Is this getting a bit too far now?

[Pixxie]

while i understand people have different views on hunting and i suppose can appreciate the antis side as much as any pro hunting person can, i think this is all getting a bit too silly now.

i think the fact that we cannot have a post about new puppies people are walking, asking for updates and pictures, without an anti saying their piece and taking all focus off the actual topic of discussion and turning it into a debate and finger pointing session, is childish and ridiculous. the thread was not asking for the approval of antis or infact their opinion, simply friendly conversation.

it has irritated me as you can probably tell as while i think there is no problem with healthy debate and discussion, when it is happening on every post even ones that are not aiming to be as such it is a bit too much.

sorry if that has offended anyone, but i dont think i am on my own in thinking this.

 

[Hebegebe]

I very much agree with you. It is totally over the top. There is a really good community on here and we have some good constructive discussions and all views are represented. But some people are just totally cynical anbd have no interest in proper debate.

I have spent a while on here defending myself against some very unpleasant accusations that i am a liar that have no foundation at all.

It's a very very poor show.

 

[Vizslak]

I think its ridiculously out of hand now and admin should step in. It is no longer people airing their views and over the last few weeks (weirdly since the end of season) the hho 'hunting' forum has been full of anti hunters ruining serious threads. I dont think antis unless asking geniune questions or conducting their posts in a pleasant manner should even be in a hunting forum, its like me going into the dogs forum and saying I hate dogs and want all dog owners to rot in hell (which I dont by the way, i have 4 dogs!) Anyway until today I havnt been in here for weeks cos its too hard to filter through the rubbish, its no better than trolling and should be treated by admin as such.

 

[Pixxie]

i totally agree about admin

considering how much we were all told that we were in no way to discuss french rescue as this is not the place to do so, the antis have been allowed to infiltrate every single post in this hunting forum with some derogatory comment and i think it is sad that adults cannot act as such and understand there is a place to say certain things and a thread aimed at pro hunters asking for info in a very polite and pleasant manner is not it, and yes they are no better than trolls

 

[Scratchline]

i totally agree about admin

Then contact admin ) Absolutely nowhere on this forum does it state that it is a pro hunting forum. As for the forum as a whole it is an equestriamism forum and perhaps the majority of members are anti hunting! As most absolutely refuse to back YOUR views or enter your polls you may just have your answer. Rather than prevent decent posters posting their views about illegal bloodsports they may actually remove you from OUR forum.
Try another of your silly polls. Those in favour of hunting vote yes. And see how few of us vote for you ))

 

[Scratchline]

I think its ridiculously out of hand now and admin should step in. It is no longer people airing their views

lol lol lol How silly is that! People are airing their views which YOU have decided to take offence at. That is how a forum works. If you want private conversations then best you trot of to facebook and leave the rest of us to our FORUM. Who on earth do YOU think YOU are?!! x x x

 

[Scratchline]

As posted to aidybex. YOU are posting threads solely with the intention of inflaming this forum. Please refrain from doing so or you will be reported to admin!

 

[loopyloop]

Totally agree with you Pixxie, I never post in here, mainly due to the fact I haven't hunted so feel I have nothing constructive to add! Oh and before all you anti's say I obviously don't support it as I don't hunt, I haven't hunted due to the fact I think my mare would internally combust through excitement!!

The thing is I'm now even fed up of lurking as I can't be bothered to trawl through all the anti opinions and sniping!

Obviously you do this to get a reaction and disrupt but it really is a tad tedious and childlike!

 

[Pixxie]

scratchline this was not posted with the intention to cause any form of insult or offence (if you read the end of my OP you will see that) and i do NOT have an issue with people sharing opinion and i am NOT stating that this section of the forum is only for pro hunting.

my point was that i deem it totally irrational and unnecessary to infiltrate EVERY post even ones clearly not directed to cause debate, anger, finger pointing or anything similar but to have light hearted conversation

i was NOT intending to 'inflame' this forum and i think you will find that you are now the one directing derogatory lanuguage not me. i have not told you i think your opinion is fundamentally wrong, i have not told you that i do not wish for you to post on here, i have simply said not all threads need a comment when they are only there to cause lighthearted conversation and it would appear others are deliberately setting out to make that near impossible

 

[Scratchline]

scratchline this was not posted with the intention to cause any form of insult or offence (if you read the end of my OP you will see that)

I would say that the end of your OP made it clear you knew some people would be offended but carried on regardless and apologised in advance so as to attempt to limit any damage. Not the same thing, you knew whaty you were doing. The thread IS posted to inflame at a time when some of you are complaining about the real nature of a public forum and not liking it. You have proven yourself no better than anybody else IMO.

 

[Scratchline]

my point was that i deem it totally irrational and unnecessary to infiltrate EVERY post even ones clearly not directed to cause debate, anger, finger pointing or anything similar but to have light hearted conversation

The above IS directed at other members who have every right to post on this forum whenever or wherever they choose. If you do not like that freedom then you are in the wrong place I am afraid.

