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Dave MacLeod lowering accident 9-Oct-2012 At 11:11:05 AM Climboholic
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On 9/10/2012 Cliff D wrote:
>I was offended by your comments Andrew. I was offended also by the crap
>you came up with later about your name, the invite to climb with you, and
>all the rest. I didn't find them "benign" at all. If you feel your behaviour
>is OK because you think its roughly on par for the forum, that's for you
>to sort out.
>
>Why is it that when someone on CS is upset by a poster, then its for them
>to toughen up. Why isn't the response ever to consider how to be more supportive
>and helpful? Part of it is that a good amount of CS would be a very different
>place if there wasn't the personal slimy stuff that goes on here. There's
>a lot of supportive stuff, but there's heaps more neging. Its the first
>forum I've ever written in (so I've learned/experienced a lot) and a few
>guys have been helpful around this (ODH, Dan, and Miguel), but I read forums
>elsewhere and I have to say that CS has been an eye-opener.
>
>I felt quite embarrassed by our earlier posts, that I felt had nothing
>to do with climbing. That's why I deleted my posts. But I see that you've
>reposted them in a way that I have no control over. Is this also to be
>understood as relatively "benign" behaviour? Your right, your behaviour
>is bullying. In response to your question, I've actually found that with
>bullies its best as a first approach to take them on directly.
>
>I thought your post about how to take the 3 kids climbing was reasonable,
>but by that point the thread was dscussing how it could be done with the
>1 rope that the original poster had with him that did not involve tossing
>the end to each climber to tie-on. I still stand by my comments about how
>it could be done with 1 rope, and I have yet to see a reasonable explanation
>for why it would be unworkable. But I think this is just smoke screen.
>
>
>FWIW, I don't really think you are a dick. Just insensitive at times.

Just catching it before it changes

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