--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_re...@...> wrote: > And, since I'm commenting on the differences between > the two Rick-spawned groups, I do have to mention at > least one significant difference I've noticed. On > BATGAP, there seems to actually be...and it's a good > thing I don't believe in God because He might strike > me with lightning for saying this, given my history... > less ego on BATGAP.
Yes, I enjoy the posting on BATGAP, and have noticed what you've just mentioned. I have to say that it seems to be the chat room version of "conflict free diamonds", as in "conflict free dialog". Yes, there are some disagreements, but they are usually prefaced with a gentle preamble. > > That is, there is a comparative absence of people > trolling for attention and reacting badly if it is > not bestowed on them. Part of this may have to do > with the "No Raging Arguments Here" sign clearly > posted at the door...those who seem to live for > arguments and do everything they can to provoke and > prolong them would not be tempted to troll there, > because it's not their kinda fishing hole. > > But this difference also shows up in the cases where > someone actually does speak up and not buy into > another poster's sales pitch. The reaction of the > rejected salesperson does not seem to be a retreat > into infantile Tantrum Yoga, ego-assertion, and > name-calling. That seems to be a specialty of FFL. > > Just subjective impressions on my part, not declar- > ations of truth. In other words, opinion... >
