Chaff
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POSTED BY (Anonymous )

SUBJECT: "Missing thread"
ON 03/05/2006 10:04:25 MST POST REPLY
Bill - it was the whole thread that went missing, not just your post. I don't think it was you specifically that caused this so much as the degeneration of the entire thread. You caught a fair amount of flack, and things got a bit personal.
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Reply:

I moved this over here, but I understand why it might have been posted where it was.

I expressed an option that I thought was within the stated rules of Chaff. Others expressed there option about my option. I, had NO problem, with the other options. This was I thought a place for the "free" exchange of "non-agreement".

"Censorship" an interesting concept, was applied to my (or our) option. If I had been bashing my president, President Bush, I am sure the thread would still be there.

This may have been looked at as a challenge to those in charge here. A sort of test of their "Metal." I think their metal bent.

I removed the thread.

It no longer became an issue of strong and varying opinions, but an exchange of personal attacks.

Thick skin and challenging each other's opinions is one thing, degrading the commentary to the point of treating each other like crap is another.

Good call, Ryan. The right move.