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Not sure how long this will be allowed to stay up but, since a lot of my recent posts on VR.com have been a waste of my time, I guess I will take my chances. I would hope, considering my extensive involvement in VR.com, Hank will allow me to speak my mind.
I am leaving VR.com, more than likely permanently. I am sure there will be few people cheering but, hopefully, there will be some that might even miss my posts. I wanted to post rather than just disappear because I felt you deserved to know why.
I am deeply saddened by the recent deletion of the War Room (and please know that this is not just about the War Room - that was just the last straw for me). I have little doubt how that came about. I had intended to go more deeply into my feelings but I don't really want to get banned. However, I will mention the following. There are a few members on this site who show up only when there is a controversy often posting mean thoughts. These members are also behind the scene complainers about things they don't like. I believe such complaints might have had an impact on the forum being deleted. The War Room was started in order to separate touchy subjects that people still wanted to discuss because we spend so much time at VR.com. Some of us are here every single day trying to make a difference. Is it any wonder we might not want to leave and go elsewhere to discuss other things important to us?
I have weathered many storms on VR.com in my 6 years here and thousands of posts. The valve selection and coumadin forums have been the toughest at times due to some folks (again) thinking they know more than or what is best for everyone else. Although threads have been closed usually they have not been deleted.
Now I find that an entire forum is just plain gone. Those of us posting spent a lot of time and research in that forum trying to reasonably discuss matters important to us with people we care about. Yes, the threads might not have been valve related but they were visited and continued by people who were brought together by valve problems and became friends. To discuss these things on other forums with strangers has never made sense to me. That is why I was so excited to have the War Room so I could discuss things I feel passionate about with my friends. I truly wish I had known there was a chance the War Room would be deleted. I thought the warnings about it would be sufficient for it to continue.
I know one argument has been that those of us involved in the War Room have ignored other threads. I think that is mostly untrue. I have been posting as much in other forums as I was before the War Room was started. I had cut back on my posting over a year ago for personal time and health reasons. The vast majority of the others posting in the War Room have posted in other forums as much as before.
In any case, I just feel I have been a bit kicked once too often and have to bow out. I wish my friends well and the others I hope find peace. I think, on the whole, the members really care about each other.
I will miss so very many of you and am just not sure what I will spend my time doing - maybe start a website for my friends. God bless.
I am leaving VR.com, more than likely permanently. I am sure there will be few people cheering but, hopefully, there will be some that might even miss my posts. I wanted to post rather than just disappear because I felt you deserved to know why.
I am deeply saddened by the recent deletion of the War Room (and please know that this is not just about the War Room - that was just the last straw for me). I have little doubt how that came about. I had intended to go more deeply into my feelings but I don't really want to get banned. However, I will mention the following. There are a few members on this site who show up only when there is a controversy often posting mean thoughts. These members are also behind the scene complainers about things they don't like. I believe such complaints might have had an impact on the forum being deleted. The War Room was started in order to separate touchy subjects that people still wanted to discuss because we spend so much time at VR.com. Some of us are here every single day trying to make a difference. Is it any wonder we might not want to leave and go elsewhere to discuss other things important to us?
I have weathered many storms on VR.com in my 6 years here and thousands of posts. The valve selection and coumadin forums have been the toughest at times due to some folks (again) thinking they know more than or what is best for everyone else. Although threads have been closed usually they have not been deleted.
Now I find that an entire forum is just plain gone. Those of us posting spent a lot of time and research in that forum trying to reasonably discuss matters important to us with people we care about. Yes, the threads might not have been valve related but they were visited and continued by people who were brought together by valve problems and became friends. To discuss these things on other forums with strangers has never made sense to me. That is why I was so excited to have the War Room so I could discuss things I feel passionate about with my friends. I truly wish I had known there was a chance the War Room would be deleted. I thought the warnings about it would be sufficient for it to continue.
I know one argument has been that those of us involved in the War Room have ignored other threads. I think that is mostly untrue. I have been posting as much in other forums as I was before the War Room was started. I had cut back on my posting over a year ago for personal time and health reasons. The vast majority of the others posting in the War Room have posted in other forums as much as before.
In any case, I just feel I have been a bit kicked once too often and have to bow out. I wish my friends well and the others I hope find peace. I think, on the whole, the members really care about each other.
I will miss so very many of you and am just not sure what I will spend my time doing - maybe start a website for my friends. God bless.
