As a comparatively new blogger I haven't seen much action but feel that I am a hardened veteran in the spats that I have witnessed,moderated or tried to avoid.
Is there a pattern to this?
Does one upset spark off another?
Bemused and slightly dazed 
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Bushka
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- 2009-10-21 @ 10:45:51
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stmss
- http://hopechild1.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-21 @ 12:11:30
Ah well that is a lovely ,positive way to look at things, thank you.
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malakeas
Pro - http://www.blog.co.uk/user/malakeas
- 2009-10-21 @ 11:28:56
In my opinion, some folks love to 'poke' specific bloggers and wind them up. Then, other folks get into an exchange of words, tempers flare and things get out of hand.
It is too easy to be nasty to another in cyber land and some folks enjoy doing it. Some folks don't enjoy it but do it to defend themselves.
Common courtesy should be the order of the day. x
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stmss
- http://hopechild1.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-21 @ 12:14:15
Absolutely, although I suppose for some folks there is no drama in 'common courtesy' and that drama is the very oxygen they breathe.
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malakeas
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- 2009-10-22 @ 01:27:20
I understand that as my maternal family lives and breathes drama which is something I run from. Life is too short for that nonsense. But to each their own. x
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stmss
- http://hopechild1.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-22 @ 09:06:23
Drama can bring colour and passion and enliven a dull day but I find that it is usually ill-timed and it always leaves a trail of "victims" in its wake.
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malakeas
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- 2009-10-22 @ 12:02:24
Yes, that is true and I for one, can't sustain the energy it takes for all that drama.
I would rather focus the energy on things that mean more to me than that. xx-
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stmss
- http://hopechild1.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-22 @ 12:15:13
I'm off to blogger poke (latest sport to go before the Olympics Committee
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janetweightreed
- http://www.janetweightreed10.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-21 @ 13:03:19
It is true that there are people in this world that arn't content unless there is drama in their lives. I once read in Julia Cameron's book 'The Artists Way' her passage about 'crazymakers' and oh my goodness, she was right on the money. When I spot crazymakers/drama queens, whether in cyber space or in my real life, I move away
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stmss
- http://hopechild1.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-22 @ 08:54:16
I love the expression crazymakers.
I met one last night. She is heavily involved with a local theatre group and was moaning about the local Arts committee. Every time I tried to make a positive comment she blocked me and moaned about something else. In the end, I tried to leave on a positive note and complimented her on a recent performance.
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- 2009-10-22 @ 10:05:57
I laugh as I read this. These people are very predictable in the end.
The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron is a superb book. When I initially was told about it by an artist in Calironia, I thought, 'oh no another american self helper', but it is excellent, and the chapter on 'Crazymakers' is one I read every now and then just to remind mysel of why it's important to steer clear of certain peoplex-
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stmss
- http://hopechild1.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-22 @ 12:13:06
I will have to read it, it sounds excellent.
I think I will have to blame Andy Warhol;he made prima donnas of us all with his 15 minute of fame prediction and now we have the technology to realise it.
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I think some folks just don't get along. It would be lovely if we all did but we don't. I try to find something about everyone that I can like and even in the case of those I don't get along with, I usually can find some good things. I'm no angel, I've shot off my big mouth and I also get wound up far too easily. Trying to change that.
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stmss
- http://hopechild1.blog.co.uk
- 2009-10-22 @ 09:01:47
You're right in that we don't all get along and aren't meant to but it is hard when you are connecting well with someone and then they try to pick a fight.
I'm the same as you, sometimes I say the wrong thing and I can react badly when people provoke me but usually I try to step away and ignore it. It is easier said than done at times -
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- 2009-10-23 @ 07:47:20
Every mishap can be seen as a stepping stone to 'promise'!