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Oh Dear...Oh Dear...!

ytareh · 2009-04-05 09:11:56

This is the second insensitive 'Get a blog',thread locking reply from a mod in as many weeks Ive come across... http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055529917 How on Earth can anybody not think this is relevant to Teaching and Lecturing ?It is genuinely moving and inspiring.As a manly male I was 'almost' in…

05-04-2009 9:11am

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ytareh

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This is the second insensitive 'Get a blog',thread locking reply from a mod in as many weeks Ive come across...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055529917

How on Earth can anybody not think this is relevant to Teaching and Lecturing ?It is genuinely moving and inspiring.As a manly male I was 'almost' in tears . But the Mod came along then and spoiled it all...Does the Boards Mod induction course include an insensitivity / 'big old meaney' module or are they chosen with those inate traits ?

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#2 05-04-2009 9:29am

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It was chain mail. The sort of crap that is sent as spam to thousands of e-mail addresses.

I completely agree with the Mods decision.

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#3 05-04-2009 11:06am

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ytareh wrote: »

But the Mod came along then and spoiled it all...Does the Boards Mod induction course include an insensitivity / 'big old meaney' module or are they chosen with those inate traits ?

No, but we do include a "go read snopes.com" module, which has come in quite useful.

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#4 05-04-2009 1:46pm

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Any time I get anything like this by email I send back the tale of Little Billy, the boy with just a head and a burlap sack for a body.

Chain mail's a no-no ytareh

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#5 05-04-2009 2:06pm

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I sceptre.

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