So we don't need to know the people, or share any common  values to be a community ?

 

Its a pretty meaningless grouping then don't you think ?

 

Rog

9 minutes ago, dogless said:

is the community those we like only ?

That would make my community really small😉

18 minutes ago, dogless said:

So we don't need to know the people, or share any common  values to be a community ?

 

Its a pretty meaningless grouping then don't you think ?

 

Rog

It would be a bit pointless if nobody in the community shared common interests, values or knew eachother personally I guess. However most communities do have people who share common interests, values and know others personally…just like this forum community and the boating community.

 

If you had a community where nobody liked anyone else, that would be a bit weird too. So friendship is pretty important to keeping any community going. We’re not all friends, but it doesn’t stop the community from functioning. 

Sounds like a fairly random group of people to me ... I think the 'community' is a fiction to make one feel cosy.

 

Further evidence of how we're all different perhaps.

 

Rog

3 minutes ago, dogless said:

Sounds like a fairly random group of people to me ... I think the 'community' is a fiction to make one feel cosy.

 

Further evidence of how we're all different perhaps.

 

Rog

No, communities are real/fact, not fiction. I think most people enjoy the sense of belonging to a community, but I guess some don’t and prefer to be on their own. 

Real and a fact ... but not necessary to know each other, share any values, be considerate to each other, or agree if such a thing as 'community' exists.

 

A bit abstract don't you think ?

 

Rog

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, dogless said:

So you community people,  can I ask if the community includes ...

 

Those boaters who shout abuse as you pass

Those who run generators or engines at all times of the day and night

Those who moor on lock landings, water points and other inappropriate locations

Those who never move and litter the towpath with their 'possessions'

 

Or is the community those we like only ?

 

Rog

 

 

You missed off the angry members of the NBTA who have no love for boats, boating or canals, who hate CRT and whose main reason for being here at all is for sticking it to the man.

 

Are they members of Bassplayer's boating community too, one finds oneself wondering?

 

 

 

 

 

30 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

 

You missed off the angry members of the NBTA who have no love for boats, boating or canals, who hate CRT and whose main reason for being here at all is for sticking it to the man.

 

Are they members of Bassplayer's boating community too, one finds oneself wondering?

 

 

 

 

 

No, I'm not a member of the NBTA community, but I feel I belong to the boating community as a whole...warts and all. 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Steve Bassplayer said:

No, I'm not a member of the NBTA community, but I feel I belong to the boating community as a whole...warts and all. 

 

I certainly don't feel part of the same community as the NBTA and supporters, whose actions in their own selfish interests have been detrimental to most other boaters and the canals in general, and which are likely to trigger CRT rule changes that almost *nobody* will like... 😞 

Edited September 4Sep 4 by IanD

Maybe it's like a Venn diagram, with lots of little subcommunities all meeting in the small chunk in the middle where we play with boats.

I have always thought that that road leads to "community leaders", who speak only for their particular subset but claim to have the authority of all, and are usually the ones that fit current establishment thinking, while the leaders of other subsets get shouted down and ignored.

About the only thing the entire boating community could agree on is that we want water under our boats.

Edited September 4Sep 4 by Arthur Marshall

2 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

About the only thing the entire boating community could agree on is that we want water under our boats.

 

 

I was going to say, "Aye, and no stoppages,"  but then I realised some like stoppages, as then they don't have to move.

3 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

About the only thing the entire boating community could agree on is that we want water under our boats.

 

I bet there are still a few who would say "not fussed about that"! 

 

 

Mainly NBTA CMer types.

 

 

 

8 hours ago, dogless said:

So you community people,  can I ask if the community includes ...

 

Those boaters who shout abuse as you pass

Those who run generators or engines at all times of the day and night

Those who moor on lock landings, water points and other inappropriate locations

Those who never move and litter the towpath with their 'possessions'

 

Or is the community those we like only ?

 

Rog

 

 

I think they encompass the tightest knit community  often seen bunched together 

Anyway I'm with Groucho, and most certainly wouldn't want to join any community that would consider me as a suitable member.

 

Rog

12 minutes ago, dogless said:

Anyway I'm with Groucho, and most certainly wouldn't want to join any community that would consider me as a suitable member.

 

Rog

 

Nor me, lol! 

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

Nor me, lol! 

 

 

 

Oh no ... does that mean WE'RE in a community of two 😱

 

Rog

1 minute ago, dogless said:

Oh no ... does that mean WE'RE in a community of two 😱

 

Rog

 

Only if you are not splitters.

7 minutes ago, dogless said:

Oh no ... does that mean WE'RE in a community of two 😱

 

Rog

 

Oh dear, I never thought of that!! 

 

I never thought this site would be so full of communists... even if some members have got their Marxes muddled up.

Is there such a thing as Society though Arthur 😂 

 

All depends what a community is and how you term it.
 

. When we broke down years ago we saw the boating community at its best. Two boats full of all sorts of stuff on cabin tops came 400yards down to help tow us up to their safe moorings. I saw no Gongoozlers offer help or nearby householders. We couldn’t be more grateful to those guys who could have just sipped another Stella off the roof smoked another spliff and told us to call RCR. That to my mind made a boating community. They understood what we were going through and helped, gawd bless em and their country and Western  at full volume till 2am