DISCLAIMER
This pertains to board "politics". Please read no further if you don't care about it, have a maturity above a 12 year old, or have a heart condition.
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Mods: Please don't delete. Lock it if you want, but I need to say this publically, on TERB.
I'll make this brief (yeah, right) and kind of vague as it pertains to "other boards".
Recently, things have flown out of control. While I still have a great distrust of Sheik, and I don't agree with Fred's ultimate (in)action on the Sheik matter, I do need to make some things perfectly clear:
1. TERB is safe. Why do I say that? Because I have had years of experience on that board, and the allegations against Sheik (while they may in fact be true) are unproven, and are full of too many holes. To wit, they are based solely on uncorroborated statements by The Scholar (his word alone) and have been latched onto by several of the more seedier members of the boards. This may very well include me, but I hope people can see that I was trying to act in the best interests of the boards and their members.
2. G-TERB is not safe. Why do I say that? Because I have seen rumours and complete fabrications of "truth" on here. Because personal information is still present even after you jump through the hoops that admin has set up to report it, because he doesn't like the person who was outed. Because people that have repeatedly and consistenly posted or threatened to post personal information have never been punished except to be banished to a free-for-all forum where anything goes. That's like sending a kid to his room where there's a DSL porn line and satellite TV.
3. I have been a jerk. Why do I say that? Because I was caught up in the frenzy to lynch Sheik. Because I was used. Because I "aligned" myself with certain members of the board whose only goal in life seems to be the demise of TERB.
As such, I've made my decision to return to the TERB fold. For whatever their faults, they're a hell of a lot more trustworthy than the lot on *****.
This pertains to board "politics". Please read no further if you don't care about it, have a maturity above a 12 year old, or have a heart condition.
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Mods: Please don't delete. Lock it if you want, but I need to say this publically, on TERB.
I'll make this brief (yeah, right) and kind of vague as it pertains to "other boards".
Recently, things have flown out of control. While I still have a great distrust of Sheik, and I don't agree with Fred's ultimate (in)action on the Sheik matter, I do need to make some things perfectly clear:
1. TERB is safe. Why do I say that? Because I have had years of experience on that board, and the allegations against Sheik (while they may in fact be true) are unproven, and are full of too many holes. To wit, they are based solely on uncorroborated statements by The Scholar (his word alone) and have been latched onto by several of the more seedier members of the boards. This may very well include me, but I hope people can see that I was trying to act in the best interests of the boards and their members.
2. G-TERB is not safe. Why do I say that? Because I have seen rumours and complete fabrications of "truth" on here. Because personal information is still present even after you jump through the hoops that admin has set up to report it, because he doesn't like the person who was outed. Because people that have repeatedly and consistenly posted or threatened to post personal information have never been punished except to be banished to a free-for-all forum where anything goes. That's like sending a kid to his room where there's a DSL porn line and satellite TV.
3. I have been a jerk. Why do I say that? Because I was caught up in the frenzy to lynch Sheik. Because I was used. Because I "aligned" myself with certain members of the board whose only goal in life seems to be the demise of TERB.
As such, I've made my decision to return to the TERB fold. For whatever their faults, they're a hell of a lot more trustworthy than the lot on *****.
