wake_up_bomb wrote:
I've never asked for a thread to be locked before. But I can't be doing with any more pointless arguments. I'm too old for it and too bored of it. I'd hoped it would be possible for everyone to behave maturely and avoid trying to start an argument for one day, but apparently this was too much to ask. When it comes to the point where I've stopped discussing the subject and answering the other person's questions, the answers to which (s)he never pays any attention to, but the individual concerned is still talking about me, I just felt the thread wasn't serving any positive purpose.
I only come here to chat to some like-minded people and provide a bit of information now and then. I'm not interested in having an argument. I can have those quite easily in real life, all I need to do is speak to people and offer my opinion on any subject, and you can guarantee people will disagree with me almost immediately.
No offence WUB, but getting a thread locked because you don't want to talk about it any more is a bit...well, it's kinda arrogant. Whether anyone thinks a thread is 'productive' is entirely subjective, particularly if it's not an outright flame war. If you don't want to talk about something any more, just say ";look I'm done here" and leave the thread. It takes two to tango and arguments will probably die anyway. But getting it closed is basically saying nobody else is allowed to continue the conversation because you don't want to.
I realise it's well tempting to keep[ wading back in if people are saying things you want to respond to and it can be difficult to leave arguments alone once they've started, but that's our own problem and our own responsibility to resist the temptation. Obviously people can start other threads on the same topic, but there's something a bit icky about saying
right, well I'm done with this, so the thread should be closed because I personally don't want to continue talking about this.
