[bWn4h8QD]

THANKs CC - I haven't been referred to as an "OddBall" for AGES. I thought old age was catching up with me & I was getting too staide. Your linking me in with people like AZB, TW, Larry, Tony C & yourself has put a new zest into my life!!! I am sure it has done the same for HB, Pib, JazzCom, etc., etc. etc.

My views on Own Rules??? He came with an attitude, he remained with his attitude, tried to instil his attitude in others & then left when his attitude could not be imposed on others. I think we are too strong for his Dominant style - perhaps he ought to seek asylam in Greenland, France, Russia or maybe even Iraq??? - Grahame. (Sorry Rob, didn't mean to say Iraq - HONEST!!!).

[dafodilkemmy]

OwnRules - I am afraid to say I think that your decision puts you in almost the same category as the people on this board that you criticise. They are the ones who are happier as long as they are surrounded by people they agree with and show themselves up by resorting to personal attacks because they lack the brainpower, wit or imagination to engage in civilised debate.

As others have remarked this is about debate, and variety of opinion is essential for that. Within DR1 there are choices you can make - about which forum to choose or threads to avoid for example - and there are plenty of posters who do not share the unpleasant characteristics you describe. The ones who do are merely a minority and shoot themselves in the foot with their absurd views.

There have been some perfectly reasonable debates and exchanges of opinion lately. If this is about the 'no war' rule then I sympathise with your frustration, but as you know there are other places on the web where we can have these discussions. I realise that I may be working on incomplete information here, not having seen certain posts before they were deleted, or any knowledge of unpleasant PMs you may have received. In any case, if you stand by your decision all I can say here is that I wish you well and that the DR1 forums will be poorer without your intelligent and witty contributions.

Chiri

[15Praxanant]

Hey, I like the guy. seemed nice enough in person. Politics can be a bad idea for discussion amongst friends. That is probably why Robert kills political threads before they spiral into name calling and such.

I did venture into his forums which are much more "left" than these boards are "right". He complained that people on DR1 that don't agree with the "right wing" posters get trashed.

So i make a few posts on his board and he calls me stupid. Oh well, I'll leave him to his sandbox.

BTW, was it OR that was burning the flags yesterday? ;-)

[attishina]

"livens" up a debate there seems to be a concerted effort by certain "regulars" to chase them off? At least that appears to be the case.
Too bad I'm not as "witty" as some and keep coming back for more

[Badyalectlawl]

Everybody's got one.

He doesn't want to stay he doesn't have to stay.

There are other groups/boards, ICQ etc.

[derinasderun]

No one flamed him or his opinions. He did the flaming and got threads shut down as he imploded because he was so frustrated this didn't become the "OwnRules Message Board". He couldn't even figure out which thread he was in sometimes. He just typed away regardless of the thread and its content.

He would come close to challanging people to a duel

I miss his histronics

Regards

[xyznicks]

I, often, disagreed with him on many issues but after reading some of his other posts, I must say, the man had some class and guts to spill out what the other didn't have to nerve to touch. Thats when I had realized that we had alot more in common than differences.
In anycase, he is right, this board is ruled by a few who just love to shove their ideals on every one else. If you dare to differ, you will be attacked like lechones from la vega's carnival. Too much ass beating here and very selective supervision by the moderators. I have had my post deleted many times. Seems like we just can't have any clean fun around here anymore. We all have to be politically correct, even in the open forum.