SetAnOpenCourse Posted June 19, 2018 #201 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Thread officially in the abyss of commenting on CC members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea girl 23 Posted June 19, 2018 #202 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Not saying that they're not entitled to their opinion but their constant whinging about everything(not just Oprah) is.. *thumbs down* You want me to REALLY get into it?I could comment on grammar,syntax, etc(I see so much of it) but I won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted June 19, 2018 #203 Share Posted June 19, 2018 From the Guidelines: Spelling & Grammar Errors It is important to remember that everyone makes mistakes at one time or another, and that there are many users who use English as a second language, especially on our Cruise Boards. There are also a number of people may have learning disabilities and who have difficulty noticing their spelling mistakes. Do not make comments on the spelling and grammar of other users. It is simply not a productive expenditure of energies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea girl 23 Posted June 19, 2018 #204 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Yes, yes. I wasn't going to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted June 19, 2018 #205 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Yes, yes. I wasn't going to. But ... you did :) There is certain irony to my being called negative in a number of my posts. There was a lengthy block of time when I was slammed for being a HAL 'cheerleader' Wi th all the perfect critics here, there is no pleasing many of the people much of the time. B eing called 'cheerleader' was to some people, the perfect insult. ) It all comes down to who cares?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea girl 23 Posted June 19, 2018 #206 Share Posted June 19, 2018 There are some here who make their feelings about Oprah known..a LOT.:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted June 19, 2018 #207 Share Posted June 19, 2018 There are some here who make their feelings about Oprah known..a LOT.:confused: And some here who speak of that a LOT. :D When a thread is s tarted, that is the subject about which we speak in that thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare richstowe Posted June 20, 2018 #208 Share Posted June 20, 2018 My vote would go to Lisa Lutoff, the CEO of Celebrity. IMHO she has done more to promote business for HAL the past couple of years than anyone else.Hilarious ? How bout great comment . I would pick one of the following: 1. Nina Hagen 2. Dalida (posthumous) 3. Gloria Gaynor 4. Dame Edna All fine with me after Oprah . I hear the dog whistles re O and what I hear is ,some of my best friends .....:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Oceansaway17 Posted June 20, 2018 #209 Share Posted June 20, 2018 wow I am surprised the HOST has not intervened and closed this thread. At first I was thinking - wow Oprah is conquering cruising. Then again she did a cruise to Alaska and praised HAL and the cruise line. Then she decided to involve herself even more. Then HAL decided to award her Grandmother status of the new ship. In the end it was HAL decision and I get it. What I don't get is all the negative and mean spirited comments. HOST, tear down this thread................bye bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammiedawg Posted June 20, 2018 #210 Share Posted June 20, 2018 wow I am surprised the HOST has not intervened and closed this thread. At first I was thinking - wow Oprah is conquering cruising. Then again she did a cruise to Alaska and praised HAL and the cruise line. Then she decided to involve herself even more. Then HAL decided to award her Grandmother status of the new ship. In the end it was HAL decision and I get it. What I don't get is all the negative and mean spirited comments. HOST, tear down this thread................bye bye Isn’t this a message board full of opinions? Unless comments were deleted before I read them, I haven’t seen anything all that offensive. It is a fact that some like oprah, some don’t. Some like our current President, some don’t. Some liked our former President, some did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted June 20, 2018 #211 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Isn’t this a message board full of opinions? Unless comments were deleted before I read them, I haven’t seen anything all that offensive. It is a fact that some like oprah, some don’t. Some like our current President, some don’t. Some liked our former President, some did not. It's much better lately, but I found posts 76 and 79 offensive. JMO, but I find it offensive when a whole country is bashed...apparently it's acceptable now on CC though. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammiedawg Posted June 20, 2018 #212 Share Posted June 20, 2018 It's much better lately, but I found posts 76 and 79 offensive. JMO, but I find it offensive when a whole country is bashed...apparently it's acceptable now on CC though. :confused: I don’t remember which thread but I did see a fair amount of country bashing. I read it, mentally noted who wrote it and moved on to the next comment. I read quite a few message boards and blogs about all sorts of topics. Cruise critic is pretty mild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxmantoo Posted June 20, 2018 #213 Share Posted June 20, 2018 It's much better lately, but I found posts 76 and 79 offensive. JMO, but I find it offensive when a whole country is bashed...apparently it's acceptable now on CC though. :confused: Then I would suggest that you put the authors of posts 76 and 79 on your "ignore" list. Otherwise, proceed at your own risk but do realize that other folks have opinions that may clash with your views of the perfect world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted