Stack, I accept your apology for the things you said.
I suggested your sister log off, not because of her opinion, but because in my experience that sort of online raging is self destructive.In my years of moderating this forum I have seen people come aboard and get better and seen others degenerate and get stuck in the negative. Period. Try to read what I said without your rage filter on.... " Log off, your participation is hurting YOU". Not me. Not Art Barker. Not Libby. Get it? You guys aren't 14 anymore. Stop acting like it.
People don't use their real names on forums not because they are afraid of Art Barker, but because it is not generally safe to do so. Many people, including the staffers and many participants here know whoI am. I have spoken to many of them and corresponded directly with them. So your implication that we are scared to post our name is downright silly. I wouldn't use my real name on any forum.
You guys come barreling in here, reposting old articles that I dug out of the St. Petersburg Times microfish archives years and years ago like you actually did something. You post personal addresses that anyone who wants them can easily get them, and troll the forum with nonsense, multiple logins and imply you would like to take criminal violent actions against people . You shout down all who disagree and bury posts you don't like under nonsense posts. You make still more direct violent threats against people who disagree with you, which is quite laughable if I do say so after seeing your picture. Regardless of this, If you think this is how you get a point across, you don't understand how civilized people engage each other in conversation. You even repulse people who generally agree with you. That is your right and the current moderators have made crystal clear they not only support this, they encourage it. Go for it, have a ball.
Ginger, on a personal note thanks for your well wishes, but you did Know I moderated personal attacks in this forum and not just spam. Your stating otherwise is disengenious, especially in light of all the conversations we had thru the years about the difference in content and tone between the moderated seed forum and the unmoderated Straight forum. For you to imply otherwise is throwing me under the bus, and in light of our 10 year relationship, that kind of sucks.
Stack, In accepting your apology I would also like to let you know that I find you personally repugnant and wont' be engaging you in any further discussion.
Thank you.
