Posted on 04/01/2005 2:39:59 PM PST by hchutch
Well said.
Wait wait wait... I havn't whipped out the Free Republic BBQ Apron (Screen name added for 5 bucks) yet!
I hope this is just your idea of an April Fools' joke. We need you around here.
No!!!! Not THAT!!!!!!! [Runs Away Screaming.]
Okay...I give up...
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In the scheme of your day, was it really that vitally important to find out what that guy's sign-up date was and to take him on in an embarassing argument?
Sometimes I find it hard to believe that there are any adults here. No offense to you specifically but some of the sniping is more childish than the kids on the playground outside my office window.
I never get why anyone feels the need to say anything to the idiots (includes me I guess) from whom they are escaping.
I think you're being melodramatic, hope you stay around
If it makes you feel any better, I could sense the emotion and great disappointment in your farewell because I share a similar feeling. Rather than leave, I have opted to avoid the things that I know will get me in trouble, lurk more than post, and post rarely. It seems to have worked for me and I am able to simply shake my head at the off-the-deep-enders.
I still find FR a great place for news and an array of opinions, but I do wish the crazies hadn't taken over.
"It seemed more okay to offer constructive criticism now."
I meant "It seems." Maybe that led to the confusion. I meant it as a sort of general observation about the vibe of FR. It wasn't meant to imply that I was chomping at the bit to knock the president.
Lurking isn't posting, newbie.
Not condoning the darts, just pointing out that it is likely they weren't aimed at you.
Not really, but it was fun, and he was arrogant. Speaking of that, I couldn't help but notice you've been here not quite a year yet... Hmmm... ;0)
Amen! The ugliness of the Terri trauma caused me to nearly vacate as well.
Staying silent and vacant helped me weigh the advantages and disadvantages of FR. For me, the advantages win as long as a hiatus brings perspective.
Come on back, hchutch, we need ya!
"I think you jumped to a conlcusion"
Well, accidental hypocrisy has always been one of my strong suits. I hope you're right.
I didn't take those remarks to be aimed at you either. I think it was addressed to the other FReeper. That's my read, anyway.
I has nothing to do with superiority. It has to do with noticing the inappropriateness of someone in his position telling someone else he won't be missed.
By the way, you can read a sign-up date by mousing over the member's name. It wasn't exactly a big thing "in the scheme of [my] day", and I see no reason why my defense of another person should embarrass me.
P.S. rdb3 - I like your tagline
I was feeding the babies once, and ran out of bread.
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Why were you feeding them, if you didn't like where the bread ended up?
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