Reason We Fight Thread Removed from BB

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by mgault

I concur...

I also concur with Michael concuring with Claude (that Claude is a smart guy)

Regards

Gerry

[David Nice]

Originally Posted by rbennett

It has been brought to my attention that I switch sides now and then so let me see if I can express my self very clearly

Nick is right -- The thread should should have stayed --

Since it was only members discussing it, there was nothing preventing it form being moved to a members only section.

[Richard L. Bennett]

Dave

No

Public is where it should have been -- I showed the world the true nature of some of our members --- Not NACHI

This is one of the costs of freedom -- sometimes we must pay

I have no problem with the bar tab even it is a little hit on our fine image

rlb

[Michael Larson]

David, I agree that it should have been moved to a members only area instead of being deleted. It was quite instructive as to the personalities of some of the players here. I hope members will have the good sense to keep the public areas for HI related topics in the future.

I can hope can't I?

[Nick Gromicko]

This thread was in general, an exchange between 2 members.

Each had the freedom to not participate at all.
Each had the freedom to stop at any time.
Each had the freedom to delete any of their own posts.
Each had the freedom to delete all of their own posts.

They chose to stay in the ring. Who are we to throw in the towel?

Perhaps it is my family heritage that makes me over-sensitive to censorship of any sort. My family controlled, and to some extent still does control, the media for hundreds of millions of people.

[Jeffrey R. Pope]

Wow. Now I kinda wish I had read some of the thread. . .

[wforsyth]

Originally Posted by rbennett

Dave

No

Public is where it should have been -- I showed the world the true nature of some of our members --- Not NACHI

This is one of the costs of freedom -- sometimes we must pay

I have no problem with the bar tab even it is a little hit on our fine image

rlb

The problem is Richard that it only showed the true nature of the male members of this board, and not all of them at that. You wanted me to participate past the first few posts. Because I chose not to, you and others insisted on holding the conversation for me and speaking for me. I refused to participate in the slime going on and I was slammed for that as well.

[wforsyth]

Originally Posted by gromicko

This thread was in general, an exchange between 2 members.

Each had the freedom to not participate at all.
Each had the freedom to stop at any time.
Each had the freedom to delete any of their own posts.
Each had the freedom to delete all of their own posts.

They chose to stay in the ring. Who are we to throw in the towel?

Perhaps it is my family heritage that makes me over-sensitive to censorship of any sort. My family controlled, and to some extent still does control, the media for hundreds of millions of people.

Nick, I hope you are not implying that I was one of the two people participating. After the first few posts I stopped participating because of how asinine the whole thing was. I still have the entire thread so if people like Richard want to keep stating that I was the one fueling that thread, then I am more than happy to defend myself in an arena that is more fair to all.

BTW, it's not censorship if the person deletes their own thread. I would have deleted the thread early on if given the option, but we aren't even given that option. That's something that is a right.

[Nick Gromicko]

http://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh697.sht

[James H. Bushart]

I thought I did some of my best poetry on that thread, actually.

[wforsyth]

It's a wonderful song and the principle is one we should all cherish.

Some seem to think it's only the right of all others besides me. I seem to have lost the right to speak for myself and only the males here are allowed to state what my opinions are. Sadly enough they were all liars. Some were not and they suffered the wrath of the Inquisitors as well.

[tneumann]

I thought your poetry was well thought out and funny as hell.....amen.

[James H. Bushart]

Now we sit on Friday night,
Down cast and broken hearted.
Our dearest thread, "Why We Fight",
So abruptly it departed.

But still we have our message board
With chance to make anew
A thread to piss somebody off.
Who knows...it may be YOU!

[tneumann]

Piss me off if you wish
I can take it I can dish

My father was usmc
you should have seen what he did to me

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by wforsyth

........Some seem to think it's only the right of all others besides me. I seem to have lost the right to speak for myself and only the males here are allowed to state what my opinions are. Sadly enough they were all liars. Some were not and they suffered the wrath of the Inquisitors as well.

Wendy, Please remember you are in a public area. If your other thread had been in the members area I suspect it would still exist.

In case you missed it, the most objectionable part of the thread had nothing to do with you.