63cohen

Thanks for the blessings. Move in is/was today, classes start in a week. Should be interesting. If have an AIM, I would appreciate if you add me.

I plan to add you on to AIM in the future and you are welcome for the blessings.

Hope your classes are going well,
-KB222

Hey Cohen,
I am hoping you are doing well and have a great life/week/month.

Good luck with your future :),
-KB222

Listen bub. We were willing to give you a chance to discuss things on the other forum, and YOU blew it by pulling an Alper and making multiple accounts for the sake of doing nothing but lurking and staying in safety of the Janime staff forum where the rest of the community can't see you clearly. A good number of people were calling for you to be allowed into NAC until it was revealed that you were still siding with chris and and two-facing everything while using multiple accounts and trying to avoid bans. Everybody on NAC agrees that you blew your chance.

Staff and members alike have explained to you that you were kicked for multiple lurker accounts. We gave you a more detailed explanation than chris ever did. THAT is transparency. Knowing exactly what the hell is and isn't going on and being allowed to fight back. The reason you don't get another chance is because the "Cohen screwed his chance" opinion is widespread. Stop whining, accept your flaws, and man up about it.

I rarelu use aim, but I'm willing to use it. Its jorgie2222 in case you're wondering.

Oh wait, you mean Ragna too?? Did most janime members already know this??

Wa....wait, Ark quite Janime?????????????!!!!! Since when??!! Is it OK to tell me what happened? Well, I am a former staff as well, so... I guess it's OK to share a few, no?

I'm sorry it had to come to this Cohen. You may not agree, but would you mind PMing me your contact info? I'd like to stay in contact with you if I get banned.

Oh man everything I say is... All of this is... I honestly don't know what to say. But thanks again and sorry for all the trouble for what it's worth.

Wait you mean publicly as in somewhere on the general community forum or in the staff room? Because Umi already let me know about his showing it in the staff room but thank your for telling me ether way. I'm in a bit of shock right now over all the stuff happening in "that" thread (I'm pretty sure you know the one) so it's hard to get angry right now but again thank you for informing me.

All right, thanks for the info.

(cont.)

As for getting "ganged" up on in an argument, it happens to both (or more) sides. There was a time when I sided with the Sangenma in a topic, and then people jumped on me because "durr Sangenma sucks". Despite being outweighed and being told by my friends to abandon the ship, I stayed and continued debating, albeit under the pressure. My point is, there's no need to leave the argument just because you are outmatched; it doesn't mean you are necessarily losing, either.

That said, if you don't feel too good about your debate skills, you could look up a few guides and articles on it, or take a course if you can. If it makes you feel better, I don't have much knowledge of debating apart from having read about logical fallacies and a guide on how to disagree properly. And, well, observing debates on Janime itself.

Just wanted to chime in regarding what Valk said to you. Scarlet isn't a stalker, really. Like Valk noted, we just chat on MSN/AIM all the time, and thus if there's a topic we feel the need to say our views on, we let each other know and jump into the discussion. It's not centered about you as you may think. I get encouraged to participate in other topics as well.

Like I told you in IRC earlier, there's no need to be that paranoid. We aren't Alper. I hate Alper's guts just as much as Ark does, Xero does, you do, or anyone else. You gotta relax. Being paranoid doesn't make a forum enjoyable you know.

lol That's some convenient timing, haha. I haven't really listened to Z100 in a while (RXP's been my station until they shut down 2 weeks ago for some reason), but from what I remember, they do repeat songs a lot, so I can see the hate. The only times I try to listen to it are for those "phone tap" things and for the Webster Hall stuff they usually air every weekend.

I know. I've debated with that guy in the paste. He is one stubborn man.

I didn't mean anything by it, but I thought it was harmless fun aimed at all of you always debating every time I get home from work.

:/ I mean, I dunno what to tell you. Everyone has their personal viewpoints. Being the one "ganged" up on does kind of suck, but ultimately the number of people doesn't or shouldn't matter. The strength of the argument does. If you have a strong belief in something, try to get the most evidence from a wide, unbiased variety of sources. Try to learn more about the ins and outs of what makes an argument - take a class on rhetoric or debate as an elective or something. Even if you're not a fan of debating all the time, or perhaps if you are, it's actually really life enriching. I enjoyed the crap out of it, took it for two years straight in High School with Williamsen.

It's just a bad combination of everyone being very vocal and all knowing each other. I've tried to step off, mostly because I have no stake in ZeXal (honestly, I'd love the crap out of a gag dub just like Ark). It's not like we find a thread and say "COHEN THREEEEADDD, ATTAAAACK~"