We may have been a bit hasty on that one to be honest,we are waiting until we know ALL of the facts,we were gonna edit that post but as so many people had read it we didnt see the point,we appologise if it offended anyone.
I have just been informed that this thread has appeared. After reading through three pages I see that there is a lot of emotion in the air. A lot of argument has passed back and forth without the knowledge of what has actually occurred.
A lot of you have said that the "brave" person is not brave enough to show themselves. This is not quite true as I am now making myself known at the earliest opportunity.
I had my reasons to withdraw the invite and this is on a very personal level between me and LC. The main reason has not been listed above.
Unlike LC I will not wash my dirty linen in public and should LC wish to listen to my reasons, then please PM me with your phone number and I will be happy to explain this further.
Dave_Notts
Am inclined to lock this thread now - but any Mod can unlock and I won't take umbrage. I think enough has been said for now and the rest should be done by PM. If you think otherwise then fine.... PM a Mod!
Been sent a PM asking to give a response - there will be a 5 minute interval.
I'm inclined to say leave it open to allow all relevant parties to respond. It is only fair as a lot of accusations have been made and it is fair to all concerned that they are allowed to publicly defend themselves if they so wish. Of course if those people would prefer their response to be kept to PM, that's fair enough. I would say that only if the conversation should become abusive should the thread be locked permanently.
The problem with threads like this is that people skim-read them. It's understandable; people don't have time to launch an in-depth study on four pages of a disagreement in an Internet forum. But this means people get a skewed impression of events, usually skewed towards whoever made the first two or three posts, and the last two or three. In theory, a right of reply and the ability to air views sounds like a mighty fine idea. In practice, I have my doubts...
Still, so long as it gets locked while all the mods are in bed together, I'm sure there's no chance of it turning into a festering wound spitting vitriol over the face of the forum.
I'm gonna keep shtum on the matter in hand, as I can see a lot of points of view, and I'm glad it's God job to figure out who's done right and who's done wrong on his big universal scorecard, because I don't think any of the rest of us will manage it.
I have spoken to LC on the phone and explained my reasons fully which he has accepted.
As far as I am concerned, the matter has been resolved.
Dave_Notts
It's a difficult call...
This is the kind of thread that rapidly decends into personal stuff because that's the very nature of it. Lock it and we get accused of stiffling debate, leave it open and it just spirals downwards...
It's always a shame when personal stuff spills over into public forums. Nothing will ever get truly sorted in this way.
But I'm sure us Mods will be prepared to bash as many heads as it takes.... :twisted:
OK folks..................I've actually been online since this evening................after I had this thread pointed out to me................I have been "copy and pasting" everything on the thread so that I can answer each and every one of you.............................I feel that I need to do this for two reasons....................
1. to try to vindicate myself and the reasons for everything blowing up and.............
try and deflate/defuse the situation...................................
I wil be posting a message in answer to all this as soon as I have composed it.......................hope to catch you all soon.............
Marcuso
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PS.......can we now please stop posting in here till I've put my main post up as I keep having to "copy and paste" even more..........lol
Locked again until something constructive is offerd - PMs to Mods please.