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T. Hallam Was Right After All...

trstonetrstone Member Posts: 833 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 2004 in General Discussion
Travis Hallam:

When you decided to give up on this forum, I harshly criticized your doing so by comparing you to a man who was willing to fight a whole football team but seemed willing to back down from a single drunk. I freely admit that I was totally off-base with my comments, and--owing to recent comments made in this forum---now find myself in parallel, if not complete agreement with your decision to leave. In fact, I've decided to join you (albeit for slightly different reasons.)

I find that I no longer desire to do battle with certain members of the Idiot Faction in the General Discussion Forum. I figured it might be a mistake to even start up with these people, and, sad to say, I didn't follow my instincts on this as I should have. Well, the cure is simple, and the simpletons won't be missed, so I'm pulling the plug on this sociopolitical freakshow and leaving while my blood pressure is still at a manageable level. To those of you who have been truly helpful as of late, I thank you from the bottom of my heart; to those of you who have been at least civil in your discourse (a sizable majority), I thank you too. As for the rest...bite me.

Good bye, lunatics. Have a nice life.

Comments

  • gunrunner68gunrunner68 Member Posts: 582 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That was ruff

    "I did not get where I am today by worring about what I did last night"
  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In the rare event you are truly leaveing??Dont let the door hit you on the ars on the way out!

    Rugster


    "Toujours Pret"
  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,446 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Damn Rugster you said it fore' I could.
  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This isnt usually my character,but darn that felt good.[:D]

    Rugster


    "Toujours Pret"
  • goldslammergoldslammer Member Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm leaving too !











    I'm going out to get something to eat, I'll be back later [:D]
  • RocklobsterRocklobster Member Posts: 7,060
    edited November -1
    The simpletons won't be missed.
  • toolmaniamtoolmaniam Member Posts: 3,213
    edited November -1
    WAAAHHHH!

    A dead intruder cannot testify against you in a court of law!

    If they're still moving, put another round in them!



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  • D@DD@D Member Posts: 4,407
    edited November -1
    Its sad to see some take to heart what was said on an internet forum. Good luck in real live.
  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some of us are a little sensitive lately, huh?

    BTW, I don't even know what happened but geez, can the typed words of a few anonymous folks be that offensive?

    G36



    Gun Control Disarms Victims, NOT CriminalsThe 2nd Amendment; America's Original Homeland Security
  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,104 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why do people feel they have to announce their leaving? If they don't like it, just leave. If they enjoy it, just teach your mouse to jump and ignore the ones that don't stroke you. I have a list of posters that I ignore, or don't open, but my list of desirable posters far surpasses the duufi. I try to stay out of the flames, as I see no benefit in slinging mud and calling names. I look upon this board as a combination of all the good and the bad rolled into one pile, with the good far outnumbering the bad.

    I don't want to start a new thread on this subject, but I would like to formally announce:
    I am not now leaving the board.

    ....................
    Whenever I see a cow eat grass, I am reminded that "This too shall pass."............ Baxter Black
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  • Colt SuperColt Super Member Posts: 31,007
    edited November -1
    I am not leaving the board... but, as a man of principle embracing the principles of a free market... I would accept a reasonable bribe to do so.

    God Bless America and...
    NEVER Forget WACO
    NEVER, EVER Forget 911
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,447 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wundudnee, bad news pal, I am staying too!

















    If that doesn't scare him off nothing will! He He He.

    He Dog
  • paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    Im leaving the board!
    No Im not
    Yes I am
    No Im not
    Yes I am
    No Im not
    Yes I am
    No Im not!!
    Ah hell now Im getting confused!!![xx(][^]

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    Kids that fish, hunt and trap have never mugged any old ladies!


    To Ride, shoot straight,and speak the truth
    This was the Ancient law of Youth
    Old times are past, old times are done:
    But the Law runs true, O little son!
  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,003 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I promise to be good, can I stay?[?]

    "Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
  • mag44pistolmag44pistol Member Posts: 229 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello to all,
    I have read a few of the comments from people that are saying there leaving the talk forum and so on. The way I see and handle my own life is I do as I say, I know that everytime I open my mouth or post in this forum im open to criticizim. So when I post and someone disagrees with me its there right and choice to do so, I don`t take it personally or get upset, its there right, god im glad I live in a free country and thanks to all the vets who gave me the right to be able to have someone disagree with me?

    mag44pistol
  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,104 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Doug, Just how much is considered "reasonable?"[:D]

    HeDog, That's good news, you have always treated be right.[^]

    pa, We all know you're not leaving. Quit trying to fool us.[:p]

    dcon12, You don't have to be good, be yourself.[;)]

    All of you that are leaving. [|)]

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    Whenever I see a cow eat grass, I am reminded that "This too shall pass."............ Baxter Black
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  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,742 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am sorry that people don't want to stick it out here. I have had several instances where I've thought about it but the good far outweighs the bad. I have learned to pretty much avoid all political subjects because you won't convince me and I won't convince you so it's just another lesson in futility. I also have a few posters I don't read, and a few more that I will skim.
    I won't be as harsh as the others, but peoples' viewpoint shouldn't run you off. If they are attacking you personally and directly then yeah it's time to do something about it one way or another.
    I mean it when I say this: be safe and have a good life.
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
  • tajjntajjn Member Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
  • Night StalkerNight Stalker Member Posts: 11,967
    edited November -1
    Have I really upset that many people here on GB?

