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Username: Ijlal
Post Number: 193
Registered: 6-2007
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 10:27 pm: | |
Take it easy guys!!!
You know this has been a feature of this forum all along that has pissed me off more than anything else. I can tolerate some mean remarks about myself as I can always fight back ...as I did with Kit when he had become overly arrogant, but what do I do when people fail to understand simple plain English? Why people start taking everything personally is beyond my comprehension.
It seems everybody has a fixation on Angler13! C'mon guys he's gone, so let him go! Why does everybody have to equate as follows:
Angler13=Angler14=Jess
What nonsense! Angler14 is a member of this forum and so is Jess, albeit a bit naughty. They do contribute to the forum though occasionally. Should we rather not encourage them to write more often and share their knowledge with all of us instead of playing the naming game? All are welcome here, even Angler13 should he wish to. Kit and all the others who have left are also welcome, and who can stop them anyway?
If the sole purpose of some of you in becoming a member is to learn, then I advise you to do a search on Google.com. you'll be surprised what treasures a single word can unearth! Of course learning does take place, but as a by-product, just as we learn when we interact with others in our daily lives. Forums are what they are: Community halls in cyberspace. One joins a forum to cater to one's basic human need, i.e. to be part of a community, to be recognized. Of course, as they say "Birds of a feather, flock together." So when we are all fishermen, we will naturally talk fishing most of the time. One cannot, however, force another to write what one likes. The more important thing to consider is this: We are evolving as a community but are still in our infancy. At such an early stage and with such meagre membership, I would say we have done jolly good so far.
Ian,
I will address you frankly and hope you will take it as a grown up rather than taking it as an attack on your person and responding negatively.
Jess and I were having a little friendly brawl and you all start showing your concerns. You did clarify Chua is Tacklebloke, which is what was required, but to go all the way and tell Jess is crap! For heaven's sake grow up, all of you! The only crap I have seen on this forum is the attitude of some people trying to belittle others. Okay Jess has done it at times, but so have you, so what's the difference between you two?
I wrote we should all be on one forum and did mention yours as an option too, didn't I? I also wrote I wouldn't like to be under your stick, and you vindicated me by giving a small display of just that! Now this is what I meant: If you are going to come up and tell somebody he is crap every now and then, that person can tell you to FCUK OFF without having to fear anything on this forum. The same situation can occur on your forum too, but with different repercussions; a person who helped you establish your forum by joining and contributing in the early stages, may be banished by you down the years depending on your likes and dislikes. If you are to play host, then you will have to act more maturely.
Another habit you need to watch is your regularly reminding us your forum is free and you have put in a lot of time and effort for which you are not paid. What the heck! Did any of us beg you to do so? You did what you did for your own satisfaction and you know what, down the years, when your forum is up and thriving, you could even get some of the tackle companies to post their ads on it and earn real money. Do keep in mind you owe your success to your members, so watch out for that attitude buddy!
So Ian, this is it. I have been blunt but positive, and hope you take it the same way. I have no personal reason to antagonize or oppose you. Your forum does provide a host of good features we miss on this one, so please accept my congratulations on a job well done. In fact I was also planning along the same lines but being a lazy sort of a person, you beat me to it. Now that you have done the good work, there is no need for me to create another one, so be assured of all my support. I shall now be joining the forum and hope others will follow suit. I have no expectations from you but the only thing I do not expect is a lousy attitude.
Thank you all for going through this lengthy speech!
Take care,
Ijlal |