June 20, 2018 #214 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Such a pointless exercise. Who even remembers. They could pick Broom Hilda for all we care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising-along Posted June 20, 2018 #215 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Then I would suggest that you put the authors of posts 76 and 79 on your "ignore" list. Otherwise, proceed at your own risk but do realize that other folks have opinions that may clash with your views of the perfect world. Oh I realize that, but thanks for the advice. (my views of the perfect world?) Just civility from one country to another would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouremco Posted June 20, 2018 #216 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Oh I realize that, but thanks for the advice. (my views of the perfect world?) Just civility from one country to another would be nice. Yes, that would be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted June 20, 2018 #217 Share Posted June 20, 2018 wow I am surprised the HOST has not intervened and closed this thread. At first I was thinking - wow Oprah is conquering cruising. Then again she did a cruise to Alaska and praised HAL and the cruise line. Then she decided to involve herself even more. Then HAL decided to award her Grandmother status of the new ship. In the end it was HAL decision and I get it. What I don't get is all the negative and mean spirited comments. HOST, tear down this thread................bye bye See what you did? You went and resurrected this thread from page 2 and now look at it...going strong again. C'mon man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted June 20, 2018 #218 Share Posted June 20, 2018 As far as we are concerned Oprah is as good a choice as anyone else for this hollow exercise. Really, what does it matter who they name? Will it make a difference to our future cruise? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxmantoo Posted June 21, 2018 #219 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Oh I realize that, but thanks for the advice. (my views of the perfect world?) Just civility from one country to another would be nice. Yes, you are right, civility would be nice but it seems that in today's world, people cannot even agree on a common acceptable definition of that word. Hopefully, we will get there one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea girl 23 Posted June 21, 2018 #220 Share Posted June 21, 2018 As far as we are concerned Oprah is as good a choice as anyone else for this hollow exercise. Really, what does it matter who they name? Will it make a difference to our future cruise? No. I fully expect panties to get in bunches when the godmother to the next ship after the NS is announced. He/she willl get bashed because they're too famous/political/not associated with the Dutch Royal Family(am I missing any out-delete as applicable-or not.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted June 21, 2018 #221 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Go figure. What is so special about the Dutch royal family? HAL may have Dutch roots but lets face it this is far in the past. HAL is nothing more than one of the many cruise lines owned by a huge corporation by the name of Carnival. A corporation that brought HAL out of certain bankruptcy and probable extinction when the HAL was failing and unable to raise dime one to replace their aging fleet. Many on this forum complain about HAL's parent Carnival Corp but they fail acknowledge that without Carnival Corp there would be no HAL. Sentiment has it's place but there also has to be room for reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea girl 23 Posted June 21, 2018 #222 Share Posted June 21, 2018 ^This. I get it, there is a vocal minority here who continually pine for "the good old days". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bUU Posted June 21, 2018 #223 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Yes, you are right, civility would be nice but it seems that in today's world, people cannot even agree on a common acceptable definition of that word. Hopefully, we will get there one day.Another case of "credit where credit is due"... I agree completely. I recall a recent sermon at church which posited that incivility generally stems from a too-narrow scope of what one considers acceptable in others, leading to viewing the "other" as "less". The more people can set aside preconceived notions about how others should be and instead view others, as they are, as equally worthy, despite differences in values, mores, and affinities, the more civil their interchanges become. I fully expect panties to get in bunches when the godmother to the next ship after the NS is announced.Perhaps. We can be hopeful though; as I relayed yesterday, ten years ago the divisiveness in the forum was centered around concerns that are not even mentioned today (except by me, in the context of "concerns that are no longer mentioned" <g>). Those whose "panties ... get in bunches" aren't "stuck" where they are - they just accept change slower than normal. It may seem that way more so with this cruise line than another comparable cruise line, but it's a marginal, and probably temporary, difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bUU Posted June 21, 2018 #224 Share Posted June 21, 2018 There is no future ship under construction, is there? "Holland America Line's new ship will be built at Fincantieri's shipyard in Marghera, Italy, with an expected delivery in 2021, ..." https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/16271-carnival-orders-ships-for-princess-and-holland-america.html This message may have been drafted using voice recognition. Please forgive any typos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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