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Does mob mentality rule A2K?

 
 
eurocelticyankee
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 04:06 pm
@cicerone imposter,
The world is full of puzzling people CI and it's time we woke up to that.
cicerone imposter
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 04:19 pm
@eurocelticyankee,
Fortunately, I've had the opportunity to visit most of the places on this planet (over 200 countries with many repeats), and I have found most people to be good people. My travels have also provided me the opportunity to meet many interesting people and build friendships. I have a positive outlook about most people, and feel grateful that I have the means to travel so often. I'll be on a 17 day cruise from Copenhagen to NYC in September by myself, and am excited looking forward to new experiences - even to places I've visited before like Copenhagen and NYC - and meeting more people, and enjoying leisure time to read and enjoy some good food and bevs.
FOUND SOUL
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 04:29 pm
@nononono,
I'm Australian, I don't whinge ...

nonononono I see you are using Elliot Rodger as one of the main threads of target pertaining to "Does mob mentality rule A2K".

Just recently I read your post to me twice and answered it, partly in agreeance with you, actually mainly in agreeance with you.

I think with any "Family" small or large, you will be judged whether in real life or cyberspace before welcomed into that family.

Sometimes that can feel like being ganged up on but only the strong survive and tough it out until people get to know them.


I liken here to a little family there are always some nutters, some loving people, some opinionated people, some judgemental people and then there is always some loving people .

I'd say bullying is for "school kids" but then, as we get older, don't we get younger? Smile

(Edit) Wait, I just read two posts that were vulgar, can't recall any of these guys ever using the c word against another or mf.. so maybe you need a better reality check on "what constitutes joining into a Forum". Sorry but that was crap .. Can I say that word? Wink
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eurocelticyankee
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 04:35 pm
@cicerone imposter,
Most people are good, most people empathise, most people feel compassion, most people feel remorse.
Then there's the 4%, I'd say they're even more prevalent in the upper echelons of power.

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Quehoniaomath
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 06:04 pm
@cicerone imposter,
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That's about right; their 4% represents over 67% of homicides by guns. They love their guns so much, they can't see the harm to our society - not to mention the accidents of children killing other children and sometimes themselves.


this is about gun CONTROL because the governemt is very nervous about these people. Most of these shootings are staged by the government so that the public opinion wil be against gun ownership.

Don't you read History? Let's see....about Hitler??
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wake up!!!

glitterbag
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 06:29 pm
It has always appeared to me that the vulgarians are the ones desperate to form a mob. Anyone who isn't anxious to join them in there vulgar, racist or misogyny glee fests is viewed with suspicion. Two new members have suddenly decided they are now Black, either to enforce their rascist notions of black people or under the assumption that they can count on white guilt to deflect criticism. Maybe they think everyone else is white and straight. Sorry guys.
cicerone imposter
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 06:41 pm
@Quehoniaomath,
This is not about gun control; it's about the safety of all Americans vs owners of guns. Florida's SYG is the issue; people should have the right to be safe without owning guns.
roger
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 07:21 pm
@glitterbag,
glitterbag wrote:

It has always appeared to me that the vulgarians are the ones desperate to form a mob. Anyone who isn't anxious to join them in there vulgar, racist or misogyny glee fests is viewed with suspicion.


Which says as much about the mob as it does those 'new' members.
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cicerone imposter
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 07:29 pm
@eurocelticyankee,
These are two facts (there are more) about people around the world (from HuffPost) that I agree with from my personal experience.
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#1) Most of the world's people are friendly and decent.
Except for the French*.

Some stereotypes really hold up, but on average, most of the people I've met around the world are extremely polite, friendly and helpful. They are generally interested in why I chose to visit their home. They are eager to assist if it's obvious I'm lost or in trouble. They'll go out of their way to try to make sure I have a good stay in their country. And, contrary to what most Americans tend to think (see #3 below), they often don't know much about the United States (or necessarily care).

Don't be convinced before leaving that "everyone there is _______". Show a modicum of respect to people and their culture and you'll be blown away by what you get back. Try picking up a little of the local language. Just learning how to say "thank you" can make a huge impact.

* Sorry, I couldn't resist. To be fair, France is like everywhere else: most people are decent. It's just that France has a particularly large proportion of bad apples that give the place a well-deserved reputation. I've met a lot of wonderful people in France, but also a disproportionate number of a**holes (not travelers generally, but residents of France). This isn't based on a single trip nor is it restricted to Paris. Almost every non-French local in Europe agreed with me on this one.

#2) Most places are as safe (or safer) than home.
I remember confessing to my mother recently that I had a big night out in Budapest and stumbled back to my apartment at dawn. Her reaction was: "But don't you worry about being drunk in a foreign country?"