    NSDQ!

    "Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me." -Isaiah 6:8
  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    Well I hate to tell you all this. But I'm not leaveing!!!! So there[;)][:D][:D]
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    Don't go blaming the beer. Hank Hill

    So much Ice, So much Beer. So little time. Shooter4

    I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill

    When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now that I am grown, I just wish I could act like a child and get away with it.
  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    When folks announce their exit, it makes me wonder: how many of them log back on to see what people say?

    Do they secretly hope everyone will be posting, "OH NO!!! Why oh why was I so cruel!? Was it something I said? OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come back! We need you!!!!"

    Personally, I only leave this forum when I'm sleeping or out of town and don't have ready access to a computer.
  • jujujuju Member Posts: 6,321
    edited November -1
    quote:Personally, I only leave this forum when I'm sleeping or out of town and don't have ready access to a computer

    EMM, your so addicted to this site , if it ever goes away you will have to be placed in rehab[:p]

    I swear I think you post the way you do just so you can see how much you can raise peoples dander.

    JuJu(I dont always agree with you but I enjoy our "discussions" you GB junkie you)
  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    quote:As for the rest...bite me.

    http://webpages.charter.net/mateomasfeo/Hobby/ugly.wav

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    Mateomasfeo

    "I am what I am!" - Popeye
  • mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    quote:If I promise to be good, can I stay?


    DCON, you may go now...

    [:D][}:)][:D]

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    Mateomasfeo

    "I am what I am!" - Popeye
  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,003 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mateomasfeo

    quote:If I promise to be good, can I stay?


    DCON, you may go now...

    [:D][}:)][:D]

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    Mateomasfeo

    "I am what I am!" - Popeye



    Thank you, I just went.[:D][}:)][:D]

    "Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
  • plains scoutplains scout Member Posts: 4,563
    edited November -1
    It gets a little rough here sometimes, but usually it happens when someone has an opinion that if anyone disagrees with that person who disagreed is thought of as stupid, juvenile, an $ss^ole etc.

    I got blasted here about my 20th post and I was taken back. I looked at what I had said and came back and responded that I derserved to be blasted for saying anything that stupid in public.

    I also got "attacked" and told where to put my comment -- Nunn came in later and "poofed" the guys remarks. I responded before Nunn poofed him and simple told the guy I was not going to take his suggestions. I also stay away from his threads as I find him unstable.

    I don't agree with everything that is said here and I know there is no way everyone (or anyone) agrees with me. But that is what freedom of speech AND THOUGHT is about. If I want to take no criticism I can just not say anything.

    Too bad skin is thin. I guess I am a simpleton and whatever, because I have found some pretty darn nice people here and this has been a great boon to an empty nester like me.

    So have a nice trip through life alone if that is what you choose. One thing is for sure you will not lose an argument and no one will disagree with you. Sorry you are gone.

    "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I
    advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives
    boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the
    ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no
    character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of
    your walks." Thomas Jefferson
  • ElMuertoMonkeyElMuertoMonkey Member Posts: 12,898
    edited November -1
    Juju,

    Ain't that the truth!

    I tried some of those 12-step programs... but I always seem to fall off the wagon![;)]
  • bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,742 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Here's the moral of all of this (read it all you GB quitters):



    One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried

    piteously. For hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

    Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be

    covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He
    invited

    all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and

    began to shovel dirt into the well.

    At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried

    horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads
    later,

    the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he

    saw.

    With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing

    something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the
    farmer's

    neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would

    shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the

    donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

    Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick

    to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each

    of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest

    wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step

    up.
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Leave if you like...stay if you like.
    Aa far as I'm concerned it's a bigWC

    Mudge the aloof

    That, by the way is Who Cares.

    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
  • stanmanstanman Member Posts: 3,052
    edited November -1
    quote: Originally posted by trstone:
    ...... so I'm pulling the plug on this sociopolitical freakshow and leaving while my blood pressure is still at a manageable level.
    [:X][:X]
  • temblortemblor Member Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well Said Bambihunter...........
  • rwarrenrwarren Member Posts: 1 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gonna miss your almost-daily thoughts. Don't stay too quiet.

    Your lurking fan. [;)]
  • FlatheadFlathead Member Posts: 318 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hell everybody here hates me, But I guess I'll stick around anyway. I enjoy seeing others points of view on things. Heck if we all thought alike life sure would be boring.

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  • plains scoutplains scout Member Posts: 4,563
    edited November -1
    Hey Flathead. Don't know you so I guess it will take a while for me to learn to hate you.[:D]

    "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I
    advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives
    boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the
    ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no
    character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of
    your walks." Thomas Jefferson
  • guns-n-painthorsesguns-n-painthorses Member Posts: 6,462 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Da Da Dum Dum Dum,,, Another one bites the dust


    Got Guns?
  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I hate to see anyone go that is intelligent. That said, since no one pays anyones else's feed bills, everyone is free to do as they darn well please. I'm just staying around to make fun of the village idiots.
  • longhunterlonghunter Member Posts: 3,242
    edited November -1
    Well for those in the good ole boys club here,I think its a shame that you belive it is so wonderfuk that folks leave...but then what should be expected.....Anyway,Didja all ever think that perhaps the announcment was a last plug at making some change....The problem with folks leavin as I see it is that this is OUR forum...Not YOURS,and yours and so on......Ah.......nuts ,no ones listening anyhow.....
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