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Originally posted by tomegun
Snaqwells, I agree with your post. I'm just wondering why Robmoz was singled out for this when others do the same thing. I'm not going to name names but I think a lot of people that are on this board a lot should be able to see that others make posts that are a little rough around the edges. Some of these people have "friends" on this board that will come to their rescue to defend them having never met them face to face. I can see someone's posts and say to myself "I like their style" or whatever but I can't really speak up for them like I see on this board. The same goes for someone that might irritate me, the person that initially gets on your nerves could turn out to be one of your best friends when you get to know them. Good post, I just think it applies to us all.
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tomegun,
Good points. Theres a subtle difference, though. Most of the time when it gets to that point, debate (I prefer discussion over debate) has ceased for various reasons. Sometimes one side is fed up and expresses that frustration/annoyance/fatigue/etc. Sometimes it just plain escalates to ad hominem.
The difference here is that there was an expressed interest in debate, but posts that seemed designed to generate laughs from a college dorm.
To me, that is the difference between having fun (making fun of Chuck or Jurassic), getting annoyed (BBAllCoach), getting overly heated (MTD), and attempts at legitimate discussion that are marred by sophomoric responses. If I didnt think Rob was interested in discussion, Id have probably left it alone and chalked it up to another fanboy or frustrated coach. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, and offered my advice, FWIW.