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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 18, 2014 14:40:12 GMT -5
The back and forth I had with Ben was spirited but I didn't think it got personal. At least I didn't intend that nor did I take his responses that way either. I think his knowledge and opinions add value to the forum and would like to see him back as well
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Post by shaxper on Jul 18, 2014 14:44:35 GMT -5
To be fair, the conversation escalated on both sides, and there were other recourses available to ben beyond deleting his account. Still, this should be a wake-up call to us that, in the past week, this forum has not been as civil and respectful as it's previously been known for.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2014 14:53:40 GMT -5
Until a few minutes ago, I had no idea that the Comics Cube thing existed, much less where these people I'd never encountered before were coming from. I guess that's what I get for paying almost no attention to most of the actual comics-related threads most of the time.
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Post by Jesse on Jul 18, 2014 15:19:48 GMT -5
We get something like 350 guests per day, and I'd imagine the reason those guests don't join is that they don't have anything to say in response to what they are reading yet. I assume some of traffic is also regular users who simply haven't logged in. I still don't understand why the news circuits spent months on that missing Malaysian airliner when so many other horrible deaths due to war, terrorism, oppressive regimes, rampant crime, and sexual assaults were happening elsewhere each day. Well the Malaysian airliner disappearance was a mystery so I think that's a huge driving force for the constant sensational media coverage. I'm not sure we even know what happened yet.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 18, 2014 15:23:43 GMT -5
We get something like 350 guests per day, and I'd imagine the reason those guests don't join is that they don't have anything to say in response to what they are reading yet. I assume some of traffic is also regular users who simply haven't logged in. Well, we had over 400 guests today and only around 150 members total, so that's a small fraction at best. Plus most folks have their browsers keep them auto-logged in.
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Post by impulse on Jul 18, 2014 15:38:18 GMT -5
For what it's worth coming from this relative newcomer to this group, if this is the Classic Comics Forum's idea of being rude, you guys are still far and away the most polite and pleasant group I've ever encountered on the internet. I didn't even know there was an issue, but that's probably because I'm so scarred and jaded by the rest of the internet.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2014 15:40:09 GMT -5
I'm a bit surprised he deleted. It didn't seem to get all that heated. Mainly a lot of back and forth on the merits of Roy Thomas. I'm a big Roy Thomas fan, but I agreed with some of what he said. Ah, well. He's always welcomed to join again.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 18, 2014 15:41:24 GMT -5
There were some low blows on both sides. I would have been upset too.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jul 18, 2014 15:41:47 GMT -5
Just got this week's Entertainment Weekly. It's fronted by an article on Avengers 2, but there was a nice unrelated surprise waiting inside - a feature article about Jim Steranko. I'm not sure there's anything necessarily new for hardcore fans, but it's a cool article and it's nice to see Steranko getting some mainstream media attention. There's a short preview of the article here, but you have to buy the issue to read the whole thing.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 18, 2014 15:45:54 GMT -5
Just got this week's Entertainment Weekly. It's fronted by an article on Avengers 2, but there was a nice unrelated surprise waiting inside - a feature article about Jim Steranko. I'm not sure there's anything necessarily new for hardcore fans, but it's a cool article and it's nice to see Steranko getting some mainstream media attention. Nothing's ever going to beat the attention he got around a year ago for his story of the time he bitch-slapped Bob Kane.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jul 18, 2014 15:49:31 GMT -5
There were some low blows on both sides. I would have been upset too. To be fair, I didn't read the whole "debate." I've long since left all that flame war crap behind and typical exit as soon as I detect its presence.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jul 18, 2014 16:07:34 GMT -5
Just got this week's Entertainment Weekly. It's fronted by an article on Avengers 2, but there was a nice unrelated surprise waiting inside - a feature article about Jim Steranko. I'm not sure there's anything necessarily new for hardcore fans, but it's a cool article and it's nice to see Steranko getting some mainstream media attention. Nothing's ever going to beat the attention he got around a year ago for his story of the time he bitch-slapped Bob Kane. That story is mentioned in this article.
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Post by BigPapaJoe on Jul 18, 2014 16:15:52 GMT -5
What in our society defines being perverted? What do you think of when you hear the word pervert? I was on the treadmill at the gym doing my late night 30 minute run and there was this girl about my age in front of me on the exercise bike about ten feet. As I'm running I notice her...and well, to be frank, she had a nice ass. It made the run a little less daunting than usual. There weren't very many people around at the time. What can I say, I appreciate women with good physiques. But at what point does a man overstate their bounds? When you look too long? When other people notice you gawking? If you are married like myself yet still observe? Is it even fine to have any kind of provocative thoughts at all about any one stranger as long as one doesn't act upon them or disclose details? So where is the line drawn? Is it too subjective of an ideal because of perceptions across different cultures too? What say you?
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Post by shaxper on Jul 18, 2014 16:19:25 GMT -5
What in our society defines being perverted? What do you think of when you hear the word pervert? I was on the treadmill at the gym doing my late night 30 minute run and there was this girl about my age in front of me on the exercise bike about ten feet. As I'm running I notice her...and well, to be frank, she had a nice ass. It made the run a little less daunting than usual. There weren't very many people around at the time. What can I say, I appreciate women with good physiques. But at what point does a man overstate their bounds? When you look too long? When other people notice you gawking? If you are married like myself yet still observe? Is it even fine to have any kind of provocative thoughts at all about any one stranger as long as one doesn't act upon them or disclose details? So where is the line drawn? Is it too subjective of an ideal because of perceptions across different cultures too? What say you? Good question, and there's no right answer because all men have an innate temptation to look, and all women have a right to feel violated when someone is objectifying their body and they are not inviting it.
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jul 18, 2014 16:25:12 GMT -5
What in our society defines being perverted? What do you think of when you hear the word pervert? I was on the treadmill at the gym doing my late night 30 minute run and there was this girl about my age in front of me on the exercise bike about ten feet. As I'm running I notice her...and well, to be frank, she had a nice ass. It made the run a little less daunting than usual. There weren't very many people around at the time. What can I say, I appreciate women with good physiques. But at what point does a man overstate their bounds? When you look too long? When other people notice you gawking? If you are married like myself yet still observe? Is it even fine to have any kind of provocative thoughts at all about any one stranger as long as one doesn't act upon them or disclose details? So where is the line drawn? Is it too subjective of an ideal because of perceptions across different cultures too? What say you? Probably not quite what you're looking for, but your question reminded me of a description I heard a long time back of the difference between "kinky" and "perverted". "Kinky" is when you tickle your partner's posterior with a feather. "Perverted" is when you use the whole chicken.
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