What is happening to the Forum?

[Jack Peterson]

8 minutes ago, ClearSky said:

I can respectfully disagree with anyone, or are we looking to have everyone agree ?

No way am i ever going to say this , what I am saying is there are ways and ways of disagreeing, many times i have said as others have it is not what we say but the way we say it 

 Jack

 Morning All

[Jack Peterson]

13 minutes ago, ClearSky said:

I can see you dedicate a huge amount of time to this forum. I don't think everyone else in every other place is in the same good position,

 My Friend, Thank you for this observation and the comment, When the time is right and I have sorted out the wheat from the chaff on some issues I will tell people ( those that don't really know me that is) why I dedicate time and effort on behalf of all members here and it may bring to light why I opened the Topic but that is for another day 

[Snowy79]

I think as long as those that go completely over the top are wound in it's healthy to debate some controversial issues. Too much of society is getting sanitised these days that people are frightened to vent their opinions in public and sadly the same people at times are in a position to influence younger family members.

I don't mind someone coming on here and stating facts or being educated by facts, just last week when on a great tour around some islands my friend got talking to an American couple. You can safely say they were from a certain political bias and were practically spitting venom and quoting straight from the general media. I asked if they had actually listened to the whole live interviews or just cut and pastes made by their station of choice. True to form they'd only watched the cut and paste ( or stitch ups). Fortunately I had internet so showed them additional footage. I'm not from any one political side as I prefer the truth and I'm aware both sides can manipulate words but unless I've done my research I tend to wind my neck in. That's the good thing about this forum. There's enough intelligent adults about to wind the idiots in or at least to re-educate them. Keep up the good work.

[Dave Hounddriver]

32 minutes ago, Snowy79 said:

I think as long as those that go completely over the top are wound in it's healthy to debate some controversial issues

Ahh yes, but then they shoot the messenger.

[Jack Peterson]

1 hour ago, Snowy79 said:

Too much of society is getting sanitised these days that people are frightened to vent their opinions in public

 I agree but here in the PI we have to be so very careful in what we (the Foreigner) have to say and most certainly how it is said. Venting in Public  (and we know that these Forums are read by those that need to) is getting to be somewhat controversial itself. Social media is not Private and of Late I have heard of 2 more people that I have met have been served with summonses based on the Anti - Cyber Laws here, Both are Foreigners  and complained badly/wrongly about Globe Communications.  It is what it is so why make ourselves our own worst enemy.

  

[Snowy79]

 I'd certainly make everyone aware that you just don't mix with politics or any sort of demonstration over here. 

[Clermont]

I for one have read all comments on this issue and although I have written on controversial articles in past, I think on a few circumstances this little story might explain a few issues on this site.

When I first met my wife she told me something that wasn't quite right, my response was bull sh---, she burst out crying, I couldn't see anything wrong with what I'd said, a common word here in Aussie. It took me all day to get the PI meaning out of her, I'd put her down, demeaned her and made her feel useless, didn't I feel a real mongrel.

Now seeing were from all corners of the world and with different worldly views, maybe some of the text written is taken out of text by cultural and language misunderstanding. Like one post said, skip it and move on if it doesn't agree with your train of thought or try to understand the wording in the post.   Tis that time of year so let's all join this jolly old fellow.

[Snowy79]

I take offence to people posting Christmas posts. 

[Jack Peterson]

Just now, Snowy79 said:

I take offence to people posting Christmas posts. 

 Only now? some have been doing them since the Start of the BER months, you been Sleeping too much 

[Clermont]

See it's working already, the post I posted,

14 minutes ago, Snowy79 said:

I take offence to people posting Christmas posts. 

got a laugh out of a (grumpy or humbug or scrooge Mcduck, )