Why is the untrained birddog like a forum member?

[Turtle]

Was I the only one confused by bird dogs chasing rabbits? I was Watership Down. I know that everything is the enemy of the rabbit. Except maybe the Turtle.

 

Bill

 

I race rabbits, but I don't chase rabbits. :confused: Airship up?:hyper:

[TheBigDog]

I race rabbits, but I don't chase rabbits. :hyper: Airship up?:lol:

Another tall tale? It was a TORTISE that raced a HARE. Now if you were commanding an airship, and using it to race a rabbit, I could see that. But we already have an Exhausted Gondolier. :confused: Is that the same as an airship capain, the same way that a tortise is a rabbit?

 

Bill

[Tarantism]

aha. commander turtle! to infinity, and BEYOND!

[Turtle]

Excellent points there Turtle however, cats are not known for their ability to be trained to hunt for Jesus either,....

Ah contraire.:confused: According to the Urantia Book when Jesus was 17 he went to Ethiopia to learn how to train lions to hunt - a skill he mastered in short order. Even then he had a sense of humor and would go into a village, find a demon & cast it into some farm animal; then on his cue, his lion would rush out of hiding & devour it & scare the bajeebers out of everybody.:eek: :hyper: :lol: :eek: :hyper:

Why ask why.:eek2:

[Boerseun]

I think Coberst's point have now been proved beyond anything resembling even the faintest shadow of doubt.

 

Where's that there damn rabbit?

 

- and don't take the red pill, by the way.

[coberst]

Jay says--"Sometimes I just put it down to the fact that some people want is just to be heard.. "

 

I have thought about this matter a lot and have come to much the same conclusion.

[coberst]

I think Coberst's point have now been proved beyond anything resembling even the faintest shadow of doubt.

 

Where's that there damn rabbit?

 

- and don't take the red pill, by the way.

 

Yes, this is maybe a good example what what I mean.

[Eclogite]

I have now had a good night's sleep, with time to reflect upon the thesis. I have reached the conclusion that it is in error.

Forum members like an untrained birddog? No way. It is at least a week since I have urinated on a lamp post. QED.

 

On the subject of lion hunting, as a Kenyan friend once remarked to me "I'm in favour of it. After all the lion has a 50:50 chance. Either you hit it, or you miss it. That's 50:50."

[paigetheoracle]

I am new to this particular discussion forum and thus my experience is not of this forum but is of many other forums.

 

I have been posting on forms for thirty months and it is my experience that seldom does the discussion focus on the essential point of the original post.

 

What I have discovered is that often the responder is replying to the title of the OP. Many times I discover that I am in a discussion with someone who has not read beyond the title. For some reason that I do not understand readers are inclined to find a phrase or word that is interesting and they focus on that.

 

My experience also tells me that often people approach the forum as if they were going into battle. Often they are coming with a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.

 

Another observation is that very often if my OP says 'X' is true the response is often 'not X' is true. I have come to the conclusion that many members are 'responders'. They respond much like a 'gun slinger' in that their purpose is to put another 'notch' on their gun. Their joy is in getting their response 'count' as high as possible.

 

I'm a bit late to the discussion but yes to all the above. I've watched threads go all over the place like a drunk at the wheel and been the victim (and maybe the perpetrator?) of someone exploding at my posts as if I was attacking some sacred cow: 'X' is true/not true comes into this.:eek:

 

It's like the title inspires hatred or drunken revelry but rarely considered opnion but I've been on worse sites for this than here (I got an advert sent via email, telling me to repent by pushing button 'A' or I'd be damned to hell on one forum for instance: Pure hatred and irrationality don't seem to exist here at least).:D

[TheFaithfulStone]

Yes, this is maybe a good example what what I mean.

 

What's an example of what now? I just jumped to the last page so that I could post something.

 

Speaking as the owner of a poorly trained bird-dog - I can attest to the accuracy of the analogy - that is EXACTLY what he's like - he puts his nose down and before he looks up he's in the next county.

 

TFS