Forum complaining

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Originally Posted by truefan72

Perhaps if you phrased the thread title differently or whilst making your point not keep trying to make a dig at your least favorite driver then the sentiment might seem more genuine. As it stands from my pov it looks like a backhanded way to continue the subtle bashing whilst simultaneously seeking to insulate yourself from criticism. But that could be just me.

I suppose we can move on to Suzuka and probably another Vettel victory

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I'm sorry, but you obviously missed the joke with the thread title. Others were claiming that Lewis had been assaulted by Massa in the post race interview.

Somethings the most simply explanation is the one that's right, I'd love to have come up with the idea of having a dig at someone whilst insulating myself from criticism but I'm simply not that smart :laugh:

it was not the liegate or cheat gate that put me off lewis
it was that he refused to go to ron dennis retirement dinner after all that ron had done for him over the years

My view on the downward trend of the forum bickering is quite simple. There are a handful of posters on here who like to point fingers but can't stand to ever have a finger pointed at them. They are critical of anyone posting anything they don't view as their own opinion, and most often the ones trolling for an argument and then quite often crying victim.

Mark has given us quite a bit of leeway on the forums, and some continue to take advantage of it. I'm really surprised that he hasn't had to resort to a forum "clamp down" as in past years in the F1 forum.

Having said that, I can honestly say that a good 90-95% of the forum members manage to discuss and debate many aspects of F1 without degrading the opinion of the others. I'm sure most that fall into that 5 or 10% that can't act in an adult manner on a regular basis know who they are, and enjoy getting under each others skin. I'll have to assume that those involved didn't get enough attention as children. ;)

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Originally Posted by thunderbolt

it was not the liegate or cheat gate that put me off lewis
it was that he refused to go to ron dennis retirement dinner after all that ron had done for him over the years

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Now which part of "This isn't a Lewis hate thread" did you not quite understand? :confused:

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Originally Posted by ioan

Anyone agree with Hamilton Snr.'s take?

Singapore Grand Prix 2011: Furious Felipe Massa slams Lewis Hamilton for reckless driving at Marina Bay circuit - Telegraph

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I agree with him completely. Lewis current management isn't good enough.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Well seeing as this has never been explained by either party and the full reasoning has not been disclosed, why would you construct an opinion based on it? Its a little naive if you don't mind me saying.

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Henners, you also know that this is not the thread for a Lewis based argument right?

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Originally Posted by Daniel

you're not stupid and I'm going to resist saying that you are

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If you say he is not stupid, but then go on to say you have had to hold back on saying he is leaves one a little perplexed as to your intellectual ability......

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

If you say he is not stupid, but then go on to say you have had to hold back on saying he is leaves one a little perplexed as to your intellectual ability......

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Ummmm OK.

So now we're back to being pedantic about posts. Would it have been better if I'd said "Jeez Henners you're an incompetent moron if you don't get the joke" :dozey: Yes because that really puts us further down the road to achieving forum utopia doesn't it.

Why I should feel necessary to deconstruct my post and explain it when no one else, not even henners who I supposedly unsulted (sic) picked up on it, I do not know so I won't.

It has come to my attention that I'm actually some sort of mastermind. I really am. According to one person, I post a thread with a jokey title and explicitly state that it's not a Lewis whining thread so as to give myself cover to achieve my ultimate goal which was to whine about Lewis in a thread which is not one of the half a dozen other Lewis whining threads. I can also insult someone by saying, I don't feel you're an idiot and I'm not going to say that you are. Yes, I really went to bed a happy last night knowing that I'd delivered the killer blow to Henners' ego and it was right there in public for all to see but he didn't catch on.

This has brightened up my Monday morning somewhat.

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Originally Posted by henners88

I didn't take offence because I hope I made it clear in my response that I had indeed got the joke. I used a 'lol' at the end to show I was laughing as I said it, and therefore understood fully the tone being used. I think you originally jumped the gun in your response to me, but no harm done. :)

Back to work for me unfortunately.

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Exactly. Hence why I thought it was strange for SGWilko to then come along after sarcasm detectors were recalibrated and so on and try to manufacture some more ill feeling.

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Exactly. Hence why I thought it was strange for SGWilko to then come along after sarcasm detectors were recalibrated and so on and try to manufacture some more ill feeling.

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I think you just like the sound of your own typing