bapu
I'll speak for myself. Spacey chastised me and another member for having a go at his wording of the title about the onslaught of spam.
 
I took it like it was intended. He did not like it. He was taking SPAM more seriously than I and that other fellow.
 
I've nothing against spacey and his opinion. Maybe I'll not make that mistake again and maybe I will. But not out of spite towards Michael or anyone else, that is for sure. At the time I made the OT comment it was apparent that the mods were aware of the problem and were dealing with it. End of (my) story. My only regret was that Michael did noit get the "play on words". Cest le vie.

Here's my take on it;
 
First, I was very upset about a pervert that posted in jbows thread directed towards children.
I reported it to Cakewalk along with a note stating that the person should be banned and I started a thread suggesting Cakewalk take action..."draw a line"...is how I worded the title.
 
I also stated that Spam and trolls etc. don't bother me....they are Cakewalks problems - I think there are things that could be done and aren't. Other people had great suggestions to control the problem.
 
You and Soens chose to make fun of the way I stated being upset...which insulted me.
 
I didn't try to "police" you guys. I made a simple statement about how I felt and it's only the truth.
 
The use of humor and how it's perceived is obviously something that can cause people to fall out.
Although I've avoided conversations about the topic, and will continue to, I do believe that the last example
of how it can end with bad results is not the first time and won't be the last.
 
If I felt there was something that I could offer to help avoid bad results, I would. Unfortunately I don't.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kids today..I don't really see why Reece couldn't have sorted this out with Steve in private. Enough of the flouncing off already...

 
I wasn't even aware of Reece's departure until this thread appeared. I long ago stopped looking at the FFSF - possibly when it stopped being remotely amusing.
 
I'm not trying to police anyone, it's not my job. But as I said, I'm entitled to express my opinions. I may have over-reacted I admit, and my comments in the 'Bub' thread were not directed at anyone specifically. If I was thought to be out of order, surely there are more adult channels to pursue than leaving comments in a thread I'll never see. Maybe by talking to me directly for a start, or if the situation warrants it, reporting me to a moderator.
 
And let's be brutally honest here - Reece has occasionally pointed out other members' infractions before now, where for whatever reason he's felt justified in pointing out his personal perceived aggrievement. In my humble opinion, I did no more or less than that.
 
However, I'm guessing that it must run deeper than just my comments in that thread - maybe they were the straw that broke the camel's back.
 
Whatever the case, it's not going to get overcome by not addressing it and by one member committing forum suicide.
 
If anyone else feels my recent actions have led to a less than welcoming Coffee House, just let me know. I'm welcome to the idea of my altering my behaviour in the pursuance of forum peace.
 
 

For the record I am not taking sides on this issue.
 
As I told Straummy via email, I am not in a position to judge who is right or who is wrong. I'm just not that smart.
 

SteveStrummerUK
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If anyone else feels my recent actions have led to a less than welcoming Coffee House, just let me know. I'm welcome to the idea of my altering my behaviour in the pursuance of forum peace.
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You're just fine as long as we can all joke and have fun and laugh with it!
 
It's sort of like time for "Our Song", sometimes and this place is nice for that, with the fact that it does not have the "stink".
 
NP: Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - The Strain
 
BTW: I could not locate the email that you mentioned about the music/Goons and such. Thx

bapu
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As I told Straummy via email, I am not in a position to judge who is right or who is wrong. I'm just not that smart.
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I think that sometimes we forget that we're here for fun, and perhaps take this whole thing way too seriously, and even I am guilty of that, but I have no qualms looking in the mirror and seeing ... that I need to take a shower and clean up! Or having fun saying that Strummy or Bapu need a shower! (separate houses and countries please!)
 
We're so dang sensitive that even I have to take a break and go outside and laugh!

I'm staying out of this, too.  Actually, I don't even think it's only their problem problem to work out, but I'm hopeful that they will work it out.  If they don't, I'll be sad because I consider both of them friends.  
 
It was just Reece and Steve this time.  If it wasn't them, it would have been someone else.  This kind of thing just seems to happen every few years here--as documented by the existence of the FSF.  Remarkably, it doesn't more often.  I think that's because we do have such a fun and normally considerate bunch of people in the CH.  Every once in a while, one of us does say something inappropriate--I've done it.  Most of the time everyone shakes their heads or shrug and we move on.  Why do we have such a blow-up every few years?  

Old55
  Why do we have such a blow-up every few years?  

A build up of estrogen?

In another forum there's an extremely similar thread going on with members quitting over next-to-nothing then returning and wondering why they got so upset over virtually nothing.  It's just a sign of the times and some people handle stress differently than others.  My take, as always, is that life is too short for anything (especially getting mad about words typed into a forum) to be taken too seriously.  That said, I normally restrict myself to sub-forums that either allow or are specifically built for random nonsense.  Believe me, I've got PLENTY of reasons to be stressed in my so-called "real life" but, even there, I tend to follow the same philosophy and it gets me through.

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