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 06/26/2002 11:31:06 AM · #51
ditto
 06/26/2002 11:35:43 AM · #52
Yeah, I was thinking earlier that if you could gag comments from some users on your photos it would get rid of the problem. Doing that in the forums is a bit trickier because then you can lose the continuity of the discussion, but for comments on photos it would make a lot of sense.

But then I'm sure people would go overboard and gag people who gave them advice they didn't like... oh, you always tell me to crop closer jmsetzler, I'm tired of you... GAG!
 06/26/2002 11:35:55 AM · #53
It's a sad world we live in sometimes. You are right Lisae that some of these guys won't learn anything from this. I know they probably love this but we have to take some sort of stand to show the public that all races and nationalities should feel welcome here. I just don't feel comfortable with the "ignore them" tactic.
 06/26/2002 11:39:14 AM · #54
i whole heartedly agree with ignoring the 'my camera is better than yours' type of trolls, but the racism/hate thing can't be ignored.

let them rise up and create a thousand accounts, if they want, but it will never be accepted or tolerated.

considering that there's only one like that, we're doing pretty good, I think.
 06/26/2002 11:42:10 AM · #55
Originally posted by lisae:
Yeah, I was thinking earlier that if you could gag comments from some users on your photos it would get rid of the problem. Doing that in the forums is a bit trickier because then you can lose the continuity of the discussion, but for comments on photos it would make a lot of sense.

But then I'm sure people would go overboard and gag people who gave them advice they didn't like... oh, you always tell me to crop closer jmsetzler, I'm tired of you... GAG!

lol... cropping is just a personal opinion.. there is no right or wrong way.. :) It's just like exposure i think :)

and, yes, being able to ignore specific users would cause some amount of chaos in a forum thread because quoted replies to their messages would still be part of the thread...
 06/26/2002 12:11:17 PM · #56
Originally posted by David Ey:
Originally posted by lisae:

Since you have no protection, the slightest use of a racial slur terrifies you (plural).

Plural of you is 'yall'


Up here most people say "yous." I personally hate the sound of that and use y'all, even though I've never lived south of the Mason-Dixon line.

-Terry
 06/26/2002 12:37:32 PM · #57
i'm astounded by the response to this forum. as a child growing up on the 60's, i was called a nigger/nigga by many non-black adults. this is something that i'll never forget and seeing that used for a photo critique, was totally out of line. art will always be a personal interpertation. i think this site is an absolutely fabulous forum to learn the fast paced world of digital photography. i've just recently received a hand-me-down camera without a manual or any reference material. so i'm learning by doing and enjoying all of your fantastic submissions. i get a kick out of viewing all of your art on monday mornings. i've learned from the tips and advice, even some of the insults at least make you think about your productions. i know the world is hateful but can't we all just get along? thank you.
 06/26/2002 12:45:22 PM · #58
Get on the bus.
06/26/2002 01:05:43 PM · #59
Originally posted by clubjuggle:
Originally posted by David Ey:
[i]Originally posted by lisae:

Since you have no protection, the slightest use of a racial slur terrifies you (plural).

Plural of you is 'yall'


Up here most people say "yous." I personally hate the sound of that and use y'all, even though I've never lived south of the Mason-Dixon line.

-Terry
[/i]

Come on down and we will make you feel welcome. Maybe I'll fix a mess of peas and cornbread with some sweet tea. That reminds me, lunch time. Bye ya'll.
 06/26/2002 01:12:50 PM · #60
Originally posted by shortredneck:
Originally posted by clubjuggle:
[i]Originally posted by David Ey:
[i]Originally posted by lisae:

Since you have no protection, the slightest use of a racial slur terrifies you (plural).

Plural of you is 'yall'


Up here most people say "yous." I personally hate the sound of that and use y'all, even though I've never lived south of the Mason-Dixon line.

-Terry
[/i]

Come on down and we will make you feel welcome. Maybe I'll fix a mess of peas and cornbread with some sweet tea. That reminds me, lunch time. Bye ya'll.[/i]


sounds good. i'll bring the collard greens! ;-)
 06/26/2002 01:24:56 PM · #61
Originally posted by queen 91:


Come on down and we will make you feel welcome. Maybe I'll fix a mess of peas and cornbread with some sweet tea. That reminds me, lunch time. Bye ya'll.

sounds good. i'll bring the collard greens! ;-)


Aww, shucks. My entire extended family, except for me, is spending the week with my grandparents down South...who say 'y'all', call me 'Miss Kim' and cook collard greens and pole beans and all that good stuff. I miss it :-)

 06/26/2002 01:45:39 PM · #62
Don't fahget da hawg jawls...
 06/26/2002 01:49:39 PM · #63
Just a thought here.

Many say this Iban is just a kid that hasn't learned that you shouldn't say in public what you say to your friends. Maybe the site owners could email him a reasonable, calm, respectful suggestion that this kind of behavior isn't welcome here and to please clean up his language as the grownups that benefit from the site don't want to hear it.

