Mudge wrote:
gunnyperdue wrote:
Mudge wrote:
Gunny...All due respect but...how is knowing my real name gonna' make any difference as to how I'm treated here? I think half the troops here already know my real name and still, the great majority of the time, treat me with respect. It's what you post and the manner in which you post it that earns. or loses, respect. If I post something that disrespects someone, intentionally or not, I expect to be called on it. Respectfully , of course. By the same token, if someone posts something that disrespects me, intentionally or not, they can expect to hear from me. As some can attest to.
It may be on the forum or via PM, but they will hear from me.
Mudge the mostly respectful
Mudge-
I don't know your name.... and respectfully, while you made a good point about what is posted and what is said, you miss the point of what I am saying. Turn your comments around 180 degrees....
if a poster has to use his/her real name they are less likely to 'go off' on a rant... hiding behind a screen name. It is not about the receiver.... it is about the broadcaster.
Ultimately respect is what keeps a forum alive... disagreement is ok. If ya'll want to cling to your screen names.... do it... I think it is hiding behind a mask. Hide if you wish.
But honestly, I see this flare up of vitriol more often on this forum than the others I frequent.... and frankly it get's a little boring.
gunny
Sorry Gunny...I still disagree (respectfully). Why do you consider a user name as opposed to a real name, hiding?
Mudge the disagreeable
(That doesn't sound quite right.
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Mudge-
The short answer... Experience. On and off line.....
But the bottom line here is that these boards are a way of broadening our collective experience base, of establishing friendships and sharing the love of flying, warbirds, etc. If you are asking me why folks feel freer to 'act out' when using an alias... that is above my paygrade... I don't profess to know much about psychiatry. But I do know that it happens. I know something else... this opinion is not mine alone. I've been a member of AVSIG since way back in the early-80's when it first appeared on Compuserve... full names has always been the policy there. It gave birth to Beechtalk... uses the same policy.... between them over 10k members... must be doing something right.
The friendship part.... I've made life long friendships from AVSIG.... here's an example... Zachary works at EAA, I'd bet he knows Scott Guyette... Scott is one of my closest friends... we worked together on the TV show Wings to Adventure... my friend Tom Gresham came up with that show... I've known Tom for, jeez, something like 17 years... met him on AVSIG, camped next to him at Oshkosh... been to a dozen Rubber Chicken Parties on the first night of Oshkosh... it started as a party for the 20 or so of us camping together... sponsored by Walter Atkinson and Brent Blue.... we all met on AVSIG.... you know your friends by their names. We're still friends... I call them for advice and just to catch up. My life is richer because of this.
I don't know Mudge, or Muddyboots or Becky Feats.... maybe we'd be friends or maybe not... but I have no idea who they are... and not much incentive to know them as people. I don't really care to talk with a handle.... with a persona, a screen name and not a real person. An avatar has no opinion, it isn't real to me.
I can't explain it much clearer than that... if you wish to remain Anonymous... go ahead. I fought for your right to have your own opinion.... have it, I won't take it away from you. But frankly, I don't see how a screen name engenders any level of respect.
In the meantime, I've got friends to meet and talk with..... in the real world. Have a good one,
gunny
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