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    Posted: 26 Nov 16 at 10:26pm
Originally posted by Cirrus

Good grief. Too many categories already. What it actually needs is a lot more people posting. Not sure 'quantity' is really the problem ...  Wink



The more people posting, the less we end up arguing round in circles, polarising our own positions to a much greater extent than we really feel about things.
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You have lost me now - and just possibly a few others .... LOL
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"Quantity has a Quality All Its Own"

Said by somebody. Possibly Stalin. https://www.quora.com/Who-said-Quantity-has-a-quality-all-its-own
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Originally posted by Cirrus

You have lost me now - and just possibly a few others ....

LOL


Me too when I re-read it! I guess I mean we need more numbers to get more diverse opinions, or we end up like daily mail readers.
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The problem with many forums is that when it gets a bit 'edgy' (read, "antagonistic/personal/heated") it puts off new posters (I have left a couple of forums as a result of antagonistic or simply rude posts). Before you post think to yourself :- would I say that to the person's face? It's hard (impossible in fact) to reliably convey the underlying sentiment behind the words we type without a tone of voice or facial expression to back our meaning up. Smilies go a little way to help but aren't always enough. This forum is pretty civilised IME (as is another I frequent, both British hosted.....) I'd favour keeping it that way, to quote the admins "this forum is what you make of it".
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If everyone agrees, then the place goes quiet, which is boring, we need dissent, which is what trolls are for, without trolls, you get what you have at the moment, not a lot going on.

What is also lacking here, which probably shouldn't surprise me, y'all are dinghy sailors after all, but the sheer lack of sense of humour, which in itself restricts the sort of posts that might entertain further, so you end up with this dry and barren place.

Which is no place for an ignorant racist homophobe or anyone else for that matter who might be worried that such an accusation could be levelled at them for the crime of levity.
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Originally posted by iGRF

we need dissent

Can't agree with that.
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I think it looks awesome! Would be great to see a video to actually see how it foils. I have a feeling it may be quite bow up, but does look good that is for sure.
I want a go!!
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IT would be interesting to see how it coped in our waves yesterday.
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Like Fatboi - I too want a go, it just looks like attainable foiling for the 'not so hot but enjoys sailing' sailor - if you get my drift.  If I was a good 50 years younger - then I'd want the real mccoy - but heyho!!

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