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Ydiss · 07-07-2003, 06:40 AM

I would have posted this on TMT but the thread is closed.

Why would anyone feel the need to slate another forum? Even more strange is the need to pigeon-hole all of the members of that forum as bad, simply because they post there more often.

How can such a redundant and unimportant issue be so vehemently argued? Who cares?

Whilst I would agree that aa.com is a darned sight more chaotic and unfriendly than most other (all other?) forums for MOH, it is still one of the most popular so far as members and posts, so it's obviously doing something right. If it was so bad then why do so many people post there?

I post at TMT from time to time but I am not a regular there. The people are nice there, sure, but at the end of the day it's just not as busy as aa.com and I have gotten great enjoyment out of some of the many discussions and arguments I've had here.

For me to read that because I do post on aa.com that I must be rude, belligerant and confrontational is ludicrous.

There is a good reason why aa.com is the way it is. Without the support of the site owner to cull stale data, update the site and offer support to the mods how are the trouble-makers supposed to be controlled?

More to the point, why bother?

I don't particularly condone some of the bullshit that goes on here, and sometimes it annoys me, but I have the right to not read it if I don't like it. I also have the right to state my opinion on it. I just wouldn't go so far as to slate the whole forum and all its members.

You see, I have no reason to defend aa.com. I couldn't give a toss about what anyone says about it because I don't take that kind of thing personally (I have a much better grasp on reality than some people it seems).

It's just that I fail to see the point of slating it and its members. Slate individuals if you have a problem with them, sure, but if you have to generalise an entire group of people and cuss them then you're no better than the people you're cussing.

Bottom line is this: If people at TMT are so benign then why are some of them cussing another forum on the internet?

Beats me.

Live and let live. Life's too short.

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Ydiss is Offline Senior Member Posts: 2,377 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Nottingham, England	07-07-2003, 06:40 AM I would have posted this on TMT but the thread is closed. Why would anyone feel the need to slate another forum? Even more strange is the need to pigeon-hole all of the members of that forum as bad, simply because they post there more often. How can such a redundant and unimportant issue be so vehemently argued? Who cares? Whilst I would agree that aa.com is a darned sight more chaotic and unfriendly than most other (all other?) forums for MOH, it is still one of the most popular so far as members and posts, so it's obviously doing something right. If it was so bad then why do so many people post there? I post at TMT from time to time but I am not a regular there. The people are nice there, sure, but at the end of the day it's just not as busy as aa.com and I have gotten great enjoyment out of some of the many discussions and arguments I've had here. For me to read that because I do post on aa.com that I must be rude, belligerant and confrontational is ludicrous. There is a good reason why aa.com is the way it is. Without the support of the site owner to cull stale data, update the site and offer support to the mods how are the trouble-makers supposed to be controlled? More to the point, why bother? I don't particularly condone some of the bullshit that goes on here, and sometimes it annoys me, but I have the right to not read it if I don't like it. I also have the right to state my opinion on it. I just wouldn't go so far as to slate the whole forum and all its members. You see, I have no reason to defend aa.com. I couldn't give a toss about what anyone says about it because I don't take that kind of thing personally (I have a much better grasp on reality than some people it seems). It's just that I fail to see the point of slating it and its members. Slate individuals if you have a problem with them, sure, but if you have to generalise an entire group of people and cuss them then you're no better than the people you're cussing. Bottom line is this: If people at TMT are so benign then why are some of them cussing another forum on the internet? Beats me. Live and let live. Life's too short.