[Chris Atkinson]

Honestly,

I know the knock that the internet has is that folks would write and behave towards others in a manner that they'd not dare in person.

Please, at least here on RTF, before you hit the "send" button, think about how you would feel if you were on the subject end, or the receiving end of the message.

Treat others as you would like to be treated....

please...

Thanks, Chris

 

[Christa McCoy]

I appreciate that. Thank you. Dog people can be the best people in the world and sometimes I think they can be the meanest! I know its because we are all very passionate about what we believe in, but remember to take it a little easier on the newbies.

 

[mattm337]

Christa,

Well said. As a newbie myself, the only way we're going to get more involved in the dog games is being willing to politely answer questions that I bet most "seasoned" trainers asked when they were beginners. There's little more discouraging as a new person than being talked to like a four year old for asking a question someone considered beneath them to answer.

 

[laker]

Amen brother.....

 

[John Robinson]

It is kind of a small thing, but I think using your real name goes a long way in making you think before you post something mean. I belong to a duck-boat builders site that insist on real names only, and it it the most civil forum I have seen. Something to think about. Anway I can see you feel some personal pain as the forum you put so much love and labor into, gets twisted away from the civil way you act personally. I hope others see that to and act accordingly.

John

 

[Kenneth Niles Bora]

Who was being mean? You let me know right now Chris and I’ll slap the snot out of um!! Oops, that sounds kind of mean doesn’t it? The problem I on occasion fall into is. While I have my name and photo right here on my posts for all to see. And never type anything I would not say right to a persons face. Because of just me being me, I say a wide variety of stuff to folks in person right to their face. And that carries over to here in virtual land.


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[Marvin S]

Honestly,

I know the knock that the internet has is that folks would write and behave towards others in a manner that they'd not dare in person.

Please, at least here on RTF, before you hit the "send" button, think about how you would feel if you were on the subject end, or the receiving end of the message.

Treat others as you would like to be treated....

please...

Thanks, Chris

On occasion there are some who deserve that sort of treatment , as in real life they are not nice people.

IMO ;-), whatever that's worth .

Marvin Sundstrom

 

[MarkyMark]

And for guys that have websites and sell dogs should be honest with buyers also.

 

[dnf777]

Who was being mean? You let me know right now Chris and I’ll slap the snot out of um!! Oops, that sounds kind of mean doesn’t it? The problem I on occasion fall into is. While I have my name and photo right here on my posts for all to see. And never type anything I would not say right to a persons face. Because of just me being me, I say a wide variety of stuff to folks in person right to their face. And that carries over to here in virtual land.


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Me, personally, would NEVER say anything mean to a guy who's comfortable wearing a pink hat!

 

[ErinsEdge]

And for guys that have websites and sell dogs should be honest with buyers also.

Yup, I totally GET that. Took only 3 weeks for my OFA's to come back last month. It seems others wait for months and months for results.

 

[steve schreiner]

I think people have a hard time understanding only the written word ..If the person was face to face and you hear the words, see the persons face and mannerism you get a totally different message some times ...Steve S

 

[TN_LAB]

On the internet, we are all willing to talk to folks we'd never speak to in person (even if that means we say mean/rude stuff). Guess it's just an internet thing.

Think about it. Let's say you go to a DU event and hear some guy in the background talking about how he force fetches using real birds. Most folks are probably just gonna semi-ignore it and keep heading to the bar for another cold one rather than interject themselves into that conversation with a stranger. And yet, on the internet lots of folks got no problem touching that tar-baby.

So...a lot of folks got no problem being a little mean-spirited with the other guy on the internet cause they know there's little chance of having the conversation spill over into the parking lot.

 

[savage25xtreme]

So...a lot of folks got no problem being a little mean-spirited with the other guy on the internet cause they know there's little chance of having the conversation spill over into the parking lot.

ding ding ding we have a winner. I have had to walk away from training so that I didn't get into it because I feel something was done inappropriately. Walk away or go to throwing blows. Over the internet no one cares, spit the truth, or your version of the truth anyways, whats the worst that can happen? right? sometimes the truth hurts.

edit: my big gripe about the forum is the amount of GDG. Its funny how someone who posts about his "big pecker" gets 90 darn posts, but when a new guy gets on here and asks a question about FF he gets maybe 3 or 4 folks to speak up and help out. Are folks afraid of being wrong or what?

 

[Judy Chute]

,,,,,,,,,,"Are folks afraid of being wrong or what?."

Yup...

 

[Chris Atkinson]

The specific incident about which I started this thread has been addressed and that makes me feel much better.

Thanks to each of you for your thoughts here.

Thanks for making RTF what it is.

Chris

 

[Snicklefritz]

What happens on the internet, does not stay on the internet. Some things translate into the real world, and people can be damaged by mean spirited, and unjust remarks.

Snick

 

[laker]

Call me old fashioned, but its not ok to be rude just because its the internet.

 

[Julie R.]

I understand Chris' point and like Ken, I try not to say something that I wouldn't say to a person's face (and I can be, ahem, kind of forthright). But on the other hand, some people need to learn to not take internet babble so seriously and take every remark they disagree with personally or get so huffy over imagined insults. Sometimes the "insult" wasn't really meant to be an insult at all.

 

[7pntail]

In life--be humble, honest, and sincere period, don't care what the venue is.

I have no room for condescending folks. We are Damn lucky to have a wealth of knowledge on this forum. And, at the same time, if you get your panties in a wad-let it go!

Take care all---we have a common love for dawgs.

 

[WRL]

I understand Chris' point and like Ken, I try not to say something that I wouldn't say to a person's face (and I can be, ahem, kind of forthright). But on the other hand, some people need to learn to not take internet babble so seriously and take every remark they disagree with personally or get so huffy over imagined insults. Sometimes the "insult" wasn't really meant to be an insult at all.

So very true.

Also, some people post up "questions" when its not really a question at all. Its a "pat me on the back and agree with me" or a "I want attention and people to fawn all over me" but when they actually get ANSWERS which may not show them in the best light they get all pissy.

WRL