Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:43:38 -0500 Subject: Re: Can you people just stick to dog behavior and keep ALL your personal opinions to yourself? Status: R In alt.religion.kibology, tdwillis@earthlink.net wrote: "Linda" wrote in message news:... > The funny thing about this group is that I am witnessing more human behavior > than dog behavior issues. > > It really is a shame that one must waste so much time and energy weeding > through all the crap that is getting posted here. Welcome to Usenet. Attempt no landings here. > Especially since some think they need to include the entire thread in their > reply. Eh? The entire thread? But if people were doing that, wouldn't the newsgroup disappear in a Black Hole of Infinite Recursion? Don't step on the Event Horizon! It's bad luck! > Is is possible to keep your 'opinions' to yourself? No, it is physically impossible for me to keep my opinions to myself. If I tried to do that, my brane would explode, and Harlan would have to clean it up and install a spare. And he always gets my brane full of dog hair when he does that. Do you have any idea how much that itches? > Can we not have a newsgroup where people post > information without bashing someone else? Probably not, in all of Usenet. Maybe when Happynet takes effect. Hold on to the dream. > If you disagree with a posting, keep it to yourself. No. >If you really disagree, would it not be more 'professional' > to just post your advice without slamming someone else's ? I'm not particularly interested in being a professional Usenet poster. The pay's lousy. Although, I can't remember the last time I "slammed someone's advice". Mostly I just make fun of the way people dress, in addition to their deeply held beliefs and traditional customs. Hmm. Maybe I should just make fun of their traditional costumes, to streamline the process. > You don't need to argue who has the best methods. It's not a question of need. It's a question of preference. Of want. Of DESIRE, OH BABY, YES LIKE THAT (I mean, this is the Internet, after all). > If you believe yours is the best, than post the info and leave it up to the > individuals to decide. I don't have any advice to post, most times. I'm in charge of the Critical Thinking Brigade. For sufficiently loosly-defined values of "in charge". > If you are that confident that what you advise is > effective, you will not feel the need to argue it. Again, not a question of need. The whole point of playing in a discussion group is, well, discussion. And making fun of people's deeply held traditional costumers. > Is name calling and flaming beneficial to the whole group ? It works for me. That's the only part of the group I'm particularly concerned with. What are you, some kind of Commie? > Whether you are a touch free trainer or jerk and pull trainer What if you are none of the above? What then? > the mission > here is to post information for people to make decisions as to what advice > to follow NOT WHOSE advice to follow. Oh, dear, you've been misinformed. There is no particular mission here. Everyone sort of pick their own mission. Some people are here to sell questionable products. Some are here on behalf of plankton. Some girls just want to have fun. >It is to discuss dog behavior not to argue. Discuss and argue are not mutually exclusive terms. Unless and until Kibo sez otherwise. > It is always good to hear both sides. Unless the other side sucks. Then it's BAD. >I personally don't believe in > using physical methods since I trained elephants and believe me you can't > FORCE an elephant to sit and you don't want to risk 10,000 lbs being mad at > you. Hey, the mission here is to discuss DOGS, not ELEPHANTS. Elephants are STRICTLY OFF-TOPIC. Unless they also happen to be antiques. >But dare I try to convert those of you that don't believe in my > methods. No. Do I dare try to convert you to kibology? Ha. Trick question; you're already a kibologist, whether you know it or not. >I will only offer advice based on my experience and beliefs. I will only offer advice based on the teaching of Kibo, and what I remember from on the back of the cereal box at breakfast. And if I woke up too late to enjoy a nutritious breakfast, then who the hell knows what I'm going to post? Not me. > I will ask questions to hear other peoples thoughts on a situation. I will ask people to shut the heck up and listen to ME ME ME ME ME. Personally, I wish you other bozos wouldn't post here, but what can I do? > I will > always maintain an open mind as would any good dog trainer. Not as open as my minds. I have several to chose from, and can install different points of view at random. I'm very Plug-and-Play. Top THAT. > How many of you are members of the APPDT ? Hardly anyone, I betcha. I betcha a whole jar of candy corn. Also, they don't let my kind join. Stuck-ups. Not that I'd be caught dead belonging to any club that would have me as a member. >The code of ethics clearing > states that you are not to 'bad mouth' anyone. In my religion, if we don't bad mouth anyone, the Demon Beable will sic his black helicopters on us, and make us eat candy corn. > 'Professional' dog trainers behave in a professional manner. Aha! I'm an amatuer, so it's perfectly acceptable for me to behave in an amatuerish manner. LA LA LA I'm not professional. LA LA LA LA. Of course, if you wanted to pay me to post here, I would consider posting in a professional manner. (Note: I did not specify what sort of professional.) > Grow up people Give me a break! I'm only FIVE!!!1!! > and stop wasting other people's time. Tsk, tsk, wasting time on Usenet. Whatever is the world coming to? > If you have something valuable to add, post it to the group otherwise keep > it private. No problem. Everything I post is incredibly valuable. --Terri & Harlan (and yet, we still do not charge for our posts -- how's that for a bargain?) P.S. I didn't think the post I was replying to was very valuable. Could be please retroactively post it privately?