A general comment from me

[SarahWakefield]

Obviously aimed at me!

That's in the past! Must you still mention it?

[alan45]

Obviously aimed at me!

That's in the past! Must you still mention it?

Sorry to disappoint you but NO it wasnt. I was giving an opinion in response to another post. I have already told you that I would not be discussing the merits of the smoking ban with you as it proved a pointless and futile excercise. Just ignore my posts as I will yours and then we will both be happy

[Meh]

Sometimes you have to agree to disagree and move on!

[Debs]

Ok sorry.

In other words - Why was it me causing an argument and not letting go? - All I said was, I thought it was aimed at me and can HE not let it go!?

Seems it's best not to say anything at all.

Not being funny but instead of carrying it on with comment like the quote you made (the one that disappered) why dont you just be the bigger person and let it go???

if you make comments like that then people will keep going on and on!

i thought this thread was made because of things like this!

[samantha nixon]

People arent getting at you, if other people answer like that then people would probably say the same to them.
If you think im getting at you then im sorry, I only replied to say that you were actually telling the truth and that you had actually replied

[Behemoth]

I deleted the post because you were continuing an argument. People don't come to this board to see members having a go at each other. General discussion and debate is fine; in fact, we encourage it. Making snide remarks about other members is not fine. I'm going to comb through the last few pages on this thread and remove any inappropriate posts.

Can we please get back on topic?

[Layne]

I agree Em. I used to be on here loads, i had to come on at least once a day to check posts and talk to people, but now i hardly come on at all, and when i do i really don't post alot. Back in the day (the beginnings of Soapboards) there used to be jokey things, and races to see who got so many posts first and stuff like that, but now everything seems to be very proper in a way, if you comment something it has to make sense and mean something otherwise it gets ignored or argued. Fair enough i have been rather busy of late what with exams and things, and therefore i don't have the time to come on as much as i used to, but when i do come on i want to read up on things i'm interested in and have a chat with people, i don't want to have to argue or feel bad about a message i posted.

[Amber]

Alot like Layne, I haven't really been on alot due to exams and personal things. When I joined it was great - I posted most days and you could post without having to argue your point. I've posted less and less recently because I stopped watching EE and didn't have anything to talk about. It was only a week ago when the Spice Girls got back together that I started posting again and that turned into an argument. I know I was involved but it just got to me that alot of members seem to negative about alot of things on here (sorry if you feel this was directed at you - I'm just talking in general).

I hope this gets sorted out and SBs can be like it used to be again

[alan45]

Alot like Layne, I haven't really been on alot due to exams and personal things. When I joined it was great - I posted most days and you could post without having to argue your point. I've posted less and less recently because I stopped watching EE and didn't have anything to talk about. It was only a week ago when the Spice Girls got back together that I started posting again and that turned into an argument. I know I was involved but it just got to me that alot of members seem to negative about alot of things on here (sorry if you feel this was directed at you - I'm just talking in general).

I hope this gets sorted out and SBs can be like it used to be again

The Spice Girls thread didnt turn into an argument. You and others thought one thing about them somme of us thought differently. You gave you point of view but nobody criticised you. They may have disagreed. In fact I posted a lovely link on it just for you

[Abigail]

There have been a lot of threads going off topic recently (I'm definatly guilty of that) and quite a few people have been getting into heated debates (me included).
In the grand scheme of things though, there are lots of people in the world worse off than ourselves. There is so much evil and bad things happening in the world and its so nice to come on here and have a bit of light-hearted chat and banter. Can we not all agree put our differences and opinions aside and get back to how we were before the bitchiness began? I know we're all entitled to our own opinions etc and thats great, after all it would be really boring if we all thought the same, but there's a difference between a healthy debate and an argument.

I've had a thought. Maybe we can have a "Gripes" thread where we can post messages if something in another thread is annoying/upsetting us. We can post exactly what is on our mind (without mentioning members) and... I dunno, just something where we can vent and try to avoid/resolve all this bitchiness before it gets out of hand.