After Hours

There have been many instances Max could have or should have been called to account but I don't see this as being one of them. Reading Apotheon's complaint; it comes off as being rather whiny.

Remember this, "It takes a man to play the game and a punk to criticize." When one offers criticizm it should endeavour to be of the constructive variety rather than a mere whining complaint of the"somebody stole my candy" variety, which is how I read Apotheon's little diatribe.

There are a lot of things that I do not like about what has happened to the format and content of "the new TR"; many of which I find inconvenient and a royal pain in the butt, if not down right assinine but unless I feel I can offer alternatives of a feasible and constructive nature, something I feel I do not have the necessary time to get involved in, I keep my mouth shut. It's a matter of putup or shut up. Banning Max from TR wont accomplish anything except a further diminishment of the forums. Half the fun is watching the two of you snapping asses at each other. Lose that sort of thing and TR will lose a lot more of the old regulars. If you don't like it, go see the chaplain for a TS chit.

BTW I made several suggestions of what could or should be done in the TR forums but to date I am unaware of any being implemented. Like a lot of the old regulars, my TR time has diminished. I no longer find it to be as useful or as much fun as it used to be. However, I don't think the PTB really give a schit about that since they seem to have managed to attract many new members and the loss of a few of the older members doesn't seem to bother them overly much.

Dawg ]:)

His response to Apotheon was a bit OTT but absolutely characteristic of Max. The tone of Apotheon's thread could be read in different ways and I guess that Max read it differently to others.

I'd prefer it if neither of them left the site permanently as I reckon they both have a lot to say that's worth reading.

I quite enjoy being insulted by Max although it hasn't happened for a while. I seem to have survived unscathed (except for this arthritis in my left hand caused by me punching the screen).

If you don't like something - ignore it or fight back. None of this is worth crying over. This is also not a democracy so I reckon that any decision by Max to leave the site and take his 1132 thumbs with him will, I sincerely hope, be his decision alone.



Personally, I hope both of them stick around.

with you reacting to Maxwell's posts by telling him to leave TR I do agree that he is being a bit over the top lately. Like the post you posted and
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=228408&messageID=2270586
and
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=102&threadID=227971&messageID=2269811
he's getting into troll realms at the moment.

"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all." -Noam Chomsky