Maybe I was wrong.

Infinity:

I just wasted a lot of breath defending you over someone else's angry outburst, and now I come here and read yours. And replying to 28, at that. The man didn't say anything *that* controversial, did he?

Yeah, there's a lot of judgement that goes on here. I dare say you've done as much as any of us. I highly respect your opinion, otherwise I wouldn't read your posts - but you didn't hang the moon either. You are one of many voices.

No one can fault you if your AOA includes women, or if you have different beliefs about all of this than any of us. Yes, there are a lot of pervs and trolls here. But my friend, go to any IRC chatroom and you'll find 100 times the trolls and perverts, and an "infinitesimal" percentage of the intellegence, support, and honesty that is here. YANI's good, but as anyone that is connected with any site like that will tell you, there are pervs and trolls that read it too.

So does it do any good to insult everyone on here? Does it do any good for you and Cindy to fight and run away?

And hell, I'm a relative newbie, and I'm SURE someone will tell me I'm wasting MY breath trying to make peace or reprimand old timers or something, and even if they don't, now I have to wonder through my OWN insecurities if I've contributed to the downfall of sanity at this place. I lurked for three months before I posted, and never saw THIS kind of BS. Is it me? Is it the summer heat?

Get-A-Grip-on-LIFE! If you think this place sucks so bad, then I can't stop you from "high tailing" it out of here. But if you find a place that is THAT much better, you let us know. I think most of the people are here because they see this as the best chance at a forum that addresses a variety of needs and viewpoints. People are here because they want to make it work. People are here because they want to have a voice and share. NOT because they want to read temper tantrums.

Maybe you don't want to share anymore.

Or Maybe this is a closed society and you're just upset that there are new voices. Maybe I should "high tail" it out and let the little clique have their fun by themselves.

What would it take to make YOU happy? Someone to agree with you totally? Respectful disagreement is not the same as "missing a point."

That's it. I'm done. I know NOW why there are so many people who post so little. They're debated out the wazoo and if they don't bend to apparent agreement, then someone gets upset.

I don't want to upset you or anyone else, so while I'll continue my plans to register and donate, I'll also shut up for awhile. Maybe I need to lurk some more and learn who to avoid and when to keep my mouth shut.

HPNY
(disappointed)