Hi'yall...
Hope the day finds you well, and that everything is cool...
Alrighty...
I'm looking at the existing "guidelines" for posts in the forum, and, to me, they look
pretty appropriate, and fairly much self explanatory.
Yeah, a couple of them do leave a lot of room for loose interpretation, but, as CleverCowboy put it...
Quote:
Originally Posted by CleverCowboy
The problem with forums is that there are people involved , and when you get two or more together, there will be differences in every conceivable way. |
I am one of these strange people that deeply believes in "respect", "courtesy", and "common sense", and, as a general rule I try, wherever, and whenever possible, to treat people in the same fashion that I would wish to be treated myself.
I'm not perfect, (you may have noticed), but please, if I offend anyone in any way, would you please tell me, and I will most assuredly fix whatever it is.
To me, the only real "minefields" that I can foresee are "religion" and "politics", and then only with regard to "proselytizing".
With regard to these ideas, you can believe in anything you wish, and I will have no problem with you whatsoever.
But, if you try "stuffing it in my face", or "beating me over the head with it", then we may just have some differences.
And y'know, life is just too short to really get annoyed over such things.
If I don't like it, I can just leave.
"Courtesy", "respect", "common sense".
Opinions...
Everybody has them, lots of them. You get to have them... It's only "human" and "natural", and it indicates an "active" and "functioning" intellect.
But, you remember "courtesy" and all that other stuff, well, they come into play here again.
My "Grandmother" had this saying: "If you can't say something nice about someone, then don't say anything at all"...
Or, if I was maybe a wee bit more "strident" than usual about voicing my opinions and thoughts, it would be abbreviated to "If you can't say anything nice, then shut up", quickly followed by a "slap around the ear" for "emphasis".
Well, I had a lot to say for myself as a child and am very lucky that both my ears aren't "pinned" back flat against my head because of that.
A very "British", rather "Victorian" way of looking at things, overall, but, it, and other similar "ideas" do have their place in modern society, and, they did kind of shape the ways I tend to look at things, and in the way I relate to other people.
So, with regard to myself, personally "opinions", "criticism", and other such related topics/ideas, trust me, I have plenty of these, some of them quite "scathing", but you will find I will mostly tend to keep them to myself, unless I am asked for them.
So, unless Alizée herself was to say to me "RedRafe the Unworthy", I wish to hear all of your opinions on all of my "misdeeds", and all the things that you do not like, etc,", then you are not probably not be going to hear me expressing any of my opinions about Alizée, at all, really.
Who the hell am I to criticize anyone else, about anything. Am I perfect,
HELL NO!
Anyhow, that is just my
own personal take on the matter, with reference to
myself.
With regard to anyone else, y'all can think what you want, say what you want, whatever.
Just, "be excellent" to each other, ok...
Now, with regard to criticism and stuff of her family etc...
Annily, without a doubt is the absolute "apple" of all of her parents "eyes", so to speak. She is a very very sweet, funny, intelligent young lady.
Her
mother adores her beyond all things, and when they are together, they positively "go nova", which is a wonderful thing to see.
I'll be honest, she, (and at times, her mother, I hate to admit) really put me in mind of my "nieces", and "great nieces", back in Scotland, which, now I come to think of it, is partially probably why I can get so defensive, with regard to her, at times.
Damn, I must be getting old...
I really, really, can't see anything there with regard to Annily that anyone would want to criticize.
So, as "Granny" would sort of say, "If you can't say anything nice, then shut up".
Greg, well, Greg is
EVERYTHING that is
wonderful to Alizée, just look at her Instagram posts about him. Basically, she loves him to "distraction", and he makes her happier "beyond belief".
That is
ALL I NEED TO KNOW....
Long may that love continue to flourish and prosper.
You know what my Granny would say.
Anyhow, these are just some of my passing thoughts, and are probably really "apropros of nothing".
This "forum" really belongs to you guys, I'm probably just a "wanderer", passing through, though I do feel that I am here for a
reason, that I
have some task to complete,
before I leave, and it is really all about what works for the
long term "faithful" here.
As I have stated many times before, you are a great group of people, please just make this forum work the way that you really want it to.