First, let me say that I don't post here very often. But when I do I like to think that I add something to the mix. Some who don't like what I add make the claim that since I don't post much (why would that matter) that I just come to just stir the pot as they say. Which is not true.

I like to come in and read what is being posted and once in a while keep an eye on Jr.

What I have noticed over the years, (and boy have they have gone by) is that the subjects have gotten more intense in General Discussion. Almost to an extreme where personal beliefs clash with religious beliefs and when you add in the general distastes for each other you get a real power keg of a thread going.

This morning SC stepped in (and I took it that he was doing his job as moderator) to try and take a thread down a few notches. Now before that little lady from Iran starts calling ME a "want to be moderator" I would like to point out that it seems that not just that Ivy person is at fault.

"Arrogant" /"Arrogance" which was used by a number of posters is really in the eye of the reader. And that line can be a rather slim one dependent on how you want to view the meaning of the post or much you like or dislike that poster.

I remember Geoff say that one persons post which seem down right rude was just her passion coming thru and another poster had just misinterpreted what was being said and should get a thicker skin and move on or something similar to the point. Which may be a better thing to do then beating each other into the ground.



It seems like if you read the meaning below, almost any post or poster can be judged that way.

ar·ro·gant
Spelled [ar-uh-guhnt] Show IPA
adjective
1.
making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
2.
characterized by or proceeding from arrogance, or a sense of superiority, self-importance, or entitlement: arrogant claims.


I see so many times where a person just uses the wrong words and it starts WW III . It seems like tradition runs head first into those who want change. Where one generation has one idea and another generation thinks that any change is just fine with them. That always makes the heat rise.

My father's ideas and beliefs came from his life events. Mine come from mine and they didn't always matched up. But, we had to respect our elders and try to understand where they came from and where and what they had been through. ( the Great Depression for one thing) . My children do the same thing to me now. But I like to think that my years of knowledge has some importance. Like Vito to Michael.

BTW- What is wrong with the fifties?

Sure times were a lot different then, but "Family" was the corner stone of life. No, there wasn't cable TV or computers or cell phones or some of the many things you see the young people getting lost in today. Heads burried in techknowledge. Not even talking to they parents at the dinner table.

The stores were closed on Sundays and you most likely went to church and did a lot more family things together. It was like a personal leave day from work. And look people throw it up at each other like it is a bad thing. Maybe the younger people would understand more of the traditional views if they could get in the "TIME MACHINE" and see how life was back then and see why some say that things have deteriorated.

Anyway, keep the heat off the boards. You will have a lot more fun here.

Camillus Don- / Pops to some