Encouraging a productive and friendly environment

[Steph]

Vote early vote often? Homie - your in my favorite poster category.

I ran a bulletin board and then a forum for work and it is a pain in the butt so I refrain from making any significant comments because I don't want to run another one. That said the best forum I am currently is for airguns and is really global with folks representing every country imaginable from Russia to New Zealand, China to South America, and even Iraq, Kuwait, Dubai, etc..... There is virtually no moderation and several world wars have been fought on it as no topic is considered verboten except criticizing or going after the owner. That said there is universal understanding and acceptance like I have never seen before on any forum and it becomes self-policing although plenty of folks occasionally get offended. Most survive and the forum has the best technical expertise available on bullpup airguns in the world. These forums are basically whatever the owner wants to have and reflects their desires. It isn't really a democracy. There is always plenty of room for more forums.

P.S. Be wary of finger pointers and whistle-blowers as they are often the real trouble-makers.

My Husband should get on the Air Gun Forum. Which one is it?

[SECoda]

talonairgun.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=32

It's quite a ride sometimes.

Tony is the owner from the Talontunes airgun web site. Nice guy and sells airguns too.

Hemn is from Kurdistan, Iraq so we get ISIS news as it happens. He has an Edgun. One of the many colorful characters there. I am SECoda there too.

[Steph]

@SECoda - Thanks! John is off to go hunting with his air gun now. Hope he brings home dinner!

[SECoda]

I am supposed to be pistol deer hunting right now (44 mag Ruger) but was too lazy to go. Maybe tomorrow - it is ten days.

In Iraq it is much easier to obtain a full auto ak47 than an airgun. Lol

[you you]

I am supposed to be pistol deer hunting right now (44 mag Ruger) but was too lazy to go. Maybe tomorrow - it is ten days.

In Iraq it is much easier to obtain a full auto ak47 than an airgun. Lol

I used to have a S&W 629 classic hunter in 44.

[homie]

ah... I'm going to venture to say 'GUN' of any kind other than air has some here who don't speak... uncomfortable. This is one divide too far between counties and perhaps it can be tempered. Who here will admit they can't stomach the thought that Americans own and easily accept firearms as normal? Send a PM if you will, let me hear this from someone, anyone and then I for one will not mention it again.

[gn2]

I find the general american attitude to firearm ownership utterly repellant.
America would be a great place but for one thing, americans live there.
Australia has a similar problem.

[DAB]

I find the general american attitude to firearm ownership utterly repellant.
America would be a great place but for one thing, americans live there.
Australia has a similar problem.

While I agree RE the firearms, having worked in the USA and lived in Australia I can't agree with the other 2 points.

[SECoda]

Speaking of Australia and guns (both great BTW) I just watched "Quigley Down Under". What a great flick and filmed in 8 different locations there. They are running it on one of the movie channels. If I fly all the way there for a vacation - I just have to visit New Zealand as well.

[SmellyTofu]

Australia has what gun problems??? (Wow, how did we get here???)

[gn2]

Australia has what gun problems??? (Wow, how did we get here???)

In chains on prison ships

[Steph]

I need to lose some weight. Does my gun make me look fat?

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[SECoda]

Is that a LC9? Looks great!

[Steph]

LCP. looks a lot like the LC9 only in a 380 and smaller.

[SECoda]

I have them both and my wife an lc9.

[you you]

I need to lose some weight. Does my gun make me look fat?

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No, just silly really.

[Steph]

@you you - That's your opinion. And I'm cool with that.

That's my dinner attire.

[JohnL]

I find the general american attitude to firearm ownership utterly repellant.
America would be a great place but for one thing, americans live there.
Australia has a similar problem.

I don't understand, there aren't that many Americans living in Australia.

[homie]

Ok lets move off guns and on to what else is offensive to most people outside the US. Please isn't there something we Americans tolerate from your neck of the woods? Surely Americans are secretly seething with hated for something equal to how much you dislike us. Lay it out on the table and lets sort this out like people who want to make this work.

Really what else, I have no problem never showing or mentioning a gun again in this forum but I suspect there is more to it than just registered firearms. Since the internet showed the world who we are and how we live there has been nothing but trouble and I've lived long enough to see this to be the case. What do you want from the USA, we freely give to every catastrophe world wide until our countries borrowing to give more. We drive the entire worlds economy buying goods and services so you have employment, why would you bite the hand that feeds? We are suckers for any country held in the grips of tyranny and will give with the lives of our sons and daughters for democracy only to watch in disbelief time and time again those freed do nothing to take it from there.

It might end people, we may be having enough backlash. My son won't serve and is the first in my family's long line that won't join and fight under the current administration or any like it. America will adjust and perhaps just watch the would burn from our loungers if there is no appreciation. Get your beef out on the table and lets hear it so we all understand each other and maybe just maybe we can have a good time without pissing off the owner of this site. I still don't see any PM's and this makes me wonder if there really are complaints being registered to admin... and that will draw its own conclusion.

Homie

I think you would be surprised how many people actually like the Americans. I have spent many years working in arabic countries and have been surprised the high regard many have for America.
Europeans like to think Americans are not so sophisticated as themselves but inside are envious of Americas success.
Personally I know the world would be a worse place if the American establishment were different.

Good man.. Europeans ARE more sophisticated period, I love that. Our reality TV makes me want to puke. I wish there was more PBS shows like Downton Abby for Americans to watch so they could get some class. Yes we Americans are a melting pot of mutts and we have no shame. I really want to believe there are Arabs who respect what happened over there for them but none here will condemn the actions of even their worst sect's. These groups of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong give no help at all and it isn't coming so America can wrap it up. I bet we learned our lesson this time on that topic.

what else is bugging the international community about America?

[Steph]

Sophistication is in the eye of the beholder!