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Originally Posted by Skip
I think it is a shame that Don has to be dragged into this mess at all!
He was gracious enough to open up a sub-thread for folks to argue their points more aggressivley while not letting things spill into the rest of the website. So regardless of who is to blame here I have to ask, isn't everyone involved adults and if so, why can't they behave as such?
Since this thread is addressed to Don I will throw in my two cents. I disagreed with Don when he tried this experiment but I always support his final decisions as this is his, and only his, site. That said it appears that the reasons I felt this experiment would fail are becoming readily apparent.
Don, I pray that you and your family have a fantastic Thanksgiving and I hope you ignore this foolishness and stuff yourself with everything that is nice about this Holiday! I know I'm going to be chowing down.... 
Happy Thanksgiving Don,
Skip |
Skip as I have said 99.9% of the time I agree with and value your posts.
Some of us do like to get into spirited debates on touchy subjects. On occasion these debates turn down ugly paths. Phrases such as "That was dumb" or "You are wrong" and "That was an idiotic statement" and "pull your head out of the sand" etc. etc. etc. I mean I could go on and I am guilty of using MANY of these phrases.
As for these debates take a look at the hit counter on the site. Don knows that all too well the highest number totals are that of the more controversial subjects. Skip a lesson for you Site Traffic generates revenue. So by all means encourage Don to remove all controversial topics and watch Winni.com turn into an old western Ghost Town.
Back to the meat of the discussion. What we have here is a group of people that like to debate hot topics. Don moved that section to a little corner of the site. I think he was wise to do so for more reasons than just site traffic. The regular forum rules do still apply over there. However, there are a selct three that have been downright libelous, slanderous and just grossly out of line with fabrication and calling people's lifestyles, professions, and character into question. Some have used information shared by that member against them, some have fabricated nasty outright lies about people. It is a sad state of affairs that people can not debate issues without lying and assassinating people's character.
Once again though you put yourself up on the pedestal and thumbed your nose at the "rest of us." The reality is that there are three troublemakers on this forum that consistently cause major problems. It is hardly
foolishness that one member of this site made an unsubstantiated claim that another member threatened him with guns. As an LEO you of all people should be bothered by that and see that things like this should NEVER be joked about.
To Don, Understandably your patience has been challenged by this thread. I am disappointed by the direction that the once productive discussion took. I was entrenched in this discussion due to the very personal affect it has on me. Lately I've been a debate about "how well I know my neighbors" with this fool. Fortunately he has laid off calling out my teaching abilities and treatment of children. But now this individual has turned downright nasty claiming another member of this site threatened his life with weapons.
Sorry Skip you miss the mark on this one. This
foolishness has turned downright nasty. Many of us share personal information and do not hide behind our screennames. Therefore when comments are made like this it can affect our personal lives. Steve is quite upset that someone would accuse him of making threats with guns when he himself has never owned one. This is well beyond the scope of foolishness and should be addressed by the moderator of this site.
Don, I am sorry that it has come to this and it is a shame that you have to deal with this stuff. However, I do believe you need to take care of this before it spins out of control. Making up lies about people and using information shared on this site against people is something that should not be tolerated.
Chris