#1
Posted: 9/29/03 at 1:56pm
I have tried to keep my mouth shut these past few days (y’all know how hard that is for me to do..on all fronts..) But after reading the absolutely asinine post about signatures and their appropriate length, I feel I can no longer keep my mouth, or any other orifice of my choosing, closed.
That said, I would like to say the following:
I have been called probably every name in the book on this board. I have had my posts applauded and ridiculed. I have had the way I look (pro or con) used against me. I have been made mock of and championed by numerous posters. I, myself, have made mock of and championed numerous posters. I have been told to take off my shirt and to leave it on.
..and I thoroughly enjoyed EVERY SINGLE MOMENT that has happened here.
What I do not enjoy is being told by posters, not the webmaster but posters, what I can or cannot do or what I can or cannot say and how big or small my signature should be.
We have become a message board that is not for the weak. We are a message board fully capable of eating its young and nurturing those who have earned their stripes.
We are a board with a reputation to uphold.
I am not about to see what we have created turned into a kindergarten by a group of milk toast dullards.
Let me go on the record as saying… I have absolutely no plans to change how I write or what I write about or the manner in which I write and I urgently ask my fellow posters to do the same.
Even Rob himself has talked about the Community we have created here. We may fight, mock and scold one another but I don't think anyone is ever really offended by each other and I can not tell you how many times "sworn enemies" on this board have ended up on friendly terms.
This board is being discussed in numerous circles and I assure you what is being discussed is NOT how “kind” we are or how completely “on-topic “ we are or anything of that sort.
We have a reputation to up hold. I suggest the Goody-two-shoes find another board where their considerate postings and signature length will be taken with any kind of seriousness.
Kindly yours and God Bless,
La Voce Antonio..
That said, I would like to say the following:
I have been called probably every name in the book on this board. I have had my posts applauded and ridiculed. I have had the way I look (pro or con) used against me. I have been made mock of and championed by numerous posters. I, myself, have made mock of and championed numerous posters. I have been told to take off my shirt and to leave it on.
..and I thoroughly enjoyed EVERY SINGLE MOMENT that has happened here.
What I do not enjoy is being told by posters, not the webmaster but posters, what I can or cannot do or what I can or cannot say and how big or small my signature should be.
We have become a message board that is not for the weak. We are a message board fully capable of eating its young and nurturing those who have earned their stripes.
We are a board with a reputation to uphold.
I am not about to see what we have created turned into a kindergarten by a group of milk toast dullards.
Let me go on the record as saying… I have absolutely no plans to change how I write or what I write about or the manner in which I write and I urgently ask my fellow posters to do the same.
Even Rob himself has talked about the Community we have created here. We may fight, mock and scold one another but I don't think anyone is ever really offended by each other and I can not tell you how many times "sworn enemies" on this board have ended up on friendly terms.
This board is being discussed in numerous circles and I assure you what is being discussed is NOT how “kind” we are or how completely “on-topic “ we are or anything of that sort.
We have a reputation to up hold. I suggest the Goody-two-shoes find another board where their considerate postings and signature length will be taken with any kind of seriousness.
Kindly yours and God Bless,
La Voce Antonio..
Updated On: 9/29/03 at 01:56 PM
I could not agree with you more. I bet this guy won't post here again.
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