[GarthB]

Steve:

Oh, but I was insulted at other boards, and by some who occasionally visit this board.

Perhaps no one but Carl or Jim Porter have been subject to the intense harassment I received at a certain board. And primarily because of who I considered a friend. But I've always been a proactive sort, so rather than complain about my treatment there, I left.

Then I found this board, and have enjoyed the difference in attitude, even among those who once chased me away from a board. I can accept the change in their behavior, even if it is only displayed at this board, because this is where I deal with them. So again, I care not what anyone does at another board. I care not what you or anyone else may do in someone else's living room. I care what you do in mine.

I do not find that hypocritical. Apparently our undestanding of the word is different, c'est la vie. I can deal with that.

I just hope that people can appreciated that boards are different. Maybe that's sticking in my mind because of an article I just finished one "The Internet and the Umpire."

I contend that the managament, or lack thereof, has the heaviest influence on a boards "personality". The same poster can, (and often do) make the majority of posts of each of four boards, yet they can, and often do, have a different tone at each board. Same posters, different tone.

I have no problem with that. I'll stick to the board that has the most positive tone.

Again, and to avoid being overly repetitions, for the final time in this thread, my major point is that boards may be different and poster's behavior may be different. We should allow that. (Hell, we should encourage that!) If this board wants to be different, we should honor that. What someone posts at Eteamz should have no consequence to me here.

Please check all baggage at the door.

If you'd like to continue on any point here, please feel free to email me. Bear in mind, though, that I'm on vaction and won't see my email until next Thursday.

Peace.

Garth