Sub Etiquette
Hi all,
After a few recent exchanges here in the sub, I’d like to suggest a modification of the sub rules.
We’re martial artists. The arts have a variety of cultural norms and traditions. We’re not a hobby sub. We are a sub for people who observe certain firms if etiquette and tradition.
If someone posts a video in the sub asking for comments, then they shouldn’t argue and attack everyone who isn’t fully in love with their work. If technical comments are requested, the comments should be received with grace and professionalism. The OP should be regular participants also.
But what has really got me very angry was in the last exchange the OP accused me of not honoring a teacher I’d met many times who is now deceased. The teacher, whose name I won’t drag into this, is someone I met in the states, who taught regularly in the states and who passed away in the states. Whether the OP actually knew who he was or met him I can’t say. But at one point, he said that when the teacher died he and his colleagues did a ceremony for him, what had I ever done, etc? I personally believe there was a cultural bias against me because I’m a Westerner but regardless…
Guys, we all know that if a comment like that is made person to person in a traditional martial arts environment, it gets handled in the old school way because thats the type of insult people don’t just brush off. I said as much and the OP shot something back about respect but then deleted his post.
Not a lot upsets or hurts me. Frankly, my skills are crude at best. I admit that and I’m ok with that. I’ve always been the school underdog. And that’s ok. But I’ve always walked the walk and been respectful. I cared about this teacher and I grieved his loss. To say I didn’t while this guy supposedly did…that’s an attack at a deeper level and it shouldn’t be accepted. And if we were in person, he’d have to defend those words.
I just think there’s a strategy of attacking commenters and then, saying stuff like this, which would never be tolerated in a real environment. If you want comments on your video, then engage the comments decently. Do not attack the integrity of people or try to dishonor them. Those comments should not be accepted here. Maybe we could include this in our rules.