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  1. Isn't it a sad world where anyone who talks about sympathy and humanity is shot down in flames with talk like fluffy bunny, snowflake and virtue signalling. I despair.
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  3. (Taking the general case and not the specific case): The problem is the sphere of impact. If I am in the presence of the spouse of the deceased, I will be sympathetic and concerned to avoid distress to himher. If I am in the room next door I can be a little more blunt about the practicalities of what needs to be done to deal with the situation. If I am in the local pub I can be clear that I had my doubts about the way he drove but I must phrase it gently as there may be friends of the deceased around who take a different view. When I am back home I can express the view forcefully that his driving was so bad that it was amazing that he hadn't taken himself and others out earlier. Its all about the distance between me and the event. If the distance is not relevant then the fact that people are suffering and dying all over the world every second would weigh us down and prevent us talking about anything. The problem is then, what is the sphere of impact where the internet is concerned? When we are having a cozy discussion then it can feel quite close and intimate. When we have a new brusque arrival to a discusion it can feel more market place. It can even feel a different distance for each person in a discussion at the same time, which doesn't happen (so much) in a face-to-face encounter. I suggest that the forum adopts the view that it, the forum, is relatively "distant", unless any forum member indicates that there is a specific known connection which makes it closer. Such a connection would be the known frequent and regular presence of an affected member on the forum. The chance of an accidental chance visit of an affected visitor would not count. This would leave the forum able to discuss most disasters freely. I don't see any sign of any members being intrinsicaly heartless and uncaring.
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  5. This is it in a nutshell. What some call virtue signalling (or whatever) I call kindness.
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  8. How do you know, I could have been in disguise? Funny hat and moustache etc... No, a virtue signaller can be applied to anyone who publicly bangs on about how virtuous they are. Without any evidence that they have ever actually done a kind thing in their life. So for example when Tony Brooks reports that he has driven miles to visit a boater with technical difficulties and fixed their electrics, that is absolutely not virtue signalling. That is genuinely kind. But when folk, from the comfort of their keyboards, crow on about how important it is to say only kind things and aim to point out how others don’t meet their high standards of virtue, that is virtue signalling.
    3 points
  9. I agree up to a point. There are rules, although they are written very badly. For example, it is forbidden to post something you know to be false. So to post the joke “why did the chicken cross the road” etc would be against the rules because you know very well that the specific chicken you mention doesn’t exist, and if it did you have no idea what it’s motivation was. But more to the point, rules are often made up on the spot to suit what the mods feel they ought to be doing, as opposed to what they are actually tasked with doing. Archetypal mission creep which occurs in many poorly regulated walks of life. i also agree that reporting posts that are abusive, threatening or using profanities are fair game for reporting. Well to be honest I never get why profanities should be banned because it is just a group of letters arranged in a certain order, and as such entirely harmless, but I know the consensus is different. Racist or sexist is not fair game for reporting IMO - which is a bit controversial perhaps, but it is not illegal to be racist or sexist - just as well, because the majority of people are! And let’s remember that women are just as sexist as men! I should be able to say that women are bad drivers because they are constantly on their phones making their next appointment with the hairdressers. Saying such is not illegal. Its only impact is to reflect badly on me, the author. That is my problem, not anyone else’s. I will be judged by my peers as a sexist whatsit and castigated accordingly. I might then get the message. Just silencing me by having my post deleted is pointless. But where it gets really bad is when someone reports me for being insufficiently woke, and in particular for saying something that might offend someone else. Not the person reporting me, oh no they are intellectually far above such trivial offence, but that other person, their imaginary friend who (even though they don’t exist) will be mortified, outraged, grossly offended and suicidal when they read my post. And worse, when the reporter spends a long time replaying what has been posted, repeating over and over looking for a possible interpretation that, when twisted and distorted almost beyond recognition, could possibly be offensive. And with the motivation of a grudge, usually because they can’t win an argument any other way. You are absolutely right and the phrase is “offence-porn”. But unlike the climax achieved with old fashioned porn, the climax achieved with offence porn is that fantastic warm buzz of righteous virtue you get by reporting your fellow citizen for uttering something that someone, somewhere, might possibly be offended by. Less messy, too.
