by Sabre » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:09 am
Well I've written drivel here, and we can count the drivel by thousands of posts. Out of this posts, you won't find anyone in which I insult you or talk in a bad way about your job.
Why I say this? because that applies not only for me but 99% of the forum. Meaning, the posters that do tell you that kind of things, can be counted with the fingers of one hand. I never liked those personal attacks to your persona, as you already know.
But the truth is that in some comments as of late, you didn't seem to be referring to those attacks but to a more broad range of posters. You didn't mention in those comments that the posters insult or attack personally, you described a kind of poster that used to discuss some topics a lot, and then stopped doing it. I certainly did that in some topics, but not for the reasons you seemed to imply.
I didn't appreciate either how you defended the come back of some mates. It's nice you appreciate some posters, it's nice you want them back, and it's nice you request so. But to do so, there's no need to say that them coming back is a major boost to the quality of discussion of this forum. It's a lack of respect to the regular members of this forum from where I sit. I didn't appreciate either that you seemed to know why a member was banned, and I couldn't undestand how knowing that you wanted them back, no matter how right they are.
I don't have problems to admit that you're one of the posters I read with more attention here, and I always had some positive bias to you as a poster, so if myself have been irked by some comments, I doubt I will be the only one because when I interpret your posts, I never tend to interpret them in a bad way.
Reading your answer you seem to confirm that my perception about this "who's right has a lot of importance" is not true. I'm happy to read that. I also accept as true that you never were commenting these things to people like me, but the problem is not me, the problem is that I think more people than me, who never treated you badly, might be offended by those comments. And at the end of the day you may find yourself discussing harshly with people you never had a problem with. Certainly I was offended. If you were talking about the people who talks about your job or insults you I wouldn't be offended. But as a regular member of this forum I was offended to read 3 or 4 members might improve the input of many, and as a regular poster in the rotation thread I linked those comments to the paragraph you wrote to Kazza.
Well these days I won't post much, not because I don't want to discuss Rafa now the things are pear shaped, but because right now I have a football depression, and plus, I don't want to wind up dissapointed fans in the following two days.
Anyway, I accept your answer as good and no problem. I just had to clarify those things. And sorry for doing so publicly, I should have done it privately.
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