[Dog Gone]

In Poohbah's case, he did. He notified us on multiple threads several days in advance that he was leaving and why. Many, including me, tried to talk him out of it. The only warning I had about hchutch was a freepmail about 2 minutes in advance of his opus.

If I leave this forum I doubt I'd do an opus, at least not as a separate thread. I've already had one, LOL. Another Freeper wrote and posted my opus as a prank about 5 years ago. Pretty funny.

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He notified us on multiple threads several days in advance that he was leaving and why.

That's even MORE damning then. He was in no danger of leaving you folks with questions, so the opus was simply a play for attention.

In short, I maintain that such an opus represents a slice of the same imperviousness to discourse that the posters claim to despise. It's a last-ditch, sucker-punch-and-run to all the playground bullies.