NACHI about to go from big to enormous, if we minimize message board hypersensitivity

jbushart · July 17, 2007, 1:26am

You’re quick, Frank. I thought I would edit out my heart felt expletives, but I see you preserved them for me. Oh, well.

mgault · July 17, 2007, 1:35am

I think a little thicker skin is much needed by lots of the regular posers (I mean posters!) on this board…:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

jwortham1 · July 17, 2007, 1:53am

Fight against John how? What ideas of his are so abhorrent they even rate opposition?

If you don’t like what he says, ignore it.

I personally find John to be a breath of fresh air and nothing but professional.

gromicko · July 17, 2007, 4:38am

Lewis, although fetchreport is working and has been for a while, it hasn’t gotten to the PPR (pay per report) stage yet. If you liked http://www.fetchreport.com and http://www.nachi.org/onlineagreement.htm you will really love where this is all going. Hang in there. I too am happy with just the pieces, but the whole puzzle is going to change the world.

rspriggs · July 17, 2007, 6:15am

fcarrio:

Quote: Nick G.
"What I’m saying is that the NACHI ship is becoming so enormous that we all need to keep our thinking clear and unemotional. Don’t let any post upset you. "
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I also saw it as a call to professionalism.

If more folks thought before they typed, there would be less likelihood of others leaving in a huff (board hypersensitivity).
Quote:
***I, for one, have dramatically decreased my frequency of posts on this board because of the squabbling and quibbling. I know of others, who have also been members for several years, who feel the same way. ***
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Another example of how the written word can be misinterrpreted!
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Russell,
I am in 100% agreement with you. I stayed off of this bulletin board for a long, long time because of all of the hate filled and argumentative posts.
I regret to say this but I was sucked into some of these battles and once you are in the fight it is hard to extract yourself with honor and dignity. It is almost possible to withdraw from an argument without looking weak and having capitulated to your adversary.
So like your, I found that the best thing to do was not to participate at all. It is a damn shame that most of the time no matter what you write someone will come along and belittle you for it.

I do not call this “hypersensitivity”. I call it just good old “common sense” and the unwillingness to lower yourself to your adversaries level.

Frank, Some of us vets have learned what is worth a fight, and what value there can be in the path of least resistance . . .
Sometimes ya gotta sit up in the trees & watch the groundpounders.

fcarrio · July 17, 2007, 6:20am

Hi Russ!
I spent 2 1/2 years in South East Asia “pounding the ground” in 1967, 1968, and 1969.
I am somewhat used to it!

rspriggs · July 17, 2007, 6:37am

I know, Frank-
It doesn’t mean we have to take “flak” for the rest of our lives, though!

fcarrio · July 17, 2007, 7:11am

I agree!

Now that tell that to some of the :|.) “chuckle heads”:|.) that are constantly on the attack!

jbraun · July 17, 2007, 10:27am

Ha, Right, He bashes NACHI way to much! He appears to be kissing Nick’s *** one minute then on this message board talks about how bad his *** stinks. (I meant it figuratively of course.) I can not stand by and watch somebody vandalize NACHI. Where is your pride? Are you not proud of the way NACHI is changing the inspection industry? We have freedoms here, that I have pointed out before, that no other inspection organization members have. We need to fight for our freedoms now, before somebody like John Bowman takes them away. We are NACHI, not ASHI.

fcarrio · July 17, 2007, 9:00pm

WELL WRITTEN & TO THE POINT!