Dreaded Guest, I agree with you. Well, not everything. Still, unlike many people here, I think that much of what you've been saying has validity. However, I'm getting very tired of listening to you say it. It seems to me that you're alienating many more people than you're convincing. Maybe you could find a more productive method. (I don't have any good answers, just like I didn't back in the Christic Institute days. If I think of something, I'll try to let you know.)

Now, then. I was happy with what Joe was doing, until he added an editorial comment to one of my posts that squashed a fairly clever joke (even suckered 'Spaw!). But I can live with that. I think he did that because he was feeling defensive about the reaction to what he's been doing. But he can probably live with that. In my view, this is all a tempest in a teapot. I just counted 58 threads on the Forum main page that relate to music and would appear to have general interest. That's plenty for me. I stopped reading the PEL posts months ago, and I dearly miss the Drumcree threads (seems like I killed one of them with what I thought was another pretty clever joke...oh,well).

I like the forum the way it is, and I have liked it for 4 years, even through its "problems." It was a welcome addition to my life at a time when I was under extreme stress and isolated from friends and music, and I still enjoy it even as my life has improved. I'm with Shambles on this one (nice to see you here again, Sham). My vote is for Joe to spend more time with his wonderful new wife and family and less time worrying about how many threads there are.

Aloha,
Mark

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It WAS a clever joke, Mark. I just figured there were too many touchy people around here who wouldn't get it; and then I'd be in trouble again, mistakenly accused of blatantly censoring your post.
-Joe Offer-