Flaming won't be Tolerated...

[Alex]

This, in my opinion, is an example of flaming....

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"I think you kinda lost me on that last post, but no need to clarify."

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No need to clarify? Then why continue to respond? If you truly didn't understand the post you are responding to, ask for a clarification, rather than going on.

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"I'm really not interested in spending the remainder of the summer going back and forth on this."

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"Gosh, I guess I'll just pine away wishing you would do me the honor of "going back and forth".

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"I've seen you go 12 rounds with someone else on this site and it's just too much."

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Let me clarify. The topic post you are refering to had NOTHING to do with this forum. It was an e-mail by e-mail account of an E-bay transaction gone bad involving a $285.00 auction, it was between me and an E-bay seller I considered a con artist.

You have lumped me into a category based on my battling a con artist who wasn't even a forum member. And it centered around fraud. Pardon me for being passionate about fighting fraud.

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"Everyone's different. If I'm not mistaken, I think you said you work doing video post-production. Your lively hood depends on various producers, directors, etc hiring you to help them with their projects. Which is how films are made for the majority and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if once in a blue moon, a previous client of yours doesn't include you in his new project because he now feels confident to edit and make dubs himself, then let him be."

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I think you kinda lost me on that last comment, but no need to clarify.

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"I think if you deny someone their ability to provide for them self, or ask them to restrict themselves - your suffocating them."

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I think if people are creating excellent work, and meet all the criteria to do the job the way it needs to be done, and are using existing technology to do it, NEW Technologies that talk down about those people and their existing technologies are technology terrorists.

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Now, I have deleted the above comments from the Robert Rodriguez topic post where it was first posted.

I HATE deleting anyone's post, and this is the first time on this forum I have done it. I figure it only fair to let what I consider to be a flaming reply to remain in view so we can all see and form our own opinons about whether it was a flame or not.

The posters name has been left off of the post because they may have not meant it to be as flaming as it seemed to me to be. It would be further flaming on my part to name them.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ August 18, 2002 02:24 AM: Message edited by: Alex ]</font>

[GREATwarEAGLE]

It's a misunderstanding. I'm not trying to fight. Alex, I have respect for you. Your posts and ideas always reflect intelligence and integrity. Even if some are ultimately disagreeable, which is just a matter of personal opinion, not fact, they're at least well thought and worth considering.

Your posts always have substance.

[Alex]

I'm flabbergasted. I purposely didn't name names because I didn't want to isolate anyone under a microscope by name.

What you've done now is a reverse flame.
You went from flamethrower to a campfire marshmallow in one post.

I'm impressed!

I would have preferred to keep this topic about the tone of words rather then platitudes. I wasn't looking for an apology or platitudes, thank you.