Morning coffee post: I recently was evolved in a hearty debate right here on our little corner of the interwebs when I noticed that one of the posters (poster shall remain nameless) contributing was dropping more than a few swear words. So I hopped into private chat and sent him a message and politely recommended, not demanded, that he modify his posts right quick so as to not attract the ire of our founding father Sir Yankee and the feared ban hammer. This morning said person, days later mind you replies with go f%®© your mother. I confess I was a bit taken aback by that. I reread my message to said person to see if it could have been miss understood in any way but I personally deem it to this moment as an attempt to be polite and helpful. As you can imagine, such a comment doesnt really upset me, in truth it rather angered me.... which of course annoyed me ever so slightly. And I will tell you why. A: thats the kind of thing I expect from other forums and boards, but NOT our members here at sbc. B: I was trying to help this guy. C: The fact that no one says such things to me in person. D: And the fact that my mother is now 2 months gone, and the pain of her loss still has me on the frayed edges of sanity. The bitter truth is that had this person said such a thing to me in person in my current condition means I would have beaten him within an inch of his life. Call it a chink in the amour of my otherwise stoic cool, and humor that you all otherwise know me for. I am not normally a violent person so I do not find such an outburst from my self or others appealing. Then I began to wonder if I could screen shot the message and share it with our admins here and quickly discovered that from my tablet, such is not possible. And whats more, the abuse took place in a private message and thus really has no place in this forum any way. So then why bring it up here? How does this relate to survival? Recently we have discussed group dynamic in shows like into the wild and what have you, and suddenly I could see ever more clearly how such an event could relate. Strife in any survival situation with a group can easily become detrimental to the well-being of everyone involved. So .... what would I do? Well as it happened on the web, Im going to vent and forget it, add the person to ignore and call it done. If it had happened on a television survival show, or just randomly out in the real world, the beating within an inch of his life would have taken place. Had it occurred while in a WROL survival situation.... well lets just say I do not place the value on human life that some do, and some times a rabid dog has to be put down. Im reminded that despite the fact that I have indeed made close friends here with a handful of people, which is amazing to me because friendships are something that I dont do well with, and despite that quite a few of you consider me a note worthy poster; there are among us the useless, bottom feeding, internet trolls out there that will sit safely behind their computers talking trash because mommy went out on a date and forgot to set the password on the modem. The basement of her home is comfortable, so there really is no need to be anything else in life other than a self serving prick. But it all harkens me back to a post I put up a month or so ago about politeness. Indeed, it is itself its own survival skill and one that should be practiced with as much due diligence as any other. After all, you never know what someone is capable of once you have decided that that other person is not worthy of common courtesy or respect.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 09:52:54 +0000
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