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What's in a name?
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I think a lot of it has to do with identifiable groups / leaders and education...
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People will not react if they don't understand what is being referred to. We all learnt about Hitler at school therefor his name will get a bigger reaction than say Pol Pot.
Identifiable Groups / leaders -
I don't hate the Germans. The Nazi's might be strongly associated with Germany but they are identifiable as a seperate entity to just "the German people". Same thing with the Klu Klux Klan and the USA. The difference with Hitler is that I know he lead the Nazi's. If I'm honest I don't know any of the leading figures in the KKK movement from history. Just Googled and found that "Knights of the Klu Klux Klan" are apparently a large KKK group in the USA today. They are lead by Thom Robb. So we are back to education - I wouldn't have had any reaction to the name Thom Robb yesterday, but I would if someone was calling themselves KKK or The Klan.
One last thing - I do think that the longer ago something happended the more of a "story" it becomes to us. Jack the Ripper is a good example - and it obviously helps that he's been given the stupid name and was never caught. It is much more socially acceptable to dress up as Jack for a fancy dress party than it would be to dress as Peter Sutcliffe, Dennis Nilson, or Rose West. That's because "Jack" has become a legend while the others are very real indeed.
Education -
People will not react if they don't understand what is being referred to. We all learnt about Hitler at school therefor his name will get a bigger reaction than say Pol Pot.
Identifiable Groups / leaders -
I don't hate the Germans. The Nazi's might be strongly associated with Germany but they are identifiable as a seperate entity to just "the German people". Same thing with the Klu Klux Klan and the USA. The difference with Hitler is that I know he lead the Nazi's. If I'm honest I don't know any of the leading figures in the KKK movement from history. Just Googled and found that "Knights of the Klu Klux Klan" are apparently a large KKK group in the USA today. They are lead by Thom Robb. So we are back to education - I wouldn't have had any reaction to the name Thom Robb yesterday, but I would if someone was calling themselves KKK or The Klan.
One last thing - I do think that the longer ago something happended the more of a "story" it becomes to us. Jack the Ripper is a good example - and it obviously helps that he's been given the stupid name and was never caught. It is much more socially acceptable to dress up as Jack for a fancy dress party than it would be to dress as Peter Sutcliffe, Dennis Nilson, or Rose West. That's because "Jack" has become a legend while the others are very real indeed.
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I think that by asking a "serious" question and then answering with:
"At last...
me neither TBH...I just wondered if i was the only one...lol "
you gave the impression that you had been waiting for someone who didnt care, with the possible implication that other views which had been thought out and expressed were less valid. The fact that you finished with "lol" looked as if you were laughing at those other views. It seems now as if this was not what you intended but that was how ray the fab interpreted it.I wondered what you meant by it too.
Never mind.
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aha... The only thing I could infer from 'lol' in this instance is that I thought that particular response was amusing or that my response to it needed a touch of levity...
How that could be construed as regarding all other responses as invalid...well how you interpret things is down to the individual, I guess and yet another reason we need to be more careful with grammar and use of correct vocabulary.
"At Last" - my delight in finding someone else who doesn't mind what people call themselves.
"lol" - in my case - chuckling quietly to myself - I seldom actually laugh out loud unless I'm watching Family Guy these days, but there isn't really a case for adding CQTM...I'd forever be explaining my TLA's and FLA's to you all...
...and while we're on the subject of unintentional meanings in posts: signing off a response with 'never mind' sounds quite dismissive, as if the post or poster isn't worth the effort any longer - a sort of Home Counties "Whatevva"...
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Oh dear. That certainly wasnt my intention. I just meant that our little misunderstanding is just that.As you may have gathered from my posts in other threads I am a fan of yours, enjoying the laughs you have given us and the excellent photos.
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I know - I was just pointing out the irony of it - a quite harmless 'sign-off' but it could sound like you were having a go...lol
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It's no business of mine what people use as their forum name. However, I do prefer it when people use their real names. I don't see why anyone wouldn't.
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I guess that would probably depend on what social circles you mixed in, oh and for the record i don't
I think a lot of it is to do with the paranoia that people perceive about Internet fraud.
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when I signed up to my first forum I didn't want my surname to be googleable, the tag has stuck with me since even though I have a facebook page now