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Dave, What do you mean by juvenile fashion, Is it because people offered a different view from the one you believed in, or was it because someone disagreed with another post and cried foul ??? Its strange that the guy wielding the ban sword decided to call some of us juvenile !!! The board is losing intetest because people all are afraid to bring up anything other than generic topics. I can count the number of good threads on here in the last 3 months on one hand . Just because people disagree doesn't mean bad discussions come from it.

Chuck

Uh, acually none of the above, Chuck. What I was referring to had nothing to do with me, but with events that transpired between other members of the club back in the last quarter of 2009. Think you should reread what I said. I certainly apologize to you, as well, if I wasn't too clear about that; I didn't mean to imply that anyone in the current post was behaving that way. So... sorry.

I disagree with your assessment of less than 5 good threads in the last three months, but you're entitled to your opinion. What do you think would make for an interesting thread? If you're really scared of being banned for something, send me an email first and ask. Here's some food for thought, though, banning means from posting, not from visiting the site. Not posting for fear of banning amounts to sort of the same thing doesn't it? So why all the worries? I also disagree with a blanket assumption that people aren't participating in the forum, for any reason. Frankly, I'm not seeing it. It contiunues to be the second most popular forum on the Blitz. Sure, there's probably a handful, but at this point I don't see what else I could do to entice them to come back. Ball's kind of in their court now.

As for my disagreeing with people, or them with me, happens all the time. I don't believe I've ever done or said anything on this site that implies punishment directed at anyone who disagrees with me. If I'm wrong about that, show me. If fact, when it come to criticism directed at me, I think I've been pretty tolerant. It's only when everyone starts "flaming" that I have to step in and say something, that's the job that I was asked to perform.

Now, as for the "new" rules. Which ones do you feel should be removed? Will it bring members back if I allow flaming to return? Will everyone start enjoying the site more if we allow cursing and name calling? Peter, you're remark about some people taking it on the chin better than some others here, what the heck, bud? Why does everything you say have to end up in a dig? Is that what you want the forums to return to. Think about it, reread your posts. Maybe you don't see it, but Peter it's constant. I don't mind when you direct it at me, but what am I supposed to do when I get complaints about you from other members, ignore them cause it's you and you're somehow entitled? That's not right. As for ass-kissing? Mine? WHEN??? Certainly not in this thread. Right? Or in the personal correspondence we've had. Jeez, unless ass kissing means something else in Great Britain, I kinda recall you're ripping into me a bit. You could have at least lit a few candles and called me Darling. Killed the forum? For whom, you? Heavy handedness? For being asked to keep things civil?

You are entitled to your opinions, so please don't let me stop you and I mean that. I just think a lot of the time your opinions are self-serving and/or self-centered. Maybe that's just me, I don't know, so take it with a grain of salt.

Dave