Originally posted by Suziannegalveston75 saying "If divegeester post ANYTHING I sent to him in a PM I will never stop in an effort in having him banned forever from this site..." when galveston75 is in fact being asked to post messages divegeester sent to him (and not the other way around), seems a bit like sending your cheque-that-may-bounce for the electricity company to the gas company,'by accident'.
Eighteen exclamation marks. He must be serious.
This is indeed one of the craziest threads I've ever seen. I have no issue with G-Man posting whatever he wants. G-Man sent me some PMs a while ago like maybe even year or more ago. The content was about spiritual stuff and we agreed to disagree there was no harm at the time and no foul. I do feel that sometimes when G-Man starts a thread asking a question however it's disingenuous in the sense that he really does not want our answers he already knows the answers. This does not in and of itself mean that he is a dishonest person. I think however people need to just get a grip here !! You can call me names call me a liar or whatever but in the grand scheme of things it does not matter. This is a forum on a chess site.
Manny
Originally posted by menace71galveston75 could put it all to rest by posting the messages from divegeester that he claims were "trolling" him.
You can call me names call me a liar or whatever but in the grand scheme of things it does not matter. This is a forum on a chess site.
"The grand scheme of things" has little to or nothing do with the comings and goings on a forum on a chess site. 🙂
Originally posted by galveston75I only mention this because of the title of this thread.
(((((I have NEVER lied to anyone at anytime on this forum, EVER.))))))
Remember when you started a thread about proving evolution is true. You claim to be open-minded about it, so I offered to pay for a copy of a book you could read which would provide a summary.
You said that the only reason you would not accept the offer was because you did not want to give out your address over the internet. After many posts offering to deliver it to you in a way that kept your privacy safe, I even offered to PayPal you the cash to let you buy it yourself. Eventually, you admitted you wouldn't read it because it was just a load of 'made up crap'.
The point is, that you shouldn't start a thread asking for proof of something, claim to be open-minded about it and then lie about the reasons for not wanting to read someone's response to your challenge.
In fact that whole thread was just one big lie, really, as when twhitehead agreed to take you through the proof step by step, you just ignored him.
Originally posted by menace71In what contexts would it matter and why? Why would it be OK to call someone a liar on a chess forum but not in another context? I am not saying you are wrong, I just think it interesting how many people do change their standards of etiquette when they think they are anonymous or when they think they will never meet the people they are talking to in real life.
You can call me names call me a liar or whatever but in the grand scheme of things it does not matter. This is a forum on a chess site.
So is etiquette for some people just about avoiding backlash? Is this the case for all of us?
Originally posted by galveston75What about the time you claimed the Watchtower and Awake magazines were inspired by God in the same way as the Bible purportedly was? You denied saying it and denied saying it and when confronted with your own posts you went silent and robbie stepped in to insult people on your behalf. Remember that one? The thread can be dug out if needs be.
(((((I have NEVER lied to anyone at anytime on this forum, EVER.))))))
I see that the thread has taken a more sinister tone and what in fact has transpired is an instance of continued forum bullying on the part of divesgeester against not only Jehovahs witnesses generally but against the person of Glaveston.
1. Now to the first point, anyone can look at divegeesters posting history and determine for themselves his hatred of Jehovah witnesses as an organization, this is self evident and needs no further explanation.
2. To the second point of forum bullying what seems to have transpired is that divesgeester and Galveston were engaged in debate ( I cannot say for any certainty what it was about for i don't really read divegeesters posts and have only an impression).
Never the less at my behest I counseled Galveston to desist from engaging with divegeester for it was what appeared to me to be a futile exercise for reason itself could not prevail and even the Gods themselves cannot contend against stupidity (no personal reflection of either divesgeeter or galveston). After this I noticed that divesgeester would not leave Glaveston alone and he pursued him from thread to thread, making rather snide although indirect comments about his aging parents and personal health to me personally in the public forum. Then under the guise of general forum etiquette he utilized a thread, which you are now reading to launch once more a personal and sustained attack against the person of Glaveston, accusing him of various misdeeds and misconduct.
Now this forum is about spirituality and when it is utilized to harass and bully an individual through a sustained personal attack then the issue is rather more sinister. Does the behavior of divesgeester constitute harassment and bullying and I would have to say yes and I am not alone in my estimation for I have received private correspondence from others (not Galveston) who have also expressed a concern. Now this is quite a serious allegation yet I am convinced that if one examines the evidence and the forum behavior of divesgeester towards Galveston that one cannot but come to the same conclusion and this really is a matter for RHP's administration although I have absolutely no faith that they will act.
My own stance is that I do not engage with those whom I consider as internet trolls on any rational basis, to do so is the utmost folly and as no one is under any duress to say anything to anyone under any circumstances to use their right to desist from correspondence as a pretext for harassing and bullying them is really quite heinous.