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General Land Before Time / Spike more devoted to Ducky then Petrie
« on: December 25, 2015, 07:04:34 PM »
Bruton, I'm not looking for apologies or kowtows and it is not my intention to intimidate you. I do admit that my own tone was kind of harsh and straight from the shoulder in my last post.
Nonetheless, I'm afraid it is really how many members feel about this thread. It is very unclear what exact point you are trying to make and why you are so agitated about this. You seem to be angry about others not sharing your view and you seem also angry when people don't post in this thread anymore at all, which kind of leaves only the option to others to agree with you to keep you happy even though people may not even fully understand what exactly they are agreeing to (that Petrie should cry more and sooner about Ducky? That Spike should care less about her than Petrie? That Spike does care more about her than Petrie (which is an opinion rather than a fact since care cannot be measured and is not expressed in the same way by different characters)?).
There is just an awful lot of highly emotional declarations but barely any room for discussion in this thread and all this in combination with a great degree of uncertainty what exactly this thread is meant to accomplish at all.
These are things that must end unless the thread is to be closed for good. It must be clear what exactly is to be discussed, it must be clear that discussion (differing views and opinions that is) are possible and will be respected, and that there is no obligation for anyone to participate in this thread if he or she isn't interested in doing so.
If those basic principles of clarity, oppenness for different views, and recognition of voluntary participation are observed this greatly enhances the probability of participation in this thread. If this thread can be brought back onto that track it can remain open while without that I may have to close it down if chances are that it will just further spark tensions and frustration. I'll leave it open for now, but it will be closely monitored by the admins.
Nonetheless, I'm afraid it is really how many members feel about this thread. It is very unclear what exact point you are trying to make and why you are so agitated about this. You seem to be angry about others not sharing your view and you seem also angry when people don't post in this thread anymore at all, which kind of leaves only the option to others to agree with you to keep you happy even though people may not even fully understand what exactly they are agreeing to (that Petrie should cry more and sooner about Ducky? That Spike should care less about her than Petrie? That Spike does care more about her than Petrie (which is an opinion rather than a fact since care cannot be measured and is not expressed in the same way by different characters)?).
There is just an awful lot of highly emotional declarations but barely any room for discussion in this thread and all this in combination with a great degree of uncertainty what exactly this thread is meant to accomplish at all.
These are things that must end unless the thread is to be closed for good. It must be clear what exactly is to be discussed, it must be clear that discussion (differing views and opinions that is) are possible and will be respected, and that there is no obligation for anyone to participate in this thread if he or she isn't interested in doing so.
If those basic principles of clarity, oppenness for different views, and recognition of voluntary participation are observed this greatly enhances the probability of participation in this thread. If this thread can be brought back onto that track it can remain open while without that I may have to close it down if chances are that it will just further spark tensions and frustration. I'll leave it open for now, but it will be closely monitored by the admins.