Ha ha, not at all mom! I've never felt so safe!

The only place I've been violently mugged was in my home city of San Francisco. Many of the people I know there have been robbed at gunpoint, and on more than one occasion there were shootings in my neighborhood.

In one incident just a block away from my apartment (Dolores Park), a man was shot five times and somehow escaped, only to collapse about 10 meters from our front door. You can still see the blood stains on the sidewalk.

Turns out we actually live in a pretty dangerous country.

In over 365 days on the road, staying mostly in dormitory-style hostels and traveling through several countries considered 'high-risk,' the only incident I had was an iPhone stolen out of my pocket on the metro in Medellin, Colombia. I didn't even notice and deserved it for waiving the damn thing around in the wrong part of town. Most people think that in a place like Colombia you'll still get kidnapped or knocked off by a motorcycle assassin, but that's not true. According to the locals I talked to (who grew up there), things have been safer there for at least 10 years.

Caveat: This doesn't give you a license to be stupid, and some places really warrant respect. Guatemala and Honduras, where there are major drug wars going on (and the Peace Corps recently pulled all of their volunteers), or Quito, Ecuador, where everyone I talked to had been robbed, are reasonably dangerous (I had no trouble in any of them).

In reality, based on the sort of mindless binge-drinking that happens in most travel hot spots, you'd expect travelers to get knocked off a lot more often. But if you pay attention and don't do anything stupid, you'll be fine.
nononono
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 07:52 pm
@glitterbag,
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It has always appeared to me that the vulgarians are the ones desperate to form a mob. Anyone who isn't anxious to join them in there vulgar, racist or misogyny glee fests is viewed with suspicion


Don't even understand what you mean by this. The way this sentence is constructed doesn't make sense.

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Two new members have suddenly decided they are now Black, either to enforce their rascist notions of black people or under the assumption that they can count on white guilt to deflect criticism.


I'm assuming you're referring to me. Well glitterbag, that statement reflects more on you than it does me. I'm secure in exactly who I am, and I've not brought up race at all except twice. Once when engineer inferred that I was white, I corrected him. And the other time was an admittedly juvenile bit of sarcasm. Other than that I haven't posted anything about race. Nor have I attacked anyone about their race.

I'm proud of my race (I'm actually of mixed ethnicity, but anyone who saw me would identify me as a black man.) That you or anyone would assume that I'm white based on nothing other than my writing style or the subjects I've brought up (almost none of which have involved race) speaks volumes about your ignorance glitterbag.
glitterbag
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 08:31 pm
@nononono,
Regarding your first statement, it's not clear to you because you are stupid.

Your second statement? , don't assume others find you as interesting as you do. Nobody cares if you're really black, it's more like nobody believes you whenever you open your mouth. And you're creepy for an adolescent. Get help.

nononono
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 08:35 pm
@glitterbag,
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Regarding your first statement, it's not clear to you because you are stupid.


No. The reason it's not clear is because you're not a good writer.

And the reality is that if I wanted to, I could tell you about quite a few racist things that have happened to me in my life, a lot of them involving the police.
glitterbag
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 08:39 pm
@nononono,
So sayeth the simpleton.
coldjoint
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 08:47 pm
@glitterbag,
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So sayeth the simpleton.


That doesn't work on people. You thinking it does is part of your problem. But it looks like you have a new friend.
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JTT
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 08:48 pm
@glitterbag,
There's a very good reason that you sound like an old bag lecturing, glitter. You
are an old bag lecturing.
hingehead
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 09:01 pm
@cicerone imposter,
I disagree with the author's take on the French. Russians on the other hand....
cicerone imposter
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 09:03 pm
@hingehead,
I've experienced both in Paris; good and bad. However, I believe the French in Paris have become more liberal in their thinking about English speaking peoples, and one doesn't find the snob as often as in the past.

Even Anthony Bordaine recently said that the French chefs are now more creative and international than in the past.
hawkeye10
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 09:17 pm
@cicerone imposter,
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Even Anthony Bordaine recently said that the French chefs are now more creative and international than in the past.

French chefs got to be known as being the best hundred of years ago mainly because of their resourcefulness.
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nononono
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 10:09 pm
@JTT,
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There's a very good reason that you sound like an old bag lecturing, glitter. You
are an old bag lecturing.


Laughing Hahahahaha!
cicerone imposter
 
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Sun 13 Jul, 2014 10:18 pm
@nononono,
Don't feel bad at all! JTT is a broken record that repeats the same bull shyt ad nauseam. His brain doesn't function any more, and all he does is repeat the same thing until most people put him on Ignore. I also have him on Ignore, and peek once in awhile, but it's useless to hope he'll ever improve.
 

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