Things that annoy me (4 Viewers)

[marco55]

World Baseball Classic. This smacks of desperation by MLB. They are trying to conjure up some of the international hockey enthusiasm, but it doesn't work for a sport like baseball. And some of the matchups are laughable. Japan was up 13-0 on some team in the 4th inning. They need a little league mercy rule.

They have it.
Mark

 

[Horus]

It's been noticed here and everywhere else in the West, but not apparently by the msm that those new to the parish, commit far more crimes of certain types and where attacks with pointy things happen, those from certain far away places top the charts time after time.
Sure all these things aren't new, they all happened before, but why import more of it, in a more concentrated form, from places where it isn't anything out of the cultural norms.

 

[Warrior]

Podcasts; they need to make Podcast equipment much more expensive.

And social media influencers.

We as a society have come completely off the rails.

 

[Panzer ace]

Podcasts; they need to make Podcast equipment much more expensive.

And social media influencers.

We as a society have come completely off the rails.

“Watching” a podcast is even worse.

It is like watching the announcers in the booth rather than the game itself.

How did we ever get so pathetic and easily amused?

 

[tdubel]

Yes, everyone gets a little passionate, but some 'name calling' is small potatotoes compared to the Hate Combat and his Cronies are throwing around lately.

For example, the Hate speach on this forum against Australians and your closer ally Canada etc has got out of hand, and I'm calling BS on the interaction between Combat and others on this thread and the related thread 'Things that I really like' that it's just in 'Fun', the heck it is.

Politics was a 'no go' subject on this forum in the past and it's sad to see it allowed now.

Yes I know I get involved in some 'political discussions' but frankly I would rather they did not start in the first place.

There is no need for Politics here, and these threads are often used to promote the Agendas of Forum members with more extreme Political and Religious views.

I hope I'm not the only member that thinks that, or maybe I'm not aware of a higher conspiracy, there's plenty of those around.

Matt

I would venture to say that all sides including one particular person who liked your original post here is guilty of what you are stating, so I would say, look in the mirror as I would say to myself or anyone. The problem I have here is that there are particular members of this forum who think that because someone is a Republican or Republican lean, they are "extreme" or if they support Israel, they are "extreme" and that is absolutely complete and utter BS. I don't in any way think every Democrat is extreme, in fact, I know more Democrats than I can count that are extremely conservative in nature on a lot of topics. Again, point being, there is way too many broad strokes being applied here and everywhere.

Hate speech - I look back at the threads on Israel. I really have become convinced that people do not truly understand what Antisemitism is. And I am not saying it is on purpose because I don't truly believe people who posted are Anti Semites. What I think is that people and I blame the narrative put forward in the press for a lot of this is the truly misunderstanding or forgotten history of the State of Israel. There is a valid reason they are on high alert 24 7 365. Since their existence, there has been no time of peace.

I think some of your statements above are a broad brush against a number of people rather than the topic and person you are in disagreement with. Last time I checked, this is truly a toy soldier chat forum, I don't think or know anyone on here who is running for office or promoting an agenda. I also don't think there is a band of cronies on here either. What I do think is there are a number of gas lighters on here on certain subjects.

If you want to know how screwed up logic has become, all you have to do is look at the situation in Iran. Fact - a brutal regime has been there for going on 46 years. Fact - they have killed/murdered/attacked not only their own people but a number of Countries around them for the same 46 years (Not just Israel). Fact - they are being assisted by a very bad actor - Putin. Fact - their goal is to conquer and repress (Same goal of the original Persian Empire). Fact - People's hatred for Trump and Israel is why there is any controversy here. Opinion - Hard to understand why the entire World is not embracing the removal of one of the worst regimes ever in history (and that is saying a lot if you think about History and mankind) Opinion - they are getting exactly what they deserve, and I believe the entire regime should be taken out.

Tom

 

[Combat]

Matt

I would venture to say that all sides including one particular person who liked your original post here is guilty of what you are stating, so I would say, look in the mirror as I would say to myself or anyone. The problem I have here is that there are particular members of this forum who think that because someone is a Republican or Republican lean, they are "extreme" or if they support Israel, they are "extreme" and that is absolutely complete and utter BS. I don't in any way think every Democrat is extreme, in fact, I know more Democrats than I can count that are extremely conservative in nature on a lot of topics. Again, point being, there is way too many broad strokes being applied here and everywhere.

Hate speech - I look back at the threads on Israel. I really have become convinced that people do not truly understand what Antisemitism is. And I am not saying it is on purpose because I don't truly believe people who posted are Anti Semites. What I think is that people and I blame the narrative put forward in the press for a lot of this is the truly misunderstanding or forgotten history of the State of Israel. There is a valid reason they are on high alert 24 7 365. Since their existence, there has been no time of peace.

I think some of your statements above are a broad brush against a number of people rather than the topic and person you are in disagreement with. Last time I checked, this is truly a toy soldier chat forum, I don't think or know anyone on here who is running for office or promoting an agenda. I also don't think there is a band of cronies on here either. What I do think is there are a number of gas lighters on here on certain subjects.

