It gets quite heated at times on here and there are some who let it be known more than others . Well ok I admit it. How far does it go before you see it as unfair. Should the rules be changed? I've got to say hiding behind a veil of anonymity does add an extra level of heat into discussion. I reckon personally you need to step out if you feel it crosses your acceptable level of tolerance.
It gets quite heated at times on here and there are some who let it be known more than others . Well ok I admit it. How far does it go before you see it as unfair. Should the rules be changed? I've got to say hiding behind a veil of anonymity does add an extra level of heat into discussion. I reckon personally you need to step out if you feel it crosses your acceptable level of tolerance.
It's 2009 all over again... exactly the same thing happened on GHPC. When it finally became obvious to the bears that they got it completely wrong and house prices were rising instead of crashing 40% they basically went berserk, hurling abuse all around them, calling for the bulls to be banned etc.
I guess it's understandable that they feel such rage and resentment towards the bulls... it must seem terribly unfair to a bear, waiting and waiting all these years, mocking those 'stupid' bulls because they were too 'dumb' to see the massive imminent property crash ahead... and then nothing. No crash. Prices just take off again after a minor correction (as the bulls correctly predicted).
But don't worry bears, after this current bull run ends there will be another whole new generation of bears confidently predicting 40% crashes just around the corner, spurred on by whichever gloom-spruiking cheerleaders pick up the mantle from Steve Keen, Gerard Minack, David Collyer, MacroBusiness etc during the next round.
It gets quite heated at times on here and there are some who let it be known more than others . Well ok I admit it. How far does it go before you see it as unfair. Should the rules be changed? I've got to say hiding behind a veil of anonymity does add an extra level of heat into discussion. I reckon personally you need to step out if you feel it crosses your acceptable level of tolerance.
Sounds like you're suffering pangs of conscience after you made an arse of yourself. Deal with it yourself rather than plead for regulations to control you, which none of the rest of us need.
Sounds like you're suffering pangs of conscience after you made an arse of yourself. Deal with it yourself rather than plead for regulations to control you, which none of the rest of us need.
The guests are by far the more civilised posters here.
The guests are definitely better behaved.
Shadow
4 Jul 2013, 01:10 PM
I guess it's understandable that they feel such rage and resentment towards the bulls... it must seem terribly unfair to a bear, waiting and waiting all these years, mocking those 'stupid' bulls because they were too 'dumb' to see the massive imminent property crash ahead... and then nothing. No crash. Prices just take off again after a minor correction (as the bulls correctly predicted).
Only because you were bailed out by unprecedented stimulus. You can't blame the bears for not foreseeing such government treachery, nobody could have foreseen it.
I tend to take the approach of discussing sensibly until someone throws a personal attack or insult my way, then I send the same back. Occasionally I'll back off when someone gets too silly about things (yes Mango, I'm looking at you here).
At the end of the day, people here aren't going to change their minds. Some people (including myself) use this place for learning, others merely as a platform to act like a dick.
apex
4 Jul 2013, 03:04 PM
The guests are definitely better behaved.
The guests are individually moderated, the rest of us are not.
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