Tag: civility
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December 18, 2008 07:46 PM EST --
There are so many different ways to look at this issue.
One way to view it is to focus on civility. Barack Obama is making a genuine effort to take the culture wars down a notch by standing up there . . .
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July 26, 2006 05:51 AM EDT --
Rating trolls, personal attacks, lack of civility....
It seems to me that Gather has become nothing more than a huge unfocused group blog and has lost its appealing sense of community.
Is it just me? . . .
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February 10, 2007 10:49 AM EST --
Having one of my articles rejected from a group is demoralizing, and for this reason I've made every attempt to send an email explanation to anyone I rejected from my groups.
I'm going to . . .
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September 09, 2006 10:06 PM EDT --
Left or Right? Which side are we sitting on? Many gatherites are sitting a little too far to the left and the right in all probability. I feel that if you don't agree with someone . . .
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December 22, 2006 05:06 PM EST --
Do you ever wish you could get away from the fighting, whining and putting-things-down that gets posted to Gather? There sure does seem to be a lot of it. The title notwithstanding, this is . . .
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January 17, 2007 11:59 AM EST --
Whatever happened to common civility? I remember as a child my parents working hard to make sure I had good manners. Adult men did not even swear in the presence of women and children. Using bad language . . .
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September 15, 2009 01:19 PM EDT --
September is apparently Rude Season. Taylor Swift was making her thank you speech at the VMA awards when fellow musical artist Kanye West took her microphone away from her and went on a rant. I did not . . .
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January 06, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
I came across a blog listing called “Avanoo” the other day that caught my eye. The particular title that day was “Why The Internet Turns People Into ‘Part-time’ Sociopaths” . . .
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June 30, 2008 10:23 PM EDT --
"Every last one of them. They will tell you that they believe in God, but what they really believe in is money. They love to wave a flag around, but they have no concept of true patriotism. They . . .
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August 26, 2009 10:16 PM EDT --
TOG4
Tell me if you find this familiar:
Person A: This is my opinion.
Person B: I don't agree with it.
Person A: Then you're an idiot.
Person B: . . .
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December 14, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
The Wasilla Church of which Sarah Palin is a member was heavily damaged by fire. The fire, clearly a case of arson, inflicted a million dollars worth of damage. Nobody died, fortunately.
I happen to . . .
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December 23, 2006 03:56 AM EST --
The internet can be a boon to our society or a detriment, which it is, is what we make of it. At the moment I am concerned about one of the ways in which people are using the anonymity it offers . . .
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January 30, 2007 12:54 AM EST --
I believe it was Bette Davis who, during a conversation with someone about the recent demise of another actress, said that you should never say anything bad about the dead. Instead you should only say, . . .
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June 20, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
I have thought about this issue for many months as a
member of this list, and of the larger Internet community,
and once was rather publicly passionate about civility on
POLITICS. I gave up about the . . .
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September 25, 2007 05:01 PM EDT --
By Digger Burrows, GNN Nativism and Fear Mongering Correspondent
September 25, 2007
In this second installment of our series on the influx of illegal Canadian immigrants with PhDs we'll take . . .
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February 02, 2008 10:35 PM EST --
It's probably no secret that some Gather members don't like "articles" with little or no material value. Apparently, they want intellectual discussions and serious writing without . . .
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May 03, 2009 02:18 PM EDT --
I have posted several times on the necessity of being "civil" on gather. I believe it is first of all something I need to do as a follower of my God; and also because of the ethics and morals . . .
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January 18, 2006 03:52 PM EST --
A frequent error made by persons arguing a point is the logical fallacy known as "attack on the person". While the content of a person's character may be appropriate for discussion . . .
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January 05, 2007 09:38 AM EST --
For notions preconceived
Some folks have a knack
They know for sure
How certain people act,
And from these notions
Which seem to nothing lack,
Except perhaps,
A foundation built on fact,
They . . .
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October 05, 2008 08:46 PM EDT --
Nothing personal, but that is a humdinger of a title for a Gather Post. The religious guilt card? In keeping with my past policy, I did not visit the article to post a one. I just stayed away.
This . . .
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