Discussions that never should have been started.

yes, i have, it wasn't about poitics. i try to stay away from politics & relegion. as you say we learn from out mistakes. happy days to to you.

is this supposed to be some kind of joke???

I have started some - then instead of hitting 'submit' I hit the 'back' button instead. Better safe than sorry

I have thought about starting some but then my better judgement gets the better of me. I don't want to deal with another thing I can't handle. I always try to stay out of the politics and Religion, but sometimes I dabble. Just popped over to spam your discussion as promised

I've started a few that got me in trouble but I just deal and move on. Nobody notices a little nut case like me anyway. Mine were more of a life kind of topic but some people still only see their way. And some people can't take a joke. Pain in the bottom. And no kidding that some discussions take on a whole new life that the poster never could have seen coming.

Actually, I've started a few discussions. Seriously, I wasn't expecting so many responses to some of the discussions. But they generated quite a few responses and I would love to reply to all the responses but somehow got tired. The discussion just seem to have a life of it's own!

So let's see if we can get this discussion to turn a corner... Now if that guy coming from the side doesn't get in our way we might be able to move forward, ooops! We have to stop... Wow! That was close did you see the person behind us almost crash in our back end? Imagine if we watched them get struck from behind, as a witness we should be charged with a crime... It is simple to get into politics and religion when we pray and the law is broken! Can we connect and comment now? I need a good system of support and I know what I'm looking for... Maybe one day soon I will find what I need...

Not really, no. I've often been surprised at the success or failure of some discussions before, but I don't recall ever starting one that ended up causing me any major drama's trying to maintain it. I've also started discussions that I kind of wished I hadn't too, but thankfully some of these are buried deep in the archives and heaven't come back to life. I've also not awarded BR's for those particular discussions too for fear of them being seen again! lol. And last but not least, I've had discussions I've started that I KNEW were going to be deleted and ultimately did end up being removed. These ones have usually come about because of something that happened here that pissed me off and I'm just venting. This has happened maybe 2 or 3 times to date and it can be pretty therapeutic I must say! Religion and Politics are two catagories where you really do need to keep your wits about you at times though!

ya....i'm sure we all have started a discussion that either got out of control or seemed silly afterwards or something and we wish we could just get rid of it. live and learn...right?

Hi savak, I don't really think so one I stay away from politics as it is something I know not a lot about but only make a few discussions when I feel there is something interesting to say or ask....littleowl

Hoo boy, have I ever done that, too! I won't mention what they were about because I don't want to EVER stir them up again! LOL Sometimes, we can hear ourselves saying the things we are writing but they don't come across in the same way when written. I've done that and stirred up a hornet's nest! I had to comment under a lot of responses that I was trying to say something completely different. There are some subjects I try to avoid now whenever possible: politics and religion being the top two. My step-father and I had conflicting views on both and I learned early not to bring those subjects up around him. MyLot, with it's diverse community, is the same way. You're never going to have everyone agreeing with you or even giving their different view calmly and tactfully. There always seems to be one (or several) who get their hackles up and, instead of simply saying that they don't agree, they'll pound on you. So, I avoid those two topics whenever possible. Too much of life is spent worrying or regretting some things and that's not what I want to do with my life. I want to spend the majority of my life being happy or at least content. If I read a discussion here with strong views on politics or religion, I'll either avoid them or try to get my own view across without any animosity because everyone is entitled to their own views and opinions. Even so, we all make mistakes but, to learn from them, they are indeed worth something. I agree with you 100% on that!

I guess you learned it the hard way as many of us did. If you are unlucky there will be members giving you a negative rating because they disagree with your viewpoint. Politics and religion are two sensitive areas and should be approached with care. So do issues related to certain human rights. I guess many of us tend to be emotional on certain issues, and have blinkered viewpoints. all the best in your postings, rosdimy

People do take politics seriouly and religion stay away from those discussions to keep safe I do not know enough about those subjects .like you I have learn't my lesson as well.x

Yes, many a time. Even if I thought it was a good discussion, other people thought otherwise.

I learned about that very early on in my mylot experiences too.. should have known better. lol. At least we've learned. I didn't write about politics though, nor was i trying to be funny.. i was trying to use proper terminology and be politically correct.. but i used a wrong word. . i was trying to discribe all people with mental handicaps, no matter what the handicap, and i said something like mental defect.. i didn't mean the people were DEFECTIVE though.. just a bad choice of words.. oops.

Oh yup---been there, done that. If fact there was one discussion where things got really heated up and I actually asked MyLot to delete it, which they did. I just wanted to put the whole thing behind me, so figured the only way to do that was to ask that it be deleted on purpose

Nah, I try to state the topic in the beginning, if it goes rogue I'll just hang on for the ride.