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Crippled_Newsie

Upon reflection, I find that I cannot continue here at EM.

The reasons are both obvious and obscure, but they do not rate comprehensive listing.

Good bye to all.

I am asking a Mod to close this thread immediately upon its being posted.
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West Coast Tiger · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:10 am Post subject:

Crip.. I'd really wish you'd reconsider. You are a treasure on this board.

But if you don't reconsider, I will understand. Just too much has happened. I am also disillusioned. I'm sorry for everything that has happened... Crying or Very sad

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Corey · Non-Threatening Boy Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 1972

Add my voice to West Coast Tiger's, saying exactly the same things.

Hephaestion · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:27 am Post subject:

But... but... Sad

crap.

edited to add:

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck......

*throws ashtray at wall*
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leftcoastguy · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 6:50 am Post subject:

Sorry to hear this. Sad

John_D · Self-banned Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 207

The only thing I can say is:

Please don't go. You're loved and respected here, and we will fight to keep you. Please, if there's anything at all that you think can help make it possible for you to stay, stay and fight for it. Many will fight with you.

We've lost too much of the community over the past six weeks, we shouldn't lose anything more. I will understand if you have to leave... but I won't like it.

obscurantist · wonk, snark, pedant Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 739

I don't really like these kinds of threads, and I'm guessing you don't really either, CN, given that you asked for it to be closed. But I'll repeat what I said to deBeauxOs. If you feel like you need to step away from the board, that's understandable (there's probably a fair number of people who feel a similar way right now, whether because of time constraints, emotional burnout, other personal crises, or some combination of things), but I hope you come back at some point. I appreciate your analysis and your wit.

TS. · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:16 am Post subject:

Crip, I hope you can reconsider. And if you feel that you cannot continue here, I hope you will consider coming back in the future, if maybe we have moved past some of the things that drove you to these actions.
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Hephaestion · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:29 am Post subject:

I don't suppose Crip thinks he will live that long. He's gone.
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RealityBites · Satan Incarnate Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 1584

I wrote a post detailing why I will not be returning to the board before the moderator elections, but it was eaten.

Basically, they made a stupid, unjustifiable decision in suspending first me, then skdadl, almost a full day after things had quieted down. For people who think they're trying to quiet things down, they are remarkably good at stirring things up themselves.

It is time for the moderating team to go, and be replaced by one that is accountable and has a mandate from the members.

VanLuke · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:56 am Post subject:

Debra · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:57 am Post subject:

Holy fuck you're still on about skdadl?

Apparently I misread your post.

Apology??? after

RealityBites · Satan Incarnate Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 1584

As a wannabe-moderator you should really learn to fucking read, Debra. After that you can work on learning how to apologize.

VanLuke · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:53 am Post subject:

Could we PLEASE tone it down?

Infosaturated · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:55 am Post subject:

Boom Boom · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 458

deleting my post - hope this thread is deleted.

RealityBites · Satan Incarnate Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 1584

shaolin · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:34 pm Post subject:

Could we please not do this here? Crip started this thread and asked for it to closed. Not only has it not been closed, it has devolved into more of the same old...

Please?
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gunnar gunnarson · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject:

Y'know, I posted something about going all Rodney King on another thread a couple of days ago.

Anybody here ever seen Mars Attacks! ?

Reaaaaaally awful movie. I mean, just terrible. If I were Tim Burton, I wouldn't want to talk about it. And if someone asked, I'd probably mumble something about bad drugs and then stare down into my drink or try and change the subject or something.

But it has a couple of bright spots. Jack Nicholson plays the President of the United States, and during a televised address in which he tries to make peace between the Earth and the invading Martians, he delivers a heartfelt plea, almost breathless in its sincerity:

"Why can't we work out our differences? Why can't we work things out? Little people, why can't we all just get along?"

Everyone's moved to tears. Even the Martians. And then they zap him. (I almost pissed myself laughing, but that's beside the point.)

Is that the way we want to go?

chcmd · Fulltime enMasse Member Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Posts: 209

Red T shirt · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:32 pm Post subject:

CN: Sorry to add to a thread you wished closed, but I do wish you would reconsider. We are going through real growing pains setting this place up, but if good intentions count for anything it's going to be really great when the bugs are ironed out. Hell, accept for some infighting, it's pretty great now, especially on the technical side.
RB: I think you've made some valid points that most can understand, but you're beating them to death now. Please "moderate" your own posts a little for the good of this place and all involved. BTW How will you run for a mod spot if you're not going to post here? Have you changed your mind about that?

The JF · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject:

Locking as requested.