Karen, I am sorry for the donkey lol.
Spacey I see the same thing. The more controversial a thread is the more people go to look at it.
I sometimes seem to look at things much differently than many people and that might not always be a good thing. I got some communication from some good people who commented on the other thread. They probably want to stay clear of this one.
In commenting on that other locked thread a prior member stated that for what happened I should" shove 10 copies of X3 into someones ******* ass sideways and start using another DAW software( unnamed by me)". Those were his words not mine.He is a good guy. I don't feel that strongly about any of this. I don't intend harm to anyone here. I do strongly disagree with a few of you and that don't make me like you any less. I wished the thread hadn't been locked so soon, it was starting to get interesting and I had a lot more to say ;) It seemed like one point of view kind of overshadowed the last posts and there was more to be said....I think Ryan did the right thing though. I don't think Mooch originally intended things to get that far.
I seen the whole joke thing representing something bigger, and it probably didn't. I told my better half part of the joke and she said, " It's just a joke". Or if it bothered her it wouldn't bother her enough to say anything about it. That's her take and she is usually right. I can't honestly offer any apologies because It would not be honest to do so. I will say that after a little time has gone by it looks smaller than it did. I seem to go on ebbs and flows...Things look bigger on the ebb days than they do on the flow days. I'm told creatives can be like that. I'm probably on the bottom end of that spectrum but I think I'm still there. When I'm having a flow day and I remember the ebb days it seems overblown. Maybe you can relate or maybe you can't . If my frustration factor is at a 2 and someone does something that I feel is toward me I just brush it off. If my frustration factor is at an 8 and the same thing happens...well. I respond differently.
I'm not making excuses for the behavior other than to say that I know it's me a lot of the time as to my response to something. One thing that made me feel a little guilty was a recent email I got from another caker who had gone through some things and I had at that time recommended that he do something that would hopefully help to make things better. This was in regard to a disagreement here on the boards awhile back. I didn't know how he would respond. As it turns out things worked out for the better with those two and he wrote to tell me it went well. I'm really happy there was a good ending to that.Now here I am involved in something that isn't exactly the same but similar. I jumped into it. I did feel like it was one way but maybe it wasn't. I don't want any sympathy nor do I want to be lambasted for sharing my OP.
The thing about any message board is that you probably don't really see what a person is most of the time. I can tell you, with me what you read is what you get and it might not always be good. At no time in recorded history has anyone ever to my knowledge brought something against another and the other been really happy to hear it. Just doesn't happen.
The responses were pretty much expected, including the ones that like to keep riding the wave.