View Single Post
Old 07-24-2006, 03:31 PM   #20 (permalink)
xepherys
<3 TFP
 
xepherys's Avatar
 
Location: 17TLH2445607250
warrrreagl, I've been here almost as long as you and contributed almost as much. I have threads created in and posts in just about every forum on the TFP. I get that part, but my views of your posts are that they have a hostile undertone. That's fine. I'm not acting ridiculous and calling for your head, but if you can dish out the heat, why can't you take it with the same requirements you've offered us? Instead of making a of it or making light of it, you get defensive... why is that? I don't disagree with you, completely, I just don't care for the tone you present things. That doesn't need to mean anything to you, and I have a right to express my beliefs just like you do... what's wrong with that?

krwlz, I think you got two issues combined. Analog mentions two pregnant women, but the big issue seems to be women (or men) with strollers. If I'm in the grocery store, just me, I'm constantly having to manuever around people who can't properly drive a grocery basket. I think a baby stroller should rank higher on the right of way list than a shopping cart. But back to the initial point, when shopping at the mall, how many stores have two person wide aisles? Most don't, and if they do, it's just a central aisle or ring aisle, as anything more takes up precious retail space. If I'm watching the baby and need to go shopping, me pushing a stroller between racks is not really any different than me WALKING between racks, one of us will have to get out of the way anyway. If I have a stroller, it's a LOT easier for you to move than me.

As for the overall view of the TFP, well, a lot of us have been here for a few years. Over the course of a few years, people can change, mature, grow (or immature, I suppose as well). People have kids, have kids move out, someone who was one guys buddy on the "forever bachelors" train two years ago could be happily married today. What does that mean for a community like this? It means that the tone people have about things will change. It doesn't HAVE to effect you. Feel free to post what you will, and some people will agree with you, and some people won't. It's been my experience that this is how the TFP has always worked, and always will. It's a community of people who want to share and contribute... that doesn't mean everyone is on the same page. Nothing said here (or in the other thread) have been warning worthy or ban worthy... there really hasn't been name-calling or bashing, just disagreeing. Why is that so wrong?
xepherys is offline  
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360