If you want to know how screwed up logic has become, all you have to do is look at the situation in Iran. Fact - a brutal regime has been there for going on 46 years. Fact - they have killed/murdered/attacked not only their own people but a number of Countries around them for the same 46 years (Not just Israel). Fact - they are being assisted by a very bad actor - Putin. Fact - their goal is to conquer and repress (Same goal of the original Persian Empire). Fact - People's hatred for Trump and Israel is why there is any controversy here. Opinion - Hard to understand why the entire World is not embracing the removal of one of the worst regimes ever in history (and that is saying a lot if you think about History and mankind) Opinion - they are getting exactly what they deserve, and I believe the entire regime should be taken out.

Tom

My hopefully last word on this. "Hate speech" is often just speech that someone disagrees with. The "hate" part involves the fact that they disagree with the point made even if it's made in a civil manner. They cannot tolerate dissent and believe contrary views are evil for that reason. At that point they want to shut down further discussion by suggesting that political speech is verboten. Even if they themselves have engaged in extensive political posts and continue to do so. I may be biased but the desire to shutdown political discussion appears to come from only one side of the political equation. I rarely, if ever, hear anyone on the right ask for intervention to close down speech because they don't like the views being expressed. In addition, those of this perspective also appear extremely angry and make every such discussion personal. I can understand, however, that in these times that discussions of controversial topics including war and politics can be stressful and tiresome to read. And in some instances should be avoided with certain individuals.

 

[Warrior]

"Fact - People's hatred for Trump and Israel is why there is any controversy here. Opinion - Hard to understand why the entire World is not embracing the removal of one of the worst regimes ever in history (and that is saying a lot if you think about History and mankind) Opinion - they are getting exactly what they deserve, and I believe the entire regime should be taken out."

People in the US who are opposed to this are for one reason and one reason only; they hate Trump, it's getting repetitive at this point, but nothing the guy does will fly with certain people, their hatred for Trump is what drives their bus. Anyone who objects to this removal of this regime needs a check up from the neck up.

 

[Combat]

People in the US who are opposed to this are for one reason and one reason only; they hate Trump, it's getting repetitive at this point, but nothing the guy does will fly with certain people, their hatred for Trump is what drives their bus. Anyone who objects to this removal of this regime needs a check up from the neck up.

I agree that many are opposed for that reason but there are legitimate reasons to be concerned. As we've seen in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam, these conflicts can drag on for years, cost billions, and accomplish nothing except to get a lot of people killed. Hopefully the Trump folks have learned from those lessons but there is already talk of boots on the ground. There is also the very real possibility that Trump will end this prematurely due to political pressures from high gas prices and stock market declines. He will declare victory but nothing will have been accomplished. And why doesn't he shame the oil companies into capping gas prices for the next 30 days? He has bent over backwards for them to allow them to make billions and they are sticking to everyone in a time of crisis.

 

[OzDigger]

Matt

I would venture to say that all sides including one particular person who liked your original post here is guilty of what you are stating, so I would say, look in the mirror as I would say to myself or anyone. The problem I have here is that there are particular members of this forum who think that because someone is a Republican or Republican lean, they are "extreme" or if they support Israel, they are "extreme" and that is absolutely complete and utter BS. I don't in any way think every Democrat is extreme, in fact, I know more Democrats than I can count that are extremely conservative in nature on a lot of topics. Again, point being, there is way too many broad strokes being applied here and everywhere.

Hate speech - I look back at the threads on Israel. I really have become convinced that people do not truly understand what Antisemitism is. And I am not saying it is on purpose because I don't truly believe people who posted are Anti Semites. What I think is that people and I blame the narrative put forward in the press for a lot of this is the truly misunderstanding or forgotten history of the State of Israel. There is a valid reason they are on high alert 24 7 365. Since their existence, there has been no time of peace.

I think some of your statements above are a broad brush against a number of people rather than the topic and person you are in disagreement with. Last time I checked, this is truly a toy soldier chat forum, I don't think or know anyone on here who is running for office or promoting an agenda. I also don't think there is a band of cronies on here either. What I do think is there are a number of gas lighters on here on certain subjects.

If you want to know how screwed up logic has become, all you have to do is look at the situation in Iran. Fact - a brutal regime has been there for going on 46 years. Fact - they have killed/murdered/attacked not only their own people but a number of Countries around them for the same 46 years (Not just Israel). Fact - they are being assisted by a very bad actor - Putin. Fact - their goal is to conquer and repress (Same goal of the original Persian Empire). Fact - People's hatred for Trump and Israel is why there is any controversy here. Opinion - Hard to understand why the entire World is not embracing the removal of one of the worst regimes ever in history (and that is saying a lot if you think about History and mankind) Opinion - they are getting exactly what they deserve, and I believe the entire regime should be taken out.

Tom

Tom,

I appreciate your pov, but of course we all look at the world differently. Since my retirement in January I have been checking out other hobbies as I have enough toy soldiers in my collection and have decided to leave my displays as is.

I have recently gone full-on into renovating my house and consequently I find I have less time to spare for other 'interests', including this forum.

And if there's one thing I have learned over my many years on this forum, it is very difficult to change someone else's opinion, no matter how much you debate with them.
Suffice to say, good luck for the future chaps

Matt