JasBarrow wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 2:40 pm
jamesg46 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:21 pm
It depends on how you view baiting. If you're making a comment in order to provoke discussion then that's normal. It's the comment that's the important aspect and how people will respond. Any forum needs discussion & you could say that ranting in itself is more suited to social media, but you're here engaging... there are multiple threads with multiple discussions but you somehow have found yourself in the rant thread and in particular the rant thread talking to me, both of which you seem to disagree with. Strange how people work.
There's a difference between baiting someone and setting a framework to provoke discussion, they are not the same thing. The other day you and I had a discussion, that discussion ended when you chose not to answer the question I posed. As you have noted a discussion needs more than one participant. Baiting however is the act of trying to solicit an emotional response, if it doesn't work the first time you try try and try again until the other person responds, it's a bullying tactic.
jamesg46 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:29 pm
The people who are pretty smart, unlike yourself knew i was baiting, hence they didn't reply... they had no Interest in a relentless back and forth.
Above are your words from the other day verbatim. You say that people smarter than I, know your baiting so don't respond. Another take from your words is that you bait people in order to have a relentless back and forth as you put it. That again poses the question Why?
jamesg46 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:21 pm
It depends on how you view baiting.
Baiting has a very clear definition, it doesn't have multiple interpretations.
Piss off a bullying tactic. My posts are open to criticism from all... I don't think a bully invites others upon them, they attack others.
Besides, I don't think I'm so high and mighty that I'm in a position to bully someone with a comment.
I've had debates and arguments on this forum but I've never threatened or given the impression that I'd be a threat... others have spoke about smacking people in the mouth, I see that as a bully, not some meaningless comment.
This is you and I done... if your perception is that I'm a nasty piece of work bully then there really isn't any point in us talking & I'd rather walk away because any conversation we have will only head one way.