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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyCapitalism abhors free.
[b]"Once upon a time...
Once upon a time, before the world economies crumbled and freedoms we had all taken for granted were lost
(including daily use of the internet for free), there was a friendly online general forum...[/b]
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyIf they had "little interest" why did it bother them enough to leave?
"there was a friendly online general forum...
which gradually lost active contributors who cared about events and issues and ideas with little if any interest in mean spirited attacks on members whose personality, play of mind and/or style of expression was different from their own.
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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyYou're talking about freedom. I'm talking about free internet, free this, free that. Someing is only free if it results in higher net profit.
... thrives under Free Enterprise.
Not that I'm complaining. I'm just saying your nostalgia for free internet is up against capitalism.
27 Sep 13
Originally posted by divegeester"... little if any interest in mean spirited attacks on members whose personality,
If they had "little interest" why did it bother them enough to leave?
play of mind and/or style of expression was different from their own."
In context, an example would be Mathurine who took seriously ill and after a parting thread disappeared.
Other entertaining conversationalists left abruptly without notice for reasons known only to themselves.
27 Sep 13
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyDo you think some of them might have been fed up with you and your endless drivel?
"... little if any interest in mean spirited attacks on members whose personality,
play of mind and/or style of expression was different from their own."
In context, an example would be Mathurine who took seriously ill and after a parting thread disappeared.
Other entertaining conversationalists left abruptly without notice for reasons known only to themselves.
27 Sep 13
Originally posted by JS357"Once upon a time, before the world economies crumbled and freedoms we had all taken for granted were lost
You're talking about freedom. I'm talking about free internet, free this, free that. Someing is only free if it results in higher net profit.
Not that I'm complaining. I'm just saying your nostalgia for free internet is up against capitalism.
(including daily use of the internet for free), there was a friendly online general forum..."
We're focusing on today in a fictionalized chapter of a future time. Sites derive income from eyeball hits which capitalist advertisers buy to register subliminal product and service messages on your subconscious mind and mine. We buy their stuff without realizing why some of our choices are made. Nothing's free. Issue isn't either Capitalism or free internet usage either; it's hopefully examining this dying forum in comparison with its glory days in an objective and lighthearted way.