This forum is not about exclusivity.
There is exclusivity in so many aspects of the martial arts. There's exclusivity in styles and systems. There's even exclusivity in who gets into a cage fight. But then we all talk about how effective we are on the streets and we can't even hold a civil conversation on a web forum? I let anyone in and anyone have their say until there is legal action or such an uproar from the top posting members here that it has to be shut down.
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Originally Posted by
Blacktiger
I suppose you will delete this as well.
I haven't deleted anything from this thread. If one of the other mods did, well, then I support that. All of our mods here have undertaken a thankless and overwhelming task of moderating you all.
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Originally Posted by
Drake
Gene lets all sorts of douchecanoes post here. I think it's some weird social experiment he's running...
Ha. If only. Perhaps it's an experiment in martial viral marketing. If so, the results are marginal.
Well, the first step is just to be good practitioners
There is a code of martial etiquette, a code that is seldom observed here. That was put in place by our ancestors for a reason. It wasn't to protect girly cry babies. Those should have been weeded out long ago. It was to keep us from killing each other when we came face-to-face. Now, we seldom come face-to-face and any girly cry baby can log on, so the game has changed.
The earnest martial artist still upholds etiquette. Even in days of old, genuine practitioners withstood assaults on their honor and held to their code until it was time to draw their swords. Here on that forum, I like to think this still stands. The tricky thing is the realization that an opponent probably isn't at sword's length, so to draw it here is tantamount to standing on a hill miles away and brandishing. That's just bad strategy. Pick your fights, but choose them well. We are all watching.