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Originally Posted by Danzig188
just because someone feels a certain way, doesn't mean they should have the belief that it's a common feeling. of course very often people project their own character traits onto others. it's why honest people get ripped off, they think everyone else is honest as well. also explains why a cheater always thinks he's being cheated....so if hijackings bother some, they must bother everyone.
i think it depends more on the mood at the time--when some of us get into a discussion, and the thread is growing by the minute, it would be hard for someone later to come in, read the thread, and know what was going on at that ime. they wonder wtf happened. kind of like entering a room and catching the tail end of a joke-everyone is laughing, but you don't get it.
it's all in good fun. don't know why anyone wants to get their undies in a wad about what's posted. to me, it's like a newspaper or magazine, you don't necessarily read or enjoy all the articles-but others do-but the paper as a whole is one you enjoy. do you write and complain that your tastes aren't being catered to?? i hope not.
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I totally agree with this...well said.
And I should mention as a moderator that there ARE threads occasionally that get edited after the fact when we feel that they have taken an bad turn to get them back on topic...or they get moved altogether to esoteric...
but for the most part what Danzig points out is true...a bunch of people contributing rapid fire to one thread often means that several ideas are being discussed simultaneously (not all of them on point) but in the interest of not outright censoring people, usually it is only those posts that are blatantly offensive that are removed.