Instructional threads disappointment

[wmblake2000]

[quote name='nochrome' timestamp='1382205789' post='8026805']
Obviously I touched on a very delicate subject here. My original intent was to attempt to encourage others to think critically about posting and possibly start a discussion about how issues could be remedied. .
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I think it's been a great thread. Healthy and important. The whole sblack/iteach thing was painful and needed to stir some reflecting.

[Asleep]

[quote name='nochrome' timestamp='1382139341' post='8023901']
If mods choose to delete this so be it, but feel this needs to be said- what happened to this section of the forum? I recall a point in the not too distant past when differing ideas on instuction and instructors could be discussed with civilty and without personal insults or even passive aggressive behavior. Now it seems that members and even those who profess to want to help improve their games seem to have forgotten how to conduct themselves with a modicum of decorum and choose to air differences in public manner and even resort to personal insults when philosophy is questioned, even if the questioning is lacking class in manner of approach. Hope this improves and class, respect, and civility upon which site was founded returns post haste before many here decide to go elsewhere.
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[b]Well said and mirrors our Goals/Standards/Rules...[/b]

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[Sean2]

[quote name='wmblake2000' timestamp='1382213738' post='8027267']


For me personally, I really don't engage with people I don't want or where there's not much worthwhile. But when I see good teacher after good teacher face usually the same 1-2-3 guys who have been said their piece and persist while the community has clearly said "enough, you're just being a pain in the butt" - these guys need to be banned. Quickly.
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Or at the very least, ignored. If they are perhaps these"provocateurs" will simply go away.