Stupid Questions

[TrailDust]

If only more newbs would search threads before posting the world would be a better place, but I'm still not partial to bona fide beatdowns. Not laying down judgments in this case, just speaking of forums in general.

[Acetone]

A suggestion maybe:

Newer members, say under 25 posts, have to have new threads approved by moderators before they are posted? Save everybody some face.

[cuate]

Most gun forums are composed of persons of whom are mostly of a conservative or at least a semi conservative frame of mind. The discussions normally are firearm related but vary to politics, occasionally some offbrand religion, and racial rants, sexual perversion and general man talk.

Sooner or later a liberal, ultra liberal, or so will drop in, stir the pot and the words fly
like buzzards from a dead sheep...It happens, and folks sometimes get barred for life
in their choice of words for a hated religion of race...Moral of the story is: When
the houseflies get in, just ignore them, they will go away. Swatting them is for the boss man...

[navyguy]

I went back and re read that whole thing and first, it doesn't appear to me the OP had a real QUESTION, but rather thought that what he posed would stir a lively debate and create a long thread and help him become part of the group.(nothing wrong with that per se) And I say that because that topic has been beat to death on every gun forum, at every gun shop, at the barber shop...you name it, anywhere guns an ammo are discussed. . You would have to be living under a rock, or be an absolute newbee to the gun world not to have seen long discussions that subject that generally go no where except everyone agreeing that their caliber of choice is acceptable.

Should the OP have been coddled a little because he['s new... yeah maybe, but he also could have come back with some sort of light-hearted banter to diffuse the situation.

[MadMo44Mag]

Originally Posted by navyguy

I went back and re read that whole thing and first, it doesn't appear to me the OP had a real QUESTION, but rather thought that what he posed would stir a lively debate and create a long thread and help him become part of the group.(nothing wrong with that per se) And I say that because that topic has been beat to death on every gun forum, at every gun shop, at the barber shop...you name it, anywhere guns an ammo are discussed. . You would have to be living under a rock, or be an absolute newbee to the gun world not to have seen long discussions that subject that generally go no where except everyone agreeing that their caliber of choice is acceptable.

Should the OP have been coddled a little because he['s new... yeah maybe, but he also could have come back with some sort of light-hearted banter to diffuse the situation.

Thanks Navy!
I have a post back a ways that I deleted and left the comment "no comment"
You said what I was trying to say without coming off as a asshat - Thank you!
I suspect that the OP was young and may have not yet learned the skills to diffuse a situation such as this one.

[DirtyD]

Now you can go back to watching Rambo and uhm, yeah.... Just watch Rambo Month....

[DCortez]

You guys could always PM him this ...

[MadMo44Mag]

We are such BAD people - ROFLMAO!!!!

[randmplumbingllc]

Originally Posted by MadMo44Mag

Thanks Navy!
I have a post back a ways that I deleted and left the comment "no comment"
You said what I was trying to say without coming off as a asshat - Thank you!
I suspect that the OP was young and may have not yet learned the skills to diffuse a situation such as this one.

That is my whole point of this rant, to say that we all come in different walks of life, old, young, experienced shooters, newbee's, well to do, poor, ugly (like me), etc.

I am sure that people post questions for many reasons: Actuall have a question, to stir a debate pot, to boost their post numbers and to just B.S. with others. Nothing wrong with most of that.

Just keep in mind that there is another person (that you probably don't know or have any idea as to what they know about anything) on the other end , on a keyboard.

I reread that thread again too, and could you imagine if you were a newbee, how it would look to you ? Put yourself in HIS shoes for a second and think about it. True, THEY need to toughen up a bit too.

I know that it was all in fun, but this was the OP's FIRST post ! All I am sayin is to let newbee's get their feet wet before you drown them.

[TexasRedneck]

I stayed outta that one...but for a reason - I smelled a HUGE troll. With a "macho" tag like his, the very nature of his question (and the vagueness thereof) told me he was WANTING to stir stuff up - and when he did, he didn't like what he read. It's like some of the threads that get tossed out here from time to time, where the OP says "discuss". Screw that - I'm not someone's lab rat. Don't toss stuff into the middle of the room just for the sake of "discussion"....