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Jun 11, 2008 at 2:55 pm #1229502

Lynn Tramper
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@retropump
Locale: The Antipodes of La Coruna

I ws just finishing the last page of that very lengthy WTS thread when it disappeared….did someone step over the line?? If so, it would be nice to know what line was crossed…

Jun 11, 2008 at 2:57 pm #1437850

P. P.
Member

@toesnorth
Locale: PNW

Allison, I'd been reading it but not participating. The last comment I saw was a perfectly civil one by Ben. Someone must have crossed the line afterwards or the powers that be just got tired of it all.
Ah, I love the smell of testosterone in the morning. ;-)

Jun 11, 2008 at 3:08 pm #1437855

Diplomatic Mike
Member

@mikefaedundee
Locale: Under a bush in Scotland

I'm still trying to figure out why people were getting so wound up. Life's too short……..

Jun 11, 2008 at 4:19 pm #1437871

John S.
BPL Member

@jshann

The thread turned into a quagmire of hazing. I'm glad it got deleted cuz I couldn't stop watching that youtube video and I was getting no work done. My laughing was beginning to annoy the workmates.

Yours truly,

AFT

Jun 11, 2008 at 6:29 pm #1437894

Steve O
Member

@hechoendetroit
Locale: South Kak

nm

Jun 11, 2008 at 6:46 pm #1437903

EndoftheTrail
BPL Member

@ben2world-2

So BPL put out the fire. I somehow see this new thread as a smothering pile — ready to flare up again into an all-consuming fire any minute… :)

Jun 11, 2008 at 7:26 pm #1437913

Adam Rothermich
BPL Member

@aroth87
Locale: Missouri Ozarks

[pours water on smoldering ashes]

Maybe LNT should apply to more than just the backcountry…

Adam

Jun 12, 2008 at 1:40 pm #1438036

Lynn Tramper
Member

@retropump
Locale: The Antipodes of La Coruna

It may be a smouldering pile, I just want to know WHY it's a smouldering pile??? Was there profanity? Name-calling? Outright lies? Or was it just some heated opinions??? I didn't get to the last page before it got deleted, so I'm not sure why it was so inflammatory. Maybe someone in the know could just PM me the details and then I can delete this query from the public eye….

Jun 12, 2008 at 2:07 pm #1438044

John S.
BPL Member

@jshann

LNT Adam? Leave No Trolls?

Jun 12, 2008 at 2:13 pm #1438045

Dave .
BPL Member

@ramapo

That was the best post of the day, John. I really did laugh out loud.

Jun 12, 2008 at 4:19 pm #1438072

Joseph Porrello
Member

@jap361971
Locale: Coconut Grove

what was the you tube video? I followed the thread for a while but missed that.

Jun 12, 2008 at 4:40 pm #1438074

Miguel Arboleda
BPL Member

@butuki
Locale: Kanto Plain, Japan

Please do NOT post that YouTube video here again. If everyone got all upset about one poster's words which I saw as civil I do not think it is fair to post something much more in bad taste. I particularly think that if the BPL moderators are so keen on people not using profanity here then allowing a link to a video full of profanity would definitely be a double standard. The moderators deleted that thread with the video for a reason. Please respect their decision. If you post it here again this thread will most likely be deleted, too.

What is it with all the brouhaha lately??? I have never seen this much rancor at BPL, even in the days of Vlad.

Jun 12, 2008 at 5:33 pm #1438081

Adam Rothermich
BPL Member

@aroth87
Locale: Missouri Ozarks

Speaking of which, I'm surprised the profanity filter doesn't flag Vlad :).

Adam

Jun 12, 2008 at 9:06 pm #1438101

Anonymous
Inactive

John,
Leave no trolls? Oh, man, that's priceless.

Jun 13, 2008 at 1:51 am #1438121

Miguel Arboleda
BPL Member

@butuki
Locale: Kanto Plain, Japan

Speaking of which, I'm surprised the profanity filter doesn't flag Vlad :)

I always imagined him speaking with Bela Lugosi's Dracula voice so I was never able to take anything he said too seriously or get upset by it.

Maybe we should have an "accent" button, so that when a post gets too volatile you just press the accent button and the post will be read from any number of choices, "Darth Vader", "Marvin the Martian", "Yoda", "Miss Piggy", "Igor", "Ronald Reagan"…

Jun 13, 2008 at 2:01 am #1438123

Jeff Cadorin
BPL Member

@jeffcadorin-2
Locale: paper beats rock

I am envisioning the marvin the Martian voice right now….oh that takes the cake

Jun 13, 2008 at 2:03 am #1438124

EndoftheTrail
BPL Member

@ben2world-2

Should WTS participants carry hand guns for protection in the backcountry?

(fire bug retires to safe distance and watches…)

Jun 13, 2008 at 2:23 am #1438125

Jeff Cadorin
BPL Member

@jeffcadorin-2
Locale: paper beats rock

"Should WTS participants carry hand guns for protection in the backcountry?

(fire bug retires to safe distance and watches…)"

Ben you are such the antagonizer, but I…….never mind I'm tired of fighting for the rights of others…..to each their own…

*edit* the comment to Ben was meant in a playfull tone, hope no one misinterpreted it

Jun 13, 2008 at 3:29 am #1438131

Christopher Holden
BPL Member

@back2basics
Locale: Southeast USA

Miguel Arboleda said:
"Maybe we should have an "accent" button, so that when a post gets too volatile you just press the accent button and the post will be read from any number of choices, "Darth Vader", "Marvin the Martian", "Yoda", "Miss Piggy", "Igor", "Ronald Reagan"…"

If none of these work, there's always Emo Phillips.

Jun 13, 2008 at 1:29 pm #1438216

EndoftheTrail
BPL Member

@ben2world-2

When posts get volatile, I think adding Miss Piggy will flame up tempers even more! :)

Jun 13, 2008 at 2:44 pm #1438232

Miguel Arboleda
BPL Member

@butuki
Locale: Kanto Plain, Japan

Ben, I didn't think of that. You're right! How callous of me. I think, then, that Porky Pig would be an acceptable solution, don't you think? :)

Jun 13, 2008 at 3:09 pm #1438240

EndoftheTrail
BPL Member

@ben2world-2

Porky pig will do, although I personally prefer Kermit.

How come no one's chiming in about guns in the backcountry? Where's Sarbar? :)

Jun 13, 2008 at 4:02 pm #1438258

Anonymous
Inactive

Maybe we shoud have a rule that requires posters to check their guns(and flamethrowers) when they sit down at the keyboard?

Jun 13, 2008 at 4:44 pm #1438265

Sarah Kirkconnell
BPL Member

@sarbar
Locale: Homesteading On An Island In The PNW

Viva La Resistance!

Or something ;-)

Jun 13, 2008 at 5:37 pm #1438272

Miguel Arboleda
BPL Member

@butuki
Locale: Kanto Plain, Japan

How come no one's chiming in about guns in the backcountry? Where's Sarbar? :)

Well, pewhaps the pewfect pewson for backcountwy gunslinging with the voice needed would be Elmer Fudd himself. That way you shoot two ducks with one gwoan! (^J^)/"
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