Who Is MacAttack

With all these references to him, I read a lot of his threads and they seemed pretty harmless. I noticed that the group message seemed to be hostile and after he stopped posting many of the views about the subject changed to a point where most people agreed with him. See the GOPro thread. I am now being ganged up for no reason. I think this is the way groups react. A few ringleaders start up a hostile environment. Good read
The Motivation to Bully Relates to One’s Social Standing in a Group

There is increasing agreement among researchers and policymakers that interventions against bullying should be targeted at the peer group level rather than at individual bullies and victims. It has been suggested that bullying behavior is partly motivated by a pursuit of high status and a powerful position in the peer group (1, 2).

• Because status can only exist within a group, and it is the group that assign status to its members, the group is in the key role in regulating bullying behaviour among its members. The relevant group can be the classroom as a whole, but bullies might also want to be accepted and admired by their own, antisocial friends rather than classmates at large (3, 4).
• Bullies choose victims who are submissive (5), insecure of themselves (6), physically weak and in a low-power, or in a rejected position in the group (7). By dominating victims like this, bullies can repeatedly demonstrate their power to the rest of the group and thus renew their high-status position without the fear of being confronted.

The Peer Group Often Reinforces Bullying Behavior

Demonstrations of power need witnesses. Not surprisingly, a group of peers is present in most bullying situations (8). Although it is possible that bullying incidents attract spectators, it is highly likely that the attacks are often initiated when a group of peers is already at the spot. Research shows that:

• Bystanders seldom intervene (9).
• Children may have different participant roles in bullying situations: victims, bullies, assistants of bullies, reinforcers of bullies, outsiders, and defenders of the victim (10).
  • Bystanders often reinforce the bully’s behavior by laughing or cheering.
  • Others might just silently witness what is happening, and the bully might interpret such behavior as approval of what he or she is doing.

 

No one is bullying anyone period. I am not necessarily disagreeing with your comments on bullying in general or how destructive it is.

People are responding to stupid ass posts / threads. When someone says stupid shit, deliberately or otherwise when the should know better, you have to expect a negative response.

People don't automatically dislike other people or new members to the forum but when the majority have the same general feeling on posts / threads the problem may lay with the original poster not those who comment. Look at it this way...if you have 3 bad relationships maybe, just maybe, the problem lies with you and not the other person.

Please remember, negative attention is NOT better than no attention! Choose your words / topics carefully...controversial is ok but what I am saying is "keep stupid ass shit to yourself" and you will get along famously on the forum. IMHO!

Btw, we see this several times a year on here and always with the same result...someone just trying to stir shit for 10 seconds of fame.

Why I am I responding to you? Simply because I like to think that everyone needs a fair chance to show themselves as a respectful contributing member of this great forum but I do believe you are probably here just to cause shit. No one on here needs a champion of their cause. If I am wrong, oh well!

 

Oooops, I may have fed the troll...my bad!

 

Well said.. Right to the point JanScott

 

Some smart asses/know-it-alls/self-appointed-authority....... usually hide behind multiple screen names, while others are open and proud of it. Most forums, including this one, has both.

Trolls are like stray animals. Ignore them and they will go away.

 

Maybe okimin/macattack is just a very lonely very disgruntled Toronto Maple leafs fan ?

 

Don't throw the Maple Leafs into this. They have enough troubles already!!!

 

Steve we need you! Please read this thread....

 

Ok - I'm - in = Okimin Seems suspicious to me!

 

Tell MACATTACK I say hi and honestly no need to try educate us on Bullying. This group of people on this site are the most accepting group I have been around. It doesn't matter what you look like or where you are from or what you like. The bottom line is when you start threads like CONDOMS? You will start to turn off people rather quickly. So just like I told you before when you were MACATTACK and if I am mistaken then I apologize but you make comments just like he did. Anyway bottom line is just because there is a certain atmosphere and we have some sexy fun on this forum doesn't give you the right to be a creeper on this site. Anyway. See all you April Addicts in a couple of months. Stay warm TTR is coming our way.