Ok, well it's reached the point where I've had enough of this whole situation, I have bit my tongue for long enough. Now is the time to be open and honest. I shall do the usual disclaimers that these articles appear to have, if you don't like this kind of thing, blah, blah, then leave now and whatever else. As people have pointed out before, your blog is your home, where you are free to write whatever you please. At other peoples houses you remain respectful, and polite, which I do, so I expect the same courtesy here. You may not agree with me, fair enough, I am open to debate. I am not open to arguments though, which it seems this situation is, just one long argument. I won't be naming names here, or anything like that, I will simply say, this article is inspired by a situation that is taking centre stage here at JU at the moment.
JU is a community. A community where people from all different backgrounds, walks of life, come together, share experiences, points of view, outlooks on life. For the most part these differences are embraced, and learned from. On occasion, people find it impossible to see eye to eye, and simply agree to disagree, on even fewer occasions these disagreements turn into full blown arguments, and spread like a disease from one thread to another. I ask you what is the point. You don't like what someone says, you blacklist them, that's what it is there for, surely? You don't like a fellow blogger, blacklist them, and move on. The moving on part is very important, it appears some people have a problem with that. I understand we are not going to all agree, all of the time. That is the way life is, but somewhere like this, we can walk away, we don't have to mix with them people.
If it makes you feel better about it, write an article about it. That's what your home is for, to write your feelings. However when they become personal attacks, that are not only played out on the thread in question, but dragged to other threads, I think a line has to be drawn. It is ruining the blogging experience for other people, and dragging out an episode that should have been over a long time ago. I'm not saying anyone is wrong, and I'm not saying peoples feelings are insignificant. I'm saying hate, breeds hate. Some people think a member of this community is full of hate, and think that it is ok to wirte articles filled with hate about them, in my opinion that makes you just as bad as them.
I don't know how this article will be percieved, and If I'm honest I don't really care. I love this community, and the majority of the people in it, are wicked, lovely people. Some I don't agree with, some I do. i treat everyone with the same respect. If people put as much effort into their writing as they do into arguing, over things we all know people are not going to agree on, it would make JU an even better place.
I know that I am not going to change peoples minds or opinions. I know that they have strong beliefs. I just think things have gone a step to far. Maybe it's just me, I don't know, but I am certainly feeling it. Picking someone out, and repeatedly making digs at them, and repeatedly picking to bits what they say, gets boring. You made your point, enough already.
I'm sorry folks, I had to say it, let the fun begin.....