RADICAL CHANGES

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i do not, Fnord - it's mystical -
it's not you, at best it's phnjörd

You're both wrong. It is not mystical at all. It's from the cover of "Bearing an Hourglass" (by Piers Anthony, one of my favorite authors) which depicts the character of Norton (a.k.a., "Time") - an Incarnation of Immortality.

I just wanted a new avatar, and the book happened to be there.

As far as it being "me" or "not me" ... irrelevant.

Argh! How did I not recognise it?

I have a (small) backlog of Piers Antony writings to catch up on.

The thing I like best about him is that he can produce a coherent story, spanning anything from a single book (Shade of the Tree), to more than thirty (Xanth), and unless you read the name of the author, you would not realise it was the same person writing.

(Does that make sense? I have the same sort of respect for Dustin Hoffman, as an actor. After a couple of moments, in any of his films, you utterly forget Dustin and only see the character he is portraying.)

And, how's this for "off topic"?

What you say!

I agree.



This kind of ruling is somehow appealing, no one owns anything, the state does.

Well, it depends on how the term "my thread" is used, I would say my thread to the one I created stating that I created it, therefore Alex couldn't claim he created the site, nevertheless, if I create a thread, I can't edit its posts, I can't delete its posts, I can't delete the thread, tehcnically, it isn't my thread, in that aspect, then, obviously, it would be the same in every forum, which we don't have admin powers, we can't claim a thread to be ours, from that perspective.

Can't I claim this post to be mine?
Would it be ok to say that Alex owns this exact post (the content)?

The thoughts expressed are yours, and when you think about it, that is all we can ever really have.

the content is yours.

Merle

Indeed it does.

When someone uses the expression "my thread" in the sense of having been proud to come up with a thread that has proved popular, or has resulted in a lively discussion, or they even use the expression to apologise for an "original post" that was less carefully worded that it should have been, that is perfectly acceptable.

When someone uses the expression "my thread" in a proprietary sense, and is expressing a wish to exclude posters who do not agree with them, then it is not acceptable.