If, as some suggested, this is just a well educated kid who hasn't learned proper manners, he might just say "Oh, sorry!" and clean up his act.

If it turns out he's just a dyed in the wool, homophobic, bigotted idiot with no social skills, then the heavier hand can (and most certainly should) be applied. We all need to remember that in the 1930's, Hitler's Brown Shirts were just "harmless kids having fun".

Qyl
 06/26/2002 02:00:34 PM · #64
Originally posted by myqyl:
Just a thought here.

Many say this Iban is just a kid that hasn''t learned that you shouldn''t say in public what you say to your friends. Maybe the site owners could email him a reasonable, calm, respectful suggestion that this kind of behavior isn''t welcome here and to please clean up his language as the grownups that benefit from the site don''t want to hear it.

If, as some suggested, this is just a well educated kid who hasn''t learned proper manners, he might just say "Oh, sorry!" and clean up his act.

If it turns out he''s just a dyed in the wool, homophobic, bigotted idiot with no social skills, then the heavier hand can (and most certainly should) be applied. We all need to remember that in the 1930''s, Hitler''s Brown Shirts were just "harmless kids having fun".

Qyl


good points, well taken.

queen


* This message has been edited by the author on 6/26/2002 2:00:11 PM.
 06/26/2002 02:02:11 PM · #65
hey myq (cool name!). you're new here. so you dont know that we've already gone through this and similar stuff with the same person for months now.

it used to be his comments were along the line of '
dumb.' 'stupid.' 'lame.'

But he's 'graduated' up to his current level of eloquence. it's a long story but he's part of a little group of hangers-on that know one of the site admins. so they sort of 'came with the site'.

for some reason they are dedicated to messing with the people here. its been going on for a long time...
 06/26/2002 02:10:28 PM · #66
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
Don't fahget da hawg jawls...


Yuck, call me cityfied but I'd rather have fried chicken and corn bread than hawg jawls and cracklin bread.
 06/26/2002 02:15:01 PM · #67
Originally posted by shortredneck:
Come on down and we will make you feel welcome. Maybe I'll fix a mess of peas and cornbread with some sweet tea. That reminds me, lunch time. Bye ya'll.

You mean real cornbread, and not that stuff with sugar they try to pass off as cornbread in New England?

Count me in!

-Terry
 06/26/2002 02:26:27 PM · #68
Sugar in cornbread?!? No way. I make the best buttermilk corn bread in my iron skillet. Just don't ask me to make bisquits. Mine come out hard and look like little cauliflowers.
 06/26/2002 02:30:16 PM · #69
I have patiently waited until I had something of value to say on this subject:

What in the hell are hawg jawls?
 06/26/2002 02:31:58 PM · #70
Originally posted by shortredneck:
Sugar in cornbread?!? No way. I make the best buttermilk corn bread in my iron skillet. Just don't ask me to make bisquits. Mine come out hard and look like little cauliflowers.

I love how a thread about something disturbing (racial slurs) can turn around and end up discussing something really pleasant (food) :-)

 06/26/2002 02:32:27 PM · #71
Originally posted by shortredneck:
Sugar in cornbread?!? No way. I make the best buttermilk corn bread in my iron skillet. Just don't ask me to make bisquits. Mine come out hard and look like little cauliflowers.

Biscuits are evil. I buy mine frozen and just put them in theh oven when I need them.
Why would you put sugar in cornbread? Of course, the people that do that probably wonder why we put sugar in tea and serve it over ice.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned grits.
06/26/2002 02:38:36 PM · #72
Originally posted by nicowens:
I have patiently waited until I had something of value to say on this subject:

What in the hell are hawg jawls?

Its a southern thaanngg... ;)
 06/26/2002 02:44:18 PM · #73
That's cause we were going over a supper menu. Grits are best in the morning with those frozen biscuits, eggs, and sausages.

Nicowens, hawg jawls (hog jowls) are the fatty meat on a pig's face. I was surprised no one asked about cracklin. That comes from the pig's skin (I think) and the old folks liked to add it to their corn bread. All I know is it is chewy and in no way adds to the flavor of the corn bread.

I guess the moral of all this turnaround in subject matter is for us to celebrate our diversity.
 06/26/2002 02:54:43 PM · #74
Originally posted by shortredneck:
That's cause we were going over a supper menu. Grits are best in the morning with those frozen biscuits, eggs, and sausages.

Nicowens, hawg jawls (hog jowls) are the fatty meat on a pig's face. I was surprised no one asked about cracklin. That comes from the pig's skin (I think) and the old folks liked to add it to their corn bread. All I know is it is chewy and in no way adds to the flavor of the corn bread.

I guess the moral of all this turnaround in subject matter is for us to celebrate our diversity.


you are so right. variety is the spice of life to be enjoyed by all. now, who likes chitterlings? ;-)
 06/26/2002 02:55:57 PM · #75
someone say chitlins?
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