Comments on: Dear Sir Or Madam

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:55:23 +0000

Yes. I’ve become what some may call thick skinned. But that isn’t entirely accurate. I’m at the age and experience level now where I will (and do) accept and seriously consider any criticism from those I respect (because they have earned it), and chose to ignore it from those I don’t know well or have little respect for. There are some exceptions of course. I was forced to learn early that the way to survive with sanity intact was to be flexible, and to learn that I am not always right! 😉 Hard lessons… 🙂

One thing that does really annoy me though is criticism from someone with their own obvious flaws… I usually respond (if at all) with “People in glass houses…”

Oh… and I also really can’t stand the “well-intentioned do-gooder”! God (or someone!) Please save us from them! You know the type… the ones who are so certain they know best, that they will do what they believe is in your best interest, no matter what ones wishes on the subject are! I think most of the people in that category became, or were already, members of, the rightwingnut mutual-adoration “I want Bushgod’s lovechild” club (even the males!)

It’s been quite some time since I was a trouble-maker (Hmmm… Texas in fact!) Where the barman said to us “I think you better leave now! We don’t like troublemakers in here!” Right before one of his kinfolk tried to king-hit me! Hmmph! Double standards indeed!

(But… I will admit… it was fun!) LOL

Ahhh… the wildness and excesses of youth! 😀

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:27:20 +0000

There is no rule about responding, it’s just that a number of the regulars started over at the news groups on Usenet, and the verbal combat usually resulted in flame wars, which was a real hemorrhoid on a dial-up, trying to clean out your in-box, so they tend to get ignored.

These days it is a lot easier to manage an in-box or comments, so it’s not as crucial.

Personally, I was in law enforcement for a decade, so I’ve been called everything imaginable and no small number of things that aren’t. Amazingly some people get annoyed when facing a decade in prison and lose their sense of social propriety. Nothing anyone says about me, bothers me anymore.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:14:39 +0000

Don’t worry about being told, although it tends to sarcasm more than screaming around here.

Yup! One of the things that I noticed and that attracted me to comment here. 😀 I like sarcasm, satire, irony, parody etc! 🙂 You’ve no doubt noticed. 😉 I can obviously be serious as/when required. It’s just so damned difficult to be serious when discussing the morons on the extreme fringes! Not just the rightwingnuts, but the neo-Christians, the faux-news (and not just FOX either!) etc, etc! I cannot stand any form of extremism. I saw too much of it. So I may occasionally *do my nut* when one of these extreme nutters says or does something really insane (which seems to be happening a lot these days!)

I really, REALLY *TRY* to ignore Trolls… really, I do! But… but… some of them just beg for it!! I just can’t help myself sometimes! 😐 On the plus side, my colleges and regular readers of LM usually found it entertaining at least! LOL *sigh* One of them (usually Mark!) would post when an obvious Troll said something really stupid, something like: “Ohh! Now you’ve done it! Wait until Kryten reads this!” etc. LOL Well… I couldn’t disappoint my friends, could I? LOL

The biggest problem with sparing with Trolls is that it gets very boring very fast! And in truth, I would much rather have a long, intelligent debate the members (or your good self) here than spar with a moronic Troll these days. I have much more intelligent discussions with children than is possible with a wingnut. Still… I may have an occasional swipe for fun. 😉

Forewarned, etc… 😀 However, this is your blog, and your rules are the only ones that count. No worries about that! 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:08:27 +0000

My hosting service is pretty good about dealing with these problems because they will host anything that doesn’t violate the law, so a number of the sites are “controversial”.

Oh, trolls come by, but they are generally ignored. I don’t ban people, but I’m not going to respond to stupidity and most of the regulars feel the same way. I have a minimal spam system that reduces the ads, but I have some real winners in the comments archive, and a few that were forwarded to the appropriate “authorities”.

Don’t worry about being told, although it tends to sarcasm more than screaming around here.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:28:58 +0000

No problem Bryan. I understand… we had similar issues at LM and elsewhere (the DOS & DDOS). It’s the only response the nutters have. 😉 I have been working in IT security for several years now, if I can be of service, just let me know. 🙂

One thing that amazes me here (so far) is that you seem to have avoided the usual rightwing nutter Trolls! I am sure many other bloggers would love to know how you did that! LOL

I’m happy to help out where I can, and if you already have what I post (links etc), then that at least means I’m on the right wavelength (and at the right place!) 😀

Whatever ego I may have had was well and truly destroyed in Cambodia. So no worries about that m8! 😀

I enjoy truth and honesty, especially from those I respect. If I screw up, I expect to be told.

Just thought you should know. 🙂

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:36:46 +0000

Thanks for the links, Kryten, I grabbed the last one for a post I had already written but was posting just as the site went down as a result of a denial-of-service attack on my hosting company.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:56:15 +0000

C&L just put up a few interesting posts related to this. Matthews Leaves John Edwards Off Power Rankings - Opts For Rudy Hillary Clinton Defends her 2002 Iraq War Vote — through Attack U.S. Sponsored Republican Front Group Claims Kenyan President Lost Election I decided to post this last one because of this:

Upon further review, it turns out that GOP presidential candidate John McCain is on the board of directors for this non-partisan Republican group. He wants to be our president and engaged in the voting process, I think he should come forward and explain why his group hasn’t made the polling data available to the public. Other names of interest on the board of directors are L. Paul Bremer and Lawrence Eagleburger. These people are just fine with fair and honest elections — just as long as they’re outside the United States.

There's also this at FDL: The Polls You Won’t Hear Much About Cheers. :)

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:47:09 +0000

Having dealt with people in New Hampshire on official business, I can say that there is definitely a lot of them who won’t give you an opinion on anything, even if they are required by law to talk to you. Many of them really don’t like the “circus” that comes to town in Presidential election years, and they will make no accommodation for it. It is very possible that “undecided” was the equivalent of “mind your own business.”

By: LadyMin

LadyMin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:26:41 +0000

I think the folks who said they were “undecided” were the ones that were not telling the media the truth. Most likely they were 99% sure of who they were going to vote for, but they said they were undecided. That’s what I would do. That’s my opinion anyway.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:18:50 +0000

There was a large group of undecided in the polls, Kryten, and the numbers for Obama and Edwards were good. The undecided largely decided to vote for Clinton. I don’t doubt in the slightest that the media reaction to her minute demonstration of emotion help a number of people to vote for her in sympathy.

The number of DINO endorsements is all too indicative of where Obama apparently stands, FM, and it isn’t with the people or for change.