All things considered, I believe the SOUND OFF forum is best. Why, you ask? Well perhaps the forum description might give a clue why I think it is a better place for this thread then The Welcome Club:
Ever have something REALLY bugging you and nowhere to vent about it? Well, this is the place. It does not have to be fauna oriented at all! Get it off your chest right here.
Sure seems that Robin is really bugging Lucille, and apparently Lucille is really bugging Robin. So I think the shoe is exactly the right size.
Now, the reason it is not going to the HELL forum is because I think some people here REALLY want it to be there.
Yes, yes, I am aware that some of you are absolutely giddy over wanting me to rap Lucille over the knuckles with some warning points or something. But do yourself a favor, read my prior messages about this forum, and Lucille's authority here within it, and try to understand them this time without the color of your own prejudicial ideas. The relevant points are all there.
I don't know why some people here have a sharklike interest in Lucille's blood, but it is pretty damned obvious. So much so that I guess that they feel this should override all other concerns, it appears. And I don't know what it is that she MAY have done to deserve it, because certainly nothing that has EVER been brought to my attention should reasonably invoke the obvious animosity I see in some of you folks. So what exactly is it, folks? Is it that some personalities just require someone to beat up on, and perhaps that is the case here? What exactly is it that Lucille has DONE that deserves the hen pecking?
Fortunately, I don't have to play by your rules here. Yeah yeah, I know. I'm protecting Lucille. Go ahead and play that tune again. You know what? Even if it were to be true, so what? I would do no less for anyone I feel that is being unfairly made the target of a lynch mob. Lucille is about the most pro FaunaClassifieds person on this site. She does a lot here to help out, and I appreciate her help, so forgive me if I try to give her the benefit of the doubt, when such exists. The same thing goes for Ken Harbart, Jay Owens, and Dennis Thomas. They help me tremendously and volunteer their time here to do so. NO ONE has a carte blanche here, but in any situation where there is an opportunity to give them the benefit of the doubt when a conflict arises, they will get it. The, quite simply, is my prerogative, and I reserve the right to use it.
So in a nutshell, if YOU don't like the way I handle this, then tough noogies.
Yeah, yeah, I know I've said it MANY MANY times before, but it appears that I need to do so yet once again, because some people have apparently forgotten: This is my site. It is my responsibility, and I have the authority to run it in whatever manner I choose to do so. I will run it in whatever manner I feel that is best with everything considered that I have at my disposal. That is the way I have run this site from the beginning, and that is the way it is going to continue to be run as long as I own it. I may on occasion ask for input and feedback, but ultimately I am the one who needs to make the final decisions here. I have no expectations of pleasing everyone, and I have no intentions of even trying. And yes, I may change my mind about some things, and yes I will make mistakes. But that's just the way it is. Perhaps one of you out there is blessed with perfection, but sorry, I just haven't see it. If there is some other site out there run by some perfect being, why heck, you have my blessings and well wishes to go there and enjoy that perfect site that they have created. If you expect that here, then you better sit down, because I have some bad news for you....
Gee, aren't you glad I'm not long winded with my posts?
. that prety much summed it up.