Stan in Oly, WA
Well-known Member
Civility seems to be at a low ebb in our beloved country lately. Maybe you've noticed. I don't mean to be the one to start a discussion about that, though. What I'd like to bring to everyone's attention is that, bucking the national trend, civility and courtesy on this forum seem to be at an all time high right now (all time for the fifteen years that I've been watching or participating here, at least). I don't know about the other forums on this site, but I hope they're all experiencing the same run of good will.
It wasn't always this way. There used to be some touchy people here who took offense quickly, and liked to come out swinging. Conversations would sometimes get way out of hand, then suddenly disappear. People disappeared too. Sometimes they would get so offended or so outraged that they would just stop participating. Sometimes they would be so offensive or so outrageous that they would get banned. I think that people who like that kind of thing don't have any trouble finding all they want online, so we don't actually need it here.
I want to say that I really appreciate the civility here. It's like nice weather. Nice weather might seem like nothing special, but you don't have to go through many blizzards or hurricanes to begin to see its charm.
Stan
It wasn't always this way. There used to be some touchy people here who took offense quickly, and liked to come out swinging. Conversations would sometimes get way out of hand, then suddenly disappear. People disappeared too. Sometimes they would get so offended or so outraged that they would just stop participating. Sometimes they would be so offensive or so outrageous that they would get banned. I think that people who like that kind of thing don't have any trouble finding all they want online, so we don't actually need it here.
I want to say that I really appreciate the civility here. It's like nice weather. Nice weather might seem like nothing special, but you don't have to go through many blizzards or hurricanes to begin to see its charm.
Stan