Arnold Winkelried – yes, THAT thread (The I’m fat so you hate me thread) was like a very bad parody of the Monty Python argument clinic. After repeated attempts to bring it back into the realm of argument rather than just automatic nay-saying, Lynn suggested shutting it down and I agreed. Again, not like MY vote would have mattered just that I felt responsible since I started it.
But most threads in the Pit do not get so off track. I still like the Pit but yes, sometimes it gets so hateful that it doesn’t promote anything but more hate; but it isn’t always like that.
Do I now hate all of those members that disagreed with me? No. We disagreed. That’s all. Just like you and I disagree on this issue.
… None of which is to imply that anybody is doing a bad job with the boards around here. You just rattled my cage, I always come up snapping like that.
Note to self - Ease up on the Stone Temple Pilots.
I like the existence of the Pit. I gives me a place to avoid. Those of us who remember the old AOL forum know that you had to dig through the flaming piles of randomly distributed abuse in order to find the intelliegent and rational conversations. Personally, I found it all so distasteful that I periodically had to leave the board just to detox. I commend this group for realizing that people come here for different reasons and there’s no reason you need to eat everything on the menu.