"What are Your Personal Standards...?"

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]What are Your Personal Standards of Civility in Online Public Forums?

"Definition of civility in English: noun (plural civilities). 1. Formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech: I hope we can treat each other with civility and respect." Origin: "Late Middle English: from Old French civilite, from Latin civilitas, from civilis 'relat ...[text shortened]... r daughter to be accorded on Red Hot Pawn's Public Forums. Early estimate of Thumbs Down 7+.....[/b]

“Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what ought to be done, will rather bring about his own ruin than his preservation.”
―Niccolo Machiavelli

Originally posted by Rene Claude
“Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what ought to be done, will rather bring about his own ruin than his preservation.”
―Niccolo Machiavelli

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
In my mind there is no need for civility. Open honesty is my standard. If I think someone was a waste of semen I say just that. If I think they crap gold I'll state it.

Originally posted by FMF
In your real life, what are the "precisely the same" equivalents to all those countless pompous threads you start on the Spirituality Forum seemingly with the sole purpose of taking passive aggressive swipes at people you disagree with, who have different beliefs from you, and whose questions you dodge and deflect from? 😀

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
In these forums i am not opposed to giving somebody a firm 'nudge' to test their metal and have them defend their position. Civility, to me, should not mean allowing someones unsatisfactory or unfounded comments to go unchallenged, just for the sake of politeness.

That said, i am looking to nudge someone, not 'shove' them under a bus. I have no de ...[text shortened]... al, i discover they are made of tin, i back off or divert with humour. (Often about aubergines).

Originally posted by Suzianne
At least that "swipe at a person you disagree with, who has different beliefs from you" wasn't passive-aggressive at all. It was all aggressive. Congratulations.

Originally posted by Landisqueen170
You are +9. That's awesome. Who knew?!
There may be hope in these forums after all 🙂

"The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?" ~Arabian Proverb (in Three gatekeepers)

Originally posted by Suzianne
Psssssst... it's 'mettle'.

Nudge, nudge.

🙂

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
🙂 Yes, but 'metal' set me up nicely for the 'tin' reference.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Reset for Suzianne....

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Thanks, but i think Suzianne was bedazzled by my mastery of language.