"Dale E. Pontius" <suitnop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:487ce35e$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> OK... If you want to create some traffic...
>
> John C o r s e
> John C o r s e
> John C o r s
>
> Naaaahhh, I couldn't do it! I just can't bring myself to summon the
> Candyman.
>
> DEP
> KRW, do you still check here, at all?
> How's retirement?
OK, I'll bite.
John Corse was the 'trigger', but there were several regulars here who
used
him as an excuse to demonize every visitor here who dared to express a
contrarian view - particularly when it was not in praise of AMD. It
certainly drove me away, and I know of many others who expressed the same
feeling. The ones who remained, of course, were of a like mind, and
defended that behavior - but it is obvious that they essentially killed
the
group.
Even though I was one of those who helped drive out John Corse - who, by
the
way I ended up figuring out who he *really* was (last name was Evangelou)
and after outing him privately caused him to stop posting here - I was
eventually demonized as well because I wouldn't toe the 'party line'.
I am quite sure that there will be those who will disagree - and this may,
in fact, start a somewhat lively thread. But, since I had some measure
of
control over my website's forum, I opted to spend my time there instead
and
try to push civil behavior down people's throats. It has worked
remarkably
well, and that accursed web forum (to steal from another's post here) has
excellent dialog without the vitriol. Linus Torvalds regularly posts
there, as do a number of other well-known, and well-informed, people.
I'll
admit, however, that it isn't a place for doing any rah-rah for any
particular company or product. It's just a discussion of technical
issues - just the way I like it. :-).
I just happened to stop by to see if things were still the same here.
Glad
to see that most of the ***holes are gone, but sorry to see that the
discussion has become much less interesting (with a few exceptions).
Regards,
Dean
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