UK Getty Forum Coming Soon!

[Matthew Chan]

For whatever reason, traffic for UK related issues seems to be picking up and more people are peeking in and jumping into the discussions. Since there seems to be demand and interest from our friends across the Atlantic to hang out with us, I will make arrangements to accommodate them.

There will probably be a different set of rules for the UK Forum and it will likely evolve depending on who steps up to "leadership" positions. The quality of posts and the background of participants will likely determine how I might identify those people who might be interested in becoming volunteer ELI Defense Team members. If there is no interest from anyone, then readers of that forum will have to self-select and self-determine the advice they follow.

The U.S. ELI Defense Team will simply moderate for proper decorum and behavior.

I welcome our new UK visitors and will do my best to put something in place for all of you. It might take me a few days to make this happen but it will come.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

Dammit, proper decorum and behavior..again?! I nominate SG as the enforcer of "proper decorum"! 

[Matthew Chan]

Yes, I am a stickler for keeping crappy behavior and troublemakers out.

Dammit, proper decorum and behavior..again?! I nominate SG as the enforcer of "proper decorum"! 

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

Yes, I am a stickler for keeping crappy behavior and troublemakers out.

You haven't tossed me to the curb yet, I've been behaving for way to long.

[SoylentGreen]

Nice to hear that UK folks will have their own forum.

I kind of chuckled at how Oscar quoted Pink Floyd in another posting "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way".
I guess that on a rainy and cold Monday afternoon, the English can demoralize each other into paying Getty .
It appears that they're still in the mode of "somewhere, someplace, somebody might sue down the line, so it's best to pay".
Maybe Floyd should have sang, "Giving in with quiet resignation, the pussies pay".

I think that we've (the Americas) left that stage far behind a long time ago, and for good reason.
Actual "evidence" is better than "opinion" any day.
So, I'd like to see people post links and quote actual cases on there instead of just offering cancerous "the sky is falling" opinions.

S.G.

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

and here I thought I was the only one that picked up on the Floyd reference.."Breathe Deep the gathering gloom..."

"Run rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun
And when at last the work is down
Don't sit down, it's time to dig another one"

[Matthew Chan]

It will be interesting to see how it evolves. I believe the way people perceive things has a lot to do with the culture people come from. Overall, I feel the people in the UK are a bit more conservative and certainly more "respectful" of government.

Here in the U.S., we challenge everything. No one is off-limits. If I thought I could become reasonably knowledgeable of the UK environment without having to exert a huge amount of time and energy to do so, I would take a strong position as I did here in the U.S.  But that job has to be someone else's.  Most of us will be spectators watching the conversation.

Nice to hear that UK folks will have their own forum.

I kind of chuckled at how Oscar quoted Pink Floyd in another posting "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way".
I guess that on a rainy and cold Monday afternoon, the English can demoralize each other into paying Getty .
It appears that they're still in the mode of "somewhere, someplace, somebody might sue down the line, so it's best to pay".
Maybe Floyd should have sang, "Giving in with quiet resignation, the pussies pay".

I think that we've (the Americas) left that stage far behind a long time ago, and for good reason.
Actual "evidence" is better than "opinion" any day.
So, I'd like to see people post links and quote actual cases on there instead of just offering cancerous "the sky is falling" opinions.

S.G.