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"...they have a soul and smoke impossibly well..."
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 234974"><p>Being able to carry on a productive discussion is, IMHO, a collective learned behavior. People get better at it with practice, and through having watched previous boards go up in flames & expire.</p><p></p><p>It's something people assumed they could do. But history shows they couldn't. People imagine all kinds of ridiculous things about "people" and their capacities.</p><p></p><p>IMHO, again, it isn't about "civility" at all. </p><p></p><p>Smokers Forums is so flipping <em>Civil</em> it's offputting. They might be decent enough individuals (and I know some of them are). But as a collective with its own agreed-on style and tone, it's a bunch of transparently insincere ballpolishers.</p><p></p><p>BoB's about caring enough about what the other guy has to say to listen to him.</p><p></p><p>And that hinges on the other guy actually having something interesting to say.</p><p></p><p>And that's BoB in a nutshell. It's the people. Not any of that other stuff. </p><p></p><p>:face:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 234974"] Being able to carry on a productive discussion is, IMHO, a collective learned behavior. People get better at it with practice, and through having watched previous boards go up in flames & expire. It's something people assumed they could do. But history shows they couldn't. People imagine all kinds of ridiculous things about "people" and their capacities. IMHO, again, it isn't about "civility" at all. Smokers Forums is so flipping [i]Civil[/i] it's offputting. They might be decent enough individuals (and I know some of them are). But as a collective with its own agreed-on style and tone, it's a bunch of transparently insincere ballpolishers. BoB's about caring enough about what the other guy has to say to listen to him. And that hinges on the other guy actually having something interesting to say. And that's BoB in a nutshell. It's the people. Not any of that other stuff. :face: [/QUOTE]
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