All I want for Christmas...

I agree with what you have said in its entirety. Unfortunately, I believe it is equivalent to wishing for peace on earth. Respectful debate will be difficult to achieve without some type of more stringent enforcement. Merry Christmas to everyone at CSR.

It’s just not that difficult to talk about football.

I read the Cat Scratch Reader approx. 5-6 times a week, but I don’t post as often as I would like, but I felt I had to respond to your blog. I agree with you. Panthers fans have always handled themselves with a little more class than other NFL fans, and I’m proud to be a part of that. To sum it up what you said James, we just simply need to refocus our passions into talking about our team, the Carolina Panthers, and not insulting and calling each other names.

One last thing….. in the most politically incorrect way, Merry Christmas to all of you and may God bless you this new year!

I’m relatively new here, and I must say that one of the reasons I come here to read and comment is because of the camaraderie that I have with fellow Panthers fans. It is nice to come to a fan site where we can kick back, relax, and talk about football. The moment that we lose that ability and turn this into a never-ending pissing contest is the moment that we lose what makes this place special.

I also hope that the snarkiness (I love that word) will end, and we can just get back to our common goal — following, discussing, praising, and criticizing the Panthers’ players, coaches, and front office personnel.

Merry Christmas to everyone here at CSR, and thank you all for accepting me as a small part of this community. And, as always — GO PANTHERS!

I say thank you for your patience. If you feel like you’ve participated in this to any degree consider that you always have the option to simply ignore what someone else posts. I’ve tried it and it works! The problem is that it takes a bit a maturity… [Did I say that out loud?]

As it turns out SBN is debating installing an ‘ignore’ button that allows you to screen the comments from other specified members. Does that sound like a viable solution?

I do apologize if I have been in the midst of any of these “cat-fights” you make mention of. I’ve been in the midst of conversations that, at times, seem to get a bit heated.

I think the ignore option is a great idea, though there’s only one user I could think to use it for. Generally, everyone else seems capable of sharing opinions peacefully.

I’ll try my best to ignore the “sarcasm, snarkiness, and personal attacks” that lead to nothing but a ton of comments that no one else wants to sift through to actually read about their favorite team..

Love the forum to talk about Carolina Panther football.

No need to fight amongst ourselves, we’re all on the same team guys.

If a post had to be made like this, something pretty bad must have happened! Don’t tell me, I’m not even going to ask.

For the most part though, I think Cat Scratch Reader is a great cut ahead of most other blogs. We don’t have a bunch of people spamming their advertisements here, or not for long before they got blocked. We don’t have people coming into the room flaming, and when we do a good rough shakedown usually straightens them out to where they quit that stuff. We’ve actually had people convert to our readers and become regular contributors here. That’s one important thing I’ve not been able to see before in other blogs. Usually they just get banned and that’s the end of that.

I’d just say that instead of fighting the trolls, simply use the action/flag motion. By arguing with the trolls, you simply accomplish what they’ve set out to do in their poor, meaningless lives: Cause strife. That’s the entire reason they’re here. Usually, the typical definition of a troll is someone who has had a bad day at work, they come home, and they get on the internet and they say to themselves “You know, I’m going to get on this messenger board here and I’m going to cause a great fuss. Yeah. I’m going to post all sorts of offensive/suggestive material in order to piss them off, and therefore grow satisfied when people react to it.”

There is only one way to handle people like that.

I thought it was great how intelligent and informative MOST of the posters were. It was a welcome change from the comments on NFL.com; “YEAH! #$%% Cowboys=the best in the world for ever, Giants= #$%!&* #%!&!%$ pieces of %$”- That doesnt happen often around here and Im thanful for it. We had some trouble like this over at Big Blue View, people ganging up and making fun of someone for petty thing(spelling, grammar that sort of thing), It took a post like this one to sober everyone up and get us all back to discussing football (and of course, the occasional cheerleader). Good work James someone has to show maturity and have the courage to be wise- Sapere Ause-

I’ll talk Australia any day of the week. In fact the only reason I go on this site (I dont really fell any way, good or bad, about the Panthers) is to see what James the Aussie has written.

BTW I dont speak Latin either but I know that phrase.