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I was wondering how many people on here find it annoying when certain people jump on to a thread only to have thier voice heard and make themselves look good and not even contribute anything whatsoever to the subject at hand???
Sometimes changing a topic is a good thing and gets people off a sore subject or off a dead horse or just to lighten things up a little but to have certain people do it just to do it to for something to do can be so aggravating. ( that was a lot of do's)
It seems to me that there are a few people on fauna that seem to think they are above reproach and like to post everywhere they can on things they arent involved in, know nothing about or cant understand in the first place.
Its also the same people that wait for all the threads to develop one way or another before they post so they can be sure they are going in on the "right" side as they dont want people to think they were with the minority or "those" people. There are a lot of people that join right in on something and voice thier opinion and let you know where they stand and if they are wrong in the end so be it, atleast they did what they thought was right and they own up to it. Its the ones that wait until they are sure which direction or person the majority is going with they they jump in and say stuff like" yep, i completely agree!!! I would never do that", or " my morals are higher then that" you know the kind of people i am talking about.
What i want to know is how do you guys/girls handle it?? Do you just ignore them? Do you "REPORT" them for off topic posting", Do you PM them, do you wish they would just :toiletcla .
I have seen a lot of the "bandwagons" around over the years and its usually the same people jumping on it once it starts down the road.
I am not perfect and have in the past tried to give the benefit of the doubt to some real losers (ADAM,PETE others) had gotten beaten down for it and for good reason, somebody else (the guy on the white horse i think) knew they were wolves in sheeps clothing and proved it. I took my lumps and learned from it like we all should. Sometimes I went with the "dark Sheep" and I came out on top by them turning out alright in the end. How are some of these people ever going to learn anything if they never take a side, take a stand and keep waiting for others to speak up and only after the smoke clears decide to say something.
Well this is the "Sound Off" forum so i did just that, it may also be a little venting on my part as well. I was going to post a poll with as well with options to pick from but i figured there enough poll posting people here already.
 
Here's a little bit of help.

Don't worry about what others do or why.

Do what you need to.

Let Karma take care of the rest.

That and the mysterious stranger on his whiter than white horse.

If only we knew the identity of that masked man.......
 
your opinions are well taken as always.




Wilomn said:
That and the mysterious stranger on his whiter than white horse.

If only we knew the identity of that masked man.......



Let me know if there is an indian riding behind him as his corhort and compadre in his persuit to seek justice where evil dwells.
 
Karma

Wilomn said:
Let Karma take care of the rest.


Theres that word KARMA again, As i am too young to be a 60's rebel and not of the budhist religion I find it unusual to hear that word these days yet it seems to be the word of choice of fauna as of late. Rich for changing the rep to KARMA, and people using it as a everyday word now
I dont know whether or not I have or should have Karma, if there is Good or Bad Karma, if Karma is real or a belief, if Karma has weight, a feel to it, a color to it, if its near or far or all around. Karma must be something since all know of it, are sure of it, and wait for it to come around.
 
Nicholas, this really seems to upset you.

Put them on ignore!!! It's a wonderful feature :)
 
Nicholas, what you are describing is human nature... not just a Fauna phenomenon. It happens between family members, co-workers, politics, and social functions. We can either choose to jump on a bandwagon, wait for the spin on the situation before making an opinion, follow the majority of the crowd, or just observe or ignore it. It's called Sociology.
 
"Above reproach"

I believe nobody to be above reproach. We all have our faults.
As long as we try to do the best we can, when possible. Decide to do what is right and lend a helping hand when asked it will work itself out in the end.

Great advice Wes,

That horse sure does get around.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
[COLOR=Navy

That horse sure does get around.[/COLOR]


Have you ever seen anything so bright? I'm still snowblinded and it's been days since my last sighting of that great white steed.

Where does he go.....

Where does he come from.....
 
yes maybe...

Dennis Hultman said:
"Above reproach"

I believe nobody to be above reproach. We all have our faults.
As long as we try to do the best we can, when possible. Decide to do what is right and lend a helping hand when asked it will work itself out in the end.

Great advice Wes,

That horse sure does get around.