 

[Pixxie]

i shall not dignify any of those with a response, it is pointless. as my aim was not to offend and no it is not to inflame it was to air MY view. but i should think that as it goes against your opinion it is here as an inflamatory post, a fact which saddens me. as again i was NOT complaining of your posting in this forum in general but that i DO think that doing so in every post and indirectly ruining and digressing from the point of discussion is very juvenile and unnecessary especially when the topic is to have lighthearted conversation about a fun time for many people

 

[Scratchline]

Your OP commented on the hunting puppies, correct? That thread was not posted on the dog forum, it was posted about hunting dogs on the hunting forum. Many of those cute puppies will die early in life. People obviously have the right to comment about such activity yet YOU complain about them airing their views?????? Unbelievable!

I have nothing more to add. You have no right whatsoever to moan so best you dont in future petal.

 

[Vizslak]

If you want to air views constructively scratchline, then make one thread at a time dedicated to debating the pro/anti cases. What I am objecting to is you infiltrating EVERY thread on here with unhelpful and pointless posts. This entire forum is set up for people to share experiences, help each other with problems and communicate with like minded people. Not for people to ruin that with sarcastic comments and provactive posts.

 

[Hebegebe]

You post about people's right to post and in the next breath say she hasn't got one.

She has a perfect right to post about whatever she wants.

 

[Scratchline]

You post about people's right to post and in the next breath say she hasn't got one.

She has a perfect right to post about whatever she wants.

Starting posts about other members to inflame the forum? Me thinks not bud but I am happy for her to keep taking that chance ))

 

[Pixxie]

haha ok strange one would thik this is YOUR anti hunting forum, bizaare especially as you so clearly point out it is for both pros and antis, oh and you are the only one throwing insult and very very patronizing comments.

how childish

and id like to point out you also complain about many of our views and to your last comment...i thought you said this forum was for everyone to say what they wish?? hmm tad contradictory me thinks

 

[Pixxie]

i would also like to point out that everyone else seems to understand the point of my post and that it was not inflamatory

i think YOU will find that every response you have posted so far is inflamatory

 

[Vizslak]

every response ever scratchline, you have joined hho purely to post in hunting forum and cause trouble, you do not use any other part of hho, except latest news when thats about hunting. You are a troll in my mind.

 

[joe_carby]

i think the only way to stop this is to complain to admin so why dont we how many people are willing to do so if enough people send a short reasonable message to them im sure they will help. its in their best interest to do so so they will im sure

 

[rosie fronfelen]

in my mind, it is the only thing to do- at present no-one on the hunting forum can write a damned thing without a load of abuse being flung back- it's like kindergarten!! if these antis, (are they even antis,they are so pathetic?!) don't agree with these posts why do they waste their time on here!

 

[MontyandZoom]

TBH I wonder whether there is too much admin can do, free speech and all that. However, those in question only do it to get a rise out of people and, being human, it is very difficult to ignore their posts. I think everyone should just put them on user ignore. I reckon once they stop getting replies to their posts, they will get bored and slope off.

 

[Doormouse]

I think admin would suggest that if we do not respond in anyway to their post they will eventually become bored of using this forum. It is no fun to wind people up if they do not react.

 

[zigzagzig]

I'm an anti and post here because I like to debate. I can understand, however, that some pros here don't like this, either because they're not interested in debating the pros and cons of hunting and/or they want to talk about the aspects of hunting which interest them. In both cases, fair enough.

My suggestion for these pros is that they either join pro-hunting boards like the Liam hunting forum, where antis are banned and pros endlessly agree with each other; or when you identify an anti like myself on here, simply put them on "ignore" so their posts don't even appear.

Some pros, however, do try to debate, and I suspect it's the punishment they receive at the hands of antis when they do so that upsets pro onlookers. I'm afraid that's all the fun of the chase, and if pros have to take the place of Charlie in our verbal bouts then that's the way it is. Tally ho!

 

[Pixxie]

knew it would only be so long

 

[MontyandZoom]

*** You are ignoring this user *** Hurrah!

 

[rosie fronfelen]

so it's ok to talk about dead pups when folk have the enjoyment of rearing them?! we all know in the hunting world the realities of life,and also the nonhunting world. there is far more abuse from the antis and negativity than there is from the pros,at the same time if an anti has a decent approach to debate that's fair enough.

 

[zigzagzig]

In the puppy thread I was pointing out that hunts shoot hounds - even very young hounds - if they're no good at hunting. I'm afraid that's the reality. Another reality is that hounds are shot when they reach the end of their hunting life, even if they are otherwise healthy animals. I know the thought is upsetting to people cooing over photos of their little dears, but it's not my fault.

Pros and antis alike use strong language in this forum but, with the marked exception of Giles Bradshaw, most don't resort to swearing and personal insults.

 

[joe_carby]

there is a thing called freedom of speech there is also a bigger thing called harrassment. and causing people upset

 

[Hebegebe]

have you noticed how obsessed he is with me and has to keep putting my name in lol!