jdjs
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My two cents . . .
While I realize that I mostly lurk around here, I find this topic more than a little interesting. It is always interesting to see the variety of opinions.
This morning during one of the our communications classes, we actually got into the topic of forums and postings. One of the students was incensed by the line of discussion that seemed to be nothing more that a "who can complain about X". What he (and eventually the whole class) got into was a discussion of freedom of expression vs. the need for attention/etc. One of the group, who normally contributes little verbally to the group, finally decided to speak. As she so eloquently put it, no one is being forced to post anything. As a result, either you can focus on the positive or focus on the negative. Her take was that by focusing on the positive, all enjoy the experience and everyone takes something away with them. By focusing on the negative, eventually everyone simply goes away - they don't return. A nice thought in the least.
When I first saw this thread (by topic), I was certain that the tone would be the need to rise above the negativity of the past, not to rehash it. The purpose of the board (based on the FAQ and the majority of threads) is to come in and enjoy the camaraderie and the sharing of passions, not to debate the job that MK and company are doing (which has been nothing but exemplary compared to many other forums). While everyone may have the right to disagree, I haven't noted anyone forming their own forum, noted no loss of lives in the news nor noticed that the number of posting has diminished (in point of fact, they actually seem to have increased on a broad variety of topics)
As Section10 stated at the beginning, let us raise the bar. Let us focus on the positive; focus on the future (okay, well that one didn't quite fit, but you get the idea) and move on.
While I realize that I mostly lurk around here, I find this topic more than a little interesting. It is always interesting to see the variety of opinions.
This morning during one of the our communications classes, we actually got into the topic of forums and postings. One of the students was incensed by the line of discussion that seemed to be nothing more that a "who can complain about X". What he (and eventually the whole class) got into was a discussion of freedom of expression vs. the need for attention/etc. One of the group, who normally contributes little verbally to the group, finally decided to speak. As she so eloquently put it, no one is being forced to post anything. As a result, either you can focus on the positive or focus on the negative. Her take was that by focusing on the positive, all enjoy the experience and everyone takes something away with them. By focusing on the negative, eventually everyone simply goes away - they don't return. A nice thought in the least.
When I first saw this thread (by topic), I was certain that the tone would be the need to rise above the negativity of the past, not to rehash it. The purpose of the board (based on the FAQ and the majority of threads) is to come in and enjoy the camaraderie and the sharing of passions, not to debate the job that MK and company are doing (which has been nothing but exemplary compared to many other forums). While everyone may have the right to disagree, I haven't noted anyone forming their own forum, noted no loss of lives in the news nor noticed that the number of posting has diminished (in point of fact, they actually seem to have increased on a broad variety of topics)
As Section10 stated at the beginning, let us raise the bar. Let us focus on the positive; focus on the future (okay, well that one didn't quite fit, but you get the idea) and move on.