Nobody above reproach?? I would like to think so!!!
We all have our faults?? Yep we sure do and we are usually able to compensate for them with other good qualities, its when people that dont have any good qualities are able to push the faults upon us that things begine to be problematic.
Decide to do what is right and lend a helping hand ?? this is good advice as long as you dont reach it out so far that your reflexes cant bring it back in time to miss it being bitten off by someone that wants to take advantage of you.



His mask may be dark... his steed ever so bright.....on a mission for us... to do what is just and right....He comes in time of need....to save us from the doers of bad....he will save us ideed...If only his name we had.
 
See that, now why cant everyone just get along like us???




His stature is tall......taller then most.....he hides in the shadows....you would think he was a ghost......but when evil comes........his presence is known.......for evil can not hide....from this man who is yet unknown.
 
nicolai said:
I was wondering how many people on here find it annoying when certain people jump on to a thread only to have thier voice heard and make themselves look good and not even contribute anything whatsoever to the subject at hand???
Sometimes changing a topic is a good thing and gets people off a sore subject or off a dead horse or just to lighten things up a little but to have certain people do it just to do it to for something to do can be so aggravating. ( that was a lot of do's)

Hey, wow. I must somehow missed this thread. :>poke2<: So, how's the weather? :>poke2<: It's been raining here for days and it is getting colder every day. :>poke2<:

nicolai said:
I am not perfect and have in the past tried to give the benefit of the doubt to some real losers (ADAM,PETE others) had gotten beaten down for it and for good reason, somebody else (the guy on the white horse i think) knew they were wolves in sheeps clothing and proved it. I took my lumps and learned from it like we all should.

By no means am I claiming to be "the guy on the white horse" but I was one who knew the two mentioned above were full of it. The thing is, I too took my lumps for the position I took as well. My rep points were hit by a number of people with comments like; "Asked and answered....let it go" and "enough is enough, quit dragging this on!!" [last quote was made by you Nick :raspberry ] The part that really baffles me was the negative rep points left by individuals who never made a single post on the thread yet felt the need to voice their opinion/support in this form. :shrug01:

You will always have more than one view when involving a group of individuals. With a group of individuals you won't be limited to just black and white but the multiple shades of gray.

nicolai said:
Theres that word KARMA again, As i am too young to be a 60's rebel and not of the budhist religion I find it unusual to hear that word these days yet it seems to be the word of choice of fauna as of late. Rich for changing the rep to KARMA, and people using it as a everyday word now
I dont know whether or not I have or should have Karma, if there is Good or Bad Karma, if Karma is real or a belief, if Karma has weight, a feel to it, a color to it, if its near or far or all around. Karma must be something since all know of it, are sure of it, and wait for it to come around.

To me Karma is as much as a farce in real life as it is here with the likes of the past red point leaders being in the positive while [until I received pity Karma points yesterday] I was one of the lowest ranked.

In life I have always gone out of my way to help others, be it a neighbor, friend, family member or stranger, yet my life has been a major uphill battle without any signs of getting better.
 
DAND said:
Hey, wow. I must somehow missed this thread. :>poke2<: So, how's the weather? :>poke2<: It's been raining here for days and it is getting colder every day. :>poke2<:

Today was the first time in three weeks i have seen the sun!!!! But Alas..its supposed to rain again on friday. Every town around me has been flooding.


DAND said:
My rep points were hit by a number of people with comments like; "Asked and answered....let it go" and "enough is enough, quit dragging this on!!" [last quote was made by you Nick :raspberry ]

Yes, I remember that thread well, I was really hoping i was right about them and they would turn out alright. Talk about being wrong geesh. I wonder what they are doing these days.

DAND said:
You will always have more than one view when involving a group of individuals. With a group of individuals you won't be limited to just black and white but the multiple shades of gray.

having a lot of different opinions can be quite of a good thing for soliciting ideas and working out problems or discussions in general. Where you run in to the problems is when there are the unbending unwielding people that have thier opinion which they consider is above all others and wont accept or consider anyone elses opinion.

DAND said:
"the guy on the white horse"



The man of whom you speak.......is destined to save the weak..... he waits for evil to appear.....and enters the battle without fear.....the outcome is not yet known.....for the struggle continues even now.....and whatever evil crosses his path....we are confident he will strike them down.
 
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