How about.....
- people who quote out of context? I know, I know - it makes it more fun. Objectivity and realism are rarely entertaining. But I challenge all who read this thread to go back and read the stuff in "Alerts." Not just the thread I went off in. Get the whole perspective. Read all of the stuff I have posted there over the years. I have suggested/advised/pleaded/guided and begged that this ONE area be used properly. I let you go off in almost every other forum and thread. Yet this last one.... over 3 pages of crap. It dilutes the legitimacy and usefulness of the whole area. It is the one place on the board where I really tried to help the average guy. And I don't think it was all that surprising or unfair that I snapped after all that time.
- how about....people who violate the rules over and over and over.... and then can't handle it when they get slapped for it? Gawd, man up.
- how about.... the same old bunch of out-of-area shills piling on to every negative thing that can possibly be said about the Mods? (and thinking that they are being "constructive" and "telling it how it is")
- how about... people that you have done a whole shitload of favors for (and given a whole bunch of leeway to) that don't extend you the same courtesy? Sleep well.
- and lastly.... how about the duplicity, arrogance, and hypocrisy of a bunch of people who are on a board to talk about hookers and fucking, yet pretend they are offended when bitched at in a rant. But I know that for what it really is - an excuse to pile on. You aren't really offended. You just want to take advantage. Never miss the opportunity to bash a Mod.
I'm not gonna spend a lot of time defending myself over the next few days. Take your shots, have your vents. I'd like to say that in times like these, your friends become obvious and they have your back - that there are a few out there who understand the big picture of what you are about and appreciate the good more than the ocassional bad. But I am becoming more and more disappointed that this does not seem to be the case. Some of you have greatly disappointed me.
But as Neil Young would say: "It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you."
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BTW, I have spent too much time on this board today, and I am too lazy to change my avatar or signature. But as of this writing...
My Moderation access is turned off. I have not been notified by anyone on Staff why this is the case. But in effect, I am not a Moderator at this time. I do not know whether this is permanent or not. Again, I have not been told.
Now.... have at it. Post your thoughtful rebuttals. I have real work to do and I am going to ignore all of this for a very long time. A very long time.