consider how much of a difference it would make if YOU were to stop posting negative comments. Do such comments really help to move arguments forward or convince anyone of anything or do they just send things back round in another circle of everything that's gone before?
Please think before you post and think positive!
Chris |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 13 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Sammy Nordström on 07-Sep-2004 16:19 GMT | In reply to Comment 9 (Denise LaSalle): Name calling is not a way to avoid flamefests, now is it? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 14 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by timofonic on 07-Sep-2004 16:23 GMT | In reply to Comment 12 (Chris Scott): I personally think that "Think positive" is stupid, a company isn't good or bad, all this is done by companies. I prefer the neutral position and own opinion about a product without insults... |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 15 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by JoannaK on 07-Sep-2004 16:25 GMT | Hmm.. how about making it a bit shorter:
" Let's forget about everything"
Let's forget these companies, and concentrate on our real lives. Instead of talking about glorious history (and fightting about not so clorious parts), let's move on to real life and enjoy the in this century with todays computers and technology.
And.. yeah.. Let's all get brand new I-Mac G5 :-) :-) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 16 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by timofonic on 07-Sep-2004 16:27 GMT | In reply to Comment 15 (JoannaK): Forget the past is an error. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 17 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 16:28 GMT | In reply to Comment 11 (Amon_Re): >Sign me up, and where's the beer?
Will you please stop mentioning beer!!! I haven't had a beer for 2 weeks and I'm getting twitchy. Oh, hang on... I mentioned it first???!!!
Drink! Drink! Girls! Fek! Drink! ... Quote from "Father Ted" for thos ewho don't know ;-) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 18 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Gregg on 07-Sep-2004 16:29 GMT | In reply to Comment 13 (Sammy Nordström): Name calling is not a way to avoid flamefests, now is it?
Neither is responding; takes two to tango.
Gregg |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 19 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 16:30 GMT | In reply to Comment 12 (Chris Scott): Thanks Chris, and well put. Thanks to everyone else so far too. 30 minutes and it hasn't fallen apart yet!!! ;-) |
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Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 16:31 GMT | In reply to Comment 14 (timofonic): > I prefer the neutral position and own opinion about a product without insults...
That works. We don't want to all agree with each other... just be polite and avoid insults. |
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Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 16:33 GMT | In reply to Comment 15 (JoannaK): >And.. yeah.. Let's all get brand new I-Mac G5 :-) :-)
LOL. Troll!!!! :-) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 22 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by timofonic on 07-Sep-2004 16:33 GMT | Gensei is a japanese name or word (I think that the fist, not sure, but is one of other), the company of Pegasos and MorphOS is Genesi (and bplan). |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 23 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 16:34 GMT | In reply to Comment 18 (Gregg): ROTFL!!! I'm not even going to ask how you know about that song! ;-) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 24 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by JoannaK on 07-Sep-2004 16:40 GMT | In reply to Comment 16 (timofonic): Well.. What can we do for them? I'm grown way too tired on coninuos helping, free woluntary work, prepayments, year-long delays etc etc... |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 25 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Sammy Nordström on 07-Sep-2004 16:43 GMT | In reply to Comment 18 (Gregg): Eeehmm... Are you saying that I should apologize for pointing out that it doesn't comply very well with the idea to forget and move on to call people names? Not even if I'm the one being called names? Furthermore, may I ask why it would be more important than, let's say, telling the one calling me names in a thread called "IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER" to start respecting each other? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 26 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darrin on 07-Sep-2004 17:02 GMT | In reply to Comment 25 (Sammy Nordström): What does "nerd boi up" mean? If it's an insult, was it meant as a joke? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 27 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Christophe Decanini on 07-Sep-2004 17:28 GMT | While I think it is a good initiative I don't think it will stop the usual agitators to start big flamewars.
My advise is that if someone is annoying you with his comments the best way to shut him up is to ignore his comment. Comment on the subject, not on other people comments when you are pretty sure it is leading to flames.
I'm still dreaming about a quota of comments per user per thread. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 29 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darth_X on 07-Sep-2004 17:48 GMT | In reply to Comment 4 (Darrin): You know, as ann.lu is the battleground the best thing for Christian Kemp to do is change ann.lu so that only registered users are allowed to post.
There would be far less trolling and anonymous posters. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 30 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Denise LaSalle on 07-Sep-2004 17:56 GMT | In reply to Comment 13 (Sammy Nordström): I was not name calling. You are a nerd and unless you have some deeply hidden obsession to change sex you are also a boy. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 31 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by hooligan/dcs on 07-Sep-2004 18:01 GMT | Signing my name aswell. But can I still call Mehdi Ali as an a**hole every now and then?