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  11. I’m getting ticked off here. Anyhow who mentioned wooden fleas? I don’t have a wooden heart.
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  13. Indeed it was. At one point I was half expecting that the horse was still wearing it!
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  17. Hopefully the parents of the child won’t be calling for the canal to be filled in...fences erected..etc. As seems common when this sort of thing happens. Slipping in when walking along is unfortunate....trying to jump it is stupidity
    2 points
  18. I would've normally just given a quiet greenie but as I can't - Well said, and with your usual wisdom and kindness.
    2 points
  19. I don't know about anyone else, but upon reading something, I've never thought to myself "hmm, that a bit strong, maybe I should be offiended?". Offence doesn't work like that for me, I don't choose to be offended. I had to explain something similar to someone recently when they were insisting that people choose to be gay. I don't think you're callous or nasty. I think you're a wind-up merchant. You may think I'm easily wound up, but I'm not, I'm just a bit bored today. Maybe that makes me a wind up merchant too, but I definitely mean everything I say.
    2 points
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  21. Eyeballs, blunt teaspoon ... that sort of thing?
    2 points
  22. You're welcome. I'm surprised you need it. Posts that don't contravene the rules need leaving alone, and posts that contravene the rules need deleting. Pretty basic error to be doing the opposite. But I know you're just yanking our chains with all this and enjoying it, so I'll leave you for now to get on with it.
    2 points
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  26. Ok yes saying kind things to an individual in distress etc is a good and kind thing. But that isn’t what is happening here. People are not saying kind things, they are saying to someone else “Oooh you mustn’t say xyz just in case you offend some person neither of us actually know and who isn’t in the conversation”. That is not being kind, that is being a bossy control freak. Because in my experience, kind people just get on with it. They don’t crow about it. And I’d go further, one person in this conversation I personally know to be a nasty spiteful hate-filled person in real life.
    2 points
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  28. In the pub or with a group of friends there are very few things, if any, subjects that are off limits, gallows humor and sarcasm bring it on, in an open public forum it is only good manners to be a touch more considerate.
    2 points
  29. Driving through Florida many years ago we saw a sign for Yeehaw Junction. After we stopped laughing it must have been at least 15 minutes before we stopped yelling “Yee Haw” at each other at the tops of our lungs.
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  37. Why don't you just rip the kitchen unit and chunky gunwale dado rail off the wall now and sit on the floor between the piles of wreckage? The only real difference being you won't have had to fork out for a hammock. Maybe buy yourself some bean bags with the money you saved?
    1 point
  38. I was once called a nasty horrid name in open forum, and Athy refused to delete it, because he thought the nasty horrid insult was TRUE!!! ?
    1 point
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  40. "It" = deleting posts that don't contravene the posting rules.
    1 point
  41. Indeed they do. On the canals, it is perfectly possible as long as a) it is accepted by the boat's insurance company and b) that the boater is capable and competent in boat handling and management. As far as sailing single handed round the world b) is perfectly achievable technically, and it has been done many times as you say. However, complying with a) is very problematical, because it is impossible to totally comply with the requirements of the Collision regulations, which negates any insurance cover. In case you are unfamiliar the specific rule it is quite specific and very clear:- Rule 5 Look-out Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision. Many a blind eye has been turned to this requirement over the years! Howard
    1 point
  42. Exactly this. Right wing abuse politics coming straight out of the Trump / Murdoch playbook and only designed to prevent debate.
    1 point
  43. Doing kinds things is kind - yes. But saying kind things is also kind. Why can't you see this?
    1 point
  44. At the time of the incident the Police said it was arson. Nobody injured.
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  46. "Go and buy the boat. Go and buy the boat. ..." Seriously. I've not met the boat. But it does look really nice and liveable. The for and aft tents alone are worth £££. Also edited to add: clearly the roller blind in the galley should be on the sink side to be less upsetting when you splash it. But really... looks lovely with the aide of a screwdriver and bit of re-varnishing/painting to taste.
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  48. Nope, but talking a about fish...... Mrs Rusty just threw a bottle of Omega 3 tablets at me, I suffered super fish oil injuries. Just as, well she didn't throw the tank!
    1 point
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