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Thank you Skip!
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantgoodguy
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BTW, linking the "Final Post" lead (as expected, I'd say) to someone else re-heating the argument...

I was replying to Lord Of The Sith, who said that "Skip would ... have been crucified" for such a comment and provided the necessary context to evaluate it. I formulated it as a "provocative" (as you called it) question, because I prefer everyone to draw their own conclusions based on that.

In the meantime, skipnet50 has edited the post in question. Again, you may look for yourself to what effect.
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That user abused the reputation system (and yes, I know who he is, it's pretty obvious from your answer if you followd the "highlights" of the past months in these forums). Personal dislikes are NOT valid reasons for negative reputation points, especially if those are handed out to users who are not even the person disliked only voicing their opinion.

@Martin:
If you really feel the need to put fuel to the flames, at least do it in the thread you're referring to. In this here thread Skip posted twice and didn't call anyone unintelligent or acting like an idiot. Enjoy your dinner.

@Goodguy
It just shows that your post with the link to another thread and the provocative question connected with it have achieved your goal, to fuel a discussion (again) that we could do very well without. It is this kind of behavior from both sides that won't let this matter come to rest, EVER!

But hey, without this, these forums would be far more boring....


Darxon,

  Thank you.  I couldn't have said it better myself.  Please accept this green arrow from me.
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@Goodguy
It just shows that your post with the link to another thread and the provocative question connected with it have achieved your goal, to fuel a discussion (again) that we could do very well without.


It seems perfectly legitimate to me to point out the irony of a "Thank You" thread less than a week after said user posted such disdain for this entire community and has not apologized or removed the post.


Actually he has apologized to me on two occasions over the negatives I have received for defending him.
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I'm just trying to figure out how I too can get a 5 page suck up thread!     


Try making the contributions to the database that Skip has for starters.
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Thank you Skip... for claiming that we all are not intelligent enough (for you) and we all are acting like idiots. I hope we dine in hell.

Since I lost my reputation star because of this, I would like to say thank you to everybody who gave me a negative vote and brought me back to earth, because I am really getting tired of those of you here who like to suck d**k or play devil's advocate. And if any of you want to give me a (n other) negative vote for being honest or not understanding my kind of humor, go right ahead because I've had it with being political correct anyway. It's just to damn hard.
Martin Zuidervliet

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In the meantime, skipnet50 has edited the post in question. Again, you may look for yourself to what effect.


None that I can see.
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In the meantime, skipnet50 has edited the post in question. Again, you may look for yourself to what effect.


None that I can see.

It's this part:

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I guess you are correct Hal, I shouldn't include the ENTIRE Community, just a few. Should i include a list for You.
Martin Zuidervliet

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To whom it may concern,
it's been said before by other users and since some of you seem to be very selective in what they read will now be said again:
Postings concerning the "Rename name fields"-thread should be posted there, it's not locked yet.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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To whom it may concern,
it's been said before by other users and since some of you seem to be very selective in what they read will now be said again:
Postings concerning the "Rename name fields"-thread should be posted there, it's not locked yet.

While that topic is about renaming name fields and this is for thanking Skip, I think it's more appropriate to "thank" him here if we want to.

PS. If anybody is interested in why my mood has swung to being sarcastic they need to click on my name and take a look at my latest two purchases.
Martin Zuidervliet

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While that topic is about renaming name fields and this is for thanking Skip, I think it's more appropriate to "thank" him here if we want to.

Nothing to say against this,
but if you or other users are refering to other threads, which are still active it would be more suitable to say what you have to say in this threads.
I'm well aware that Skip is polarizing and because of this, this thread should be, and is open for discussion, but if you have to bring in other threads for your arguments, I cannot see the point of this really. And since the above said thread has moved a long way from it's given topic, there's probably no harm done if we push it a little further away.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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I'm well aware that Skip is polarizing and because of this, this thread should be, and is open for discussion, but if you have to bring in other threads for your arguments, I cannot see the point of this really.

Well since this topic has been opened to thank him for coming back after he said he would not be, I do think this is exactly the place to counterweight his decision and comment his remark.
Martin Zuidervliet

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Well since this topic has been opened to thank him for coming back after he said he would not to, I do think this is exactly the place to counterweight his decision and comment his remark.

As I said.
I grant you that, nothing to say against commenting on an announcement to leave the forum and not doing so. I have my opinion on that too. This is what belongs into this thread.

Quotations and annotations to postings which Skip (or any other user BTW) made in other threads should be kept there, this is where they originate and where they belong. It might be helpful sometimes to crosslink two threads for showing up contradictions or similarities, but this wasn't the point here.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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It might be helpful sometimes to crosslink two threads for showing up contradictions or similarities, but this wasn't the point here.

OK. How's this for a similarity?

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Perhaps Hal, has a point. I shouldn't tar the entire Community with the same brush which belongs to just a few.

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I guess you are correct Hal, I shouldn't include the ENTIRE Community, just a few. Should i include a list for You.
Martin Zuidervliet

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In the meantime, skipnet50 has edited the post in question. Again, you may look for yourself to what effect.


He did not feel it could be necesarry - or at least polite - to appologize in any way; he didn't even correct the typos...

I - for myself - ask myself, why this community welcomes an individual, who can't even afford any respect for the members of this community...

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It might be helpful sometimes to crosslink two threads for showing up contradictions or similarities, but this wasn't the point here.

OK. How's this for a similarity?

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Perhaps Hal, has a point. I shouldn't tar the entire Community with the same brush which belongs to just a few.

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I guess you are correct Hal, I shouldn't include the ENTIRE Community, just a few. Should i include a list for You.

OMG,
you really don't want to see my point, do you?
It's not about defending anyone, it's just about what belongs into which thread.
The example you chose resulted from requests in this thread for Skip to apologize, he didn't apologize though, just clarified his point. And since the request came up in this thread and was for another thread he posted it in both.
That's what you get if you mix up two threads.
At least I don't see any contradiction to my argument, just to yours.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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@Goodguy
It just shows that your post with the link to another thread and the provocative question connected with it have achieved your goal, to fuel a discussion (again) that we could do very well without.


It seems perfectly legitimate to me to point out the irony of a "Thank You" thread less than a week after said user posted such disdain for this entire community and has not apologized or removed the post.


Actually he has apologized to me on two occasions over the negatives I have received for defending him.


So... Skip apologised to you for the behaviour of other people?

I'm sure that's very nice of him, but it would be more appropriate of him to apologise to the poeple he has personally offended. Unless, of course, he deliberately intended to offend people and thinks that this is acceptable behaviour for someone expects tobe respected by the community...
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