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Originally Posted by Halx
I'm finding it interesting how people react. "I've lost respect for _______." To me, that's taking yourself too seriously. Losing respect for someone because they let loose in some fashion is as fake as it gets. In my head, my little world, we're all the same. We have pains, resentments, annoyances, peeves and prejudices. If you let them come to the surface, its no different than if you keep them inside; you still have them. Judging people on such a scale is pretentious and simply not *real* - real in the artistic sense.. you know, keepin' it real.
Face it, people, the world is dirty. The TFP just cleans it up a little, but it doesn't change the people participating in it.
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Hal, I think you're missing the point of what's happening. If the result of your "experiment" over at on that other forum is a "success" here, then what I said before only applies more. It was an ill-conceived idea that is damaging the quality of interactions here and driving members away. If you want to see the "real" side of people, you will have to get to know them in many different contexts and accept that you may never now them (or even yourself) fully. I think whatever it is you are after has NOT been achieved, and if you think it has been, then it was an awfully poor idea to begin with (which is what I have suspected all along).
Part of what allows evolution here is the diversity of thought and our ability to express it on an equal basis. Obviously, what is happening on the other board is the antithesis of TFP's mission. But you can't keep them separate. Maybe, Hal, your master plan was to put up this foil to rouse everyone's feathers because it was getting too boring around here... in that case, nice work I guess. But I have noticed I'm not the only one who thinks this was an incredibly stupid idea coming from somebody who is trying to increase (or even just maintain) traffic through here and keep donations coming in. Perhaps I am just the only one who is rude enough to say it outright. At this point, all I can do is throw my hands in the air and wonder why.