I think this is a good idea

[GMDino]

I've made efforts in the past to "not respond".  Then I fail.  I'm human.

I keep trying though.

But I do not call "names".  Maybe years ago I'd be more more derisive if someone wanted to show their "personality" on line and I'd give them a nickname.  I called bfine "larry" for awhile because "fine" always made me think of the 3 Stooges. Still does but I stopped that a long time ago. But you'd be hard pressed to find me even saying "Bungles" or "Ratbirds" or any other such name on the rest of the board. (I did have a penchant for "Flaccoverde" but he reminded me of him too much to stop that.  And I *might* have referred to Ray Lewis as Stabby McMurderer (or a variation) in Smack Talk.  Maybe.   

And I've been here since 2005.

Back then it was common to quotes in signatures to poke fun at other posters posts or see a lot of cross posting from thread to thread. Most of that has stopped now too.

I know the ones who don't "like" me and I know why.  It has less to do with "trolling" and "name calling" than the internet perceptions they have.  I don't really care about that.  I'm here to post stories and exchange ideas and learn.  Sometimes I step on a toe.  Sometimes I am wrong.  Sometimes people get ticked off and resort to base insults and nose-in-the-air-I'm-smarter-than-you responses rather than deal with the issue.  If others can't get past one or two posters and thus go away then that is on them. If people take what happens on a free, internet message board that is s subsection of a NFL team message board ran by fans they might want to rethink how they interact with people on line and why.

I see I'm in the minority suggesting the weekend cool offs were a good idea.  That works too.  Like I said, news is happening fast these days.  

Seems a shame to miss people's views on it.

Have a good rest of the weekend everyone.