Please? |
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Posted by Gregg on 07-Sep-2004 18:04 GMT | In reply to Comment 29 (Darth_X): That's know as "treating the symptom, not the cause".
Beware the side-effects...
Gregg |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 33 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darth_X on 07-Sep-2004 18:38 GMT | In reply to Comment 30 (Denise LaSalle): What's so bad about being a nerd? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 34 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Amon_Re on 07-Sep-2004 18:45 GMT | In reply to Comment 31 (hooligan/dcs): You can't.... YOU MUST! :D |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 35 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Gooze on 07-Sep-2004 18:50 GMT | However much we squabble and fight amongst ourselves, it still does not alter the fact that whether red or blue gets the majority of sales, it will still be microscopic compared to the rest of the computing world. So pulling together is a good idea, better to have something than 100% of nothing! |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 36 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by TRAPOSOFT on 07-Sep-2004 18:56 GMT | Time to join forces between all camps and work together to a great success of the AMIGA and compatibles :) |
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Posted by cheesegrate on 07-Sep-2004 19:02 GMT | good work darrin :) i love ure new peace spiel ;) u becomming a hippie in your middle age or what??@! ;) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 38 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by smithy on 07-Sep-2004 19:03 GMT | Every now and again someone posts a "let's all be friends" thread. Lots of people do the thing for a week or so then one person forgets themselves and posts something like "MOS D1E U SUXXXXX0R5!!!!!!11111" or "FLEECY SUXXX A5555" and everyone else forgets about being respectful too :) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 39 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Stevo on 07-Sep-2004 19:11 GMT | Hehe, nice idea
You know, it makes me think of the themesong from "Kelly's Heroes"...wasn't that "burning bridges"? :) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 40 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Amon_Re on 07-Sep-2004 19:12 GMT | In reply to Comment 39 (Stevo): We burnt our bridges already, so nothing to loose there ;) |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 41 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Darth_X on 07-Sep-2004 19:36 GMT | Has AmigaInc run by Bill McEwen ever shown leadership? |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 42 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Vortigern Badinage on 07-Sep-2004 19:40 GMT | In reply to Comment 28 (minator): Well, "We'll All Go Together When We Go" seems somewhat appropriate too. Tom Lehrer rocks!
As someone who spends a lot of time reading, but not often posting, at ANN, I would like to observe that anything which can reduce the flamefests is probably a good idea. Good luck to it... why can't we all just get along? |
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Posted by John Block on 07-Sep-2004 19:50 GMT | The real issue is to consider whether a post one is about to make is interesting, relevant, witty, something people will want to read.
Almost all the person to person post-post-back squabbling is just plain boring.
A lot of the "dirt" is interesting. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 44 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Gaz Murfin on 07-Sep-2004 20:31 GMT | The companies in this community are 100% to blame. target your hate and anger towards them. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 45 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Marco Steinberg on 07-Sep-2004 20:41 GMT | In reply to Comment 44 (Gaz Murfin): Lets start by attacking Hyperion then on to Genesi,Eyetech,Kmos. Send them hate mail and viruses, hack and destroy their websites and if you live local to one, visit their shop at night and smash their windows,doors and rob the place and burn them out before you leave.
We need to show these people how justice is served, good and proper. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 46 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by 3seas on 07-Sep-2004 20:42 GMT | the reason they teach history in school.....
Oh hell lets forget history and...... oh hell lets forget history..... oh hell lets forget histroy...
its time not to forget and instead make it where it cannot repeat and in a situation that says either its going to be better or its not going to be.
Why? Because damn't, no matter how much I try to forget how old I am, have become, I'm stil that damn old and I'm not getting any younger.
Who's really got time to do all the crap again? Who really woul want to cept that those who somehow managed to gain something out of the misery.
Oh hell forget all that... whats really gotta happen is more fundamental than that.
Or in other words, where do you have to go without worth while products and support?
You want things to change? that change has to start at the heart of the cause, products and service/support.
By now many have PTSD or too much in the way of personal bad experience/expense to be expected to be able to just ...... forget it... |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 47 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Revenge is Sweet on 07-Sep-2004 20:49 GMT | The only revenge i will do is pirate every single new piece of Amiga software and spread it around the net. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 48 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Lando on 07-Sep-2004 21:08 GMT | In reply to Comment 47 (Revenge is Sweet): Well, that should take you all of 5 seconds. |
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IT'S TIME TO RESPECT EACH OTHER : Comment 49 of 140 | ANN.lu |
Posted by Ed on 07-Sep-2004 21:23 GMT | Good idea, pal. I'm for it.
And you nitpickers ought to stop. If you can't forget the past, then just try to ignore it. |
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Posted by Anonymous on 07-Sep-2004 22:01 GMT | In reply to Comment 49 (Ed): Darrin, I agree :-) |
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