Stepping Stones

ольга said:
Пусть они сами мне об этом скажут. Я думаю, они не нуждаются в адвокатах в вашем лице.
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I am not lawyering anything. You asked a broad question: 'where do we see trolling?' I responded with where I saw trolling. I brought up trolling 3 hours ago, before it became a free-for-all.
 
gmilam said:
I don't like putting people on ignore as it disrupts the flow of the thread. But having to translate every other post is disrupting too.
Not to mention that I'm starting to get pop-up ads in Russian. Ignore may be in the cards for Olga.
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I put Olga on Ignore from the start. Nobody else seems to have felt the need to post in a foreign language. I am suspicious. Some people start nice and reasonable and then run up the Jolly Roger. Could be what is starting to happen here.
 
exchemist said:
No, I don’t think so.

Firstly, for many people, some of the steps in their lives that have formed them have had a negative influence and are not something to be thankful for. For example, a former friend of mine became an alcoholic as a result of the hard-drinking culture of his city job, which destroyed his marriage and eventually his employability. He ended up losing his mind, looked like a tramp - and died last year, alone. The body was not found for a fortnight. So I think it is a bit complacent and Pollyanna-ish to imagine that every step is something to be thankful for. For those of us that have ended up comfortable, or fulfilled in some way, maybe yes, but that is not the lot of everyone.

Secondly, while certain steps in life undoubtedly have a result, it seems to me something of a teleological fallacy to attribute purpose to them. Whose purpose?
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Among the homeless it is fentanyl that destroys lives. At the local shelter we have pictures on the wall in memory of those who have died.
 
North Cali Sammy said:
Among the homeless it is fentanyl that destroys lives. At the local shelter we have pictures on the wall in memory of those who have died.
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So do you think those people should be thankful for the step in their lives that led to them trying fentanyl for the first time?

And what purpose do you think the associated suffering, by them and those around them, served?

Or are you willing to concede that your opening post was wrong?
 
DaveC426913 said:
To-date you have been remarkably polite and even-tempered; it is why I have enjoyed engaging with you. The above is the second hostile post, just today. Not a biggie, just noticeable - and only by contrast to your usual temperament.
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Having trouble working Olga out, either she is playing us like a cheap fiddle or the translation thing really is messing things up. The only other Russian I interact with is amazing. An amazing musician and lovely mature person for such a young lass.
 
ольга said:
??? Косноязычность - дефект речи, произношения, заикание. Это русское определение. Но я нормально разговариваю...
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As though I am really distressed like an English gentleman. I may have to ring down to the under butler to request we skip the fish course for luncheon.
I am aware the cook sent out the larder maid especially this morning for the Sea Bass but with all this upset, I'm afraid my appetite has been reduced.
 
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