Replies to post #71701 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[waterwisp]

Len,

My post began with a rhetorical question...

..."how did it come down to this" !!!???

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I didn't expect "grub" (it was a reply to a post HE had made) to respond ! Needless to say, I certainly didn't expect Matt to respond ! Their silence was as I expected ! Duhhh !!!

Your reply seems to say that well intentioned married couples say "I do"...to then...only later...when the going gets tough...resort to...well...name calling...AND...an eventual SPLIT !

While I think I get your inference...I don't necessarily get how it relates to the matter at hand. Granted...sometimes people grow apart and go their separate ways...but...well...

Perhaps the inference is not readily apparent to me because I've been married...shall we say...a REALLY long time. In that time...regrettably...many "you bitch"..."you bastards" have been exchanged ! Hell...things have been thrown...threats have been made...ALL IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT !

Guess what...still together...and happily I might add !

Arguments are a part of human interaction !!!

Opinions are a part of human interaction !!!

Disagreements ABOUT opposing opinions are a part of human interaction !!!

These things are not necessarily BAD !

People HAVE OPINIONS...AND THEY NEED TO VOICE THEM...IT'S HEALTHY !!!

That is...BTW...the LIFEBLOOD of Message Boards !!!

It IS that very LIFEBLOOD that is in danger here at iHub when the admins dismiss member's concerns...make condescending insults...and cavalierly BAN longtime contributors...with a mere "TOODLES...YOUR GONE" !

That sort of smug dismissal of a "bearded" longtime iHub member speaks VOLUMES about how little ANY OF US really matter !

The way "greg s" was BANNED from this site...simply for expressing his opinions...is a disgrace !!!

Matt etc...(if you're reading this)...I'm sorry man ! That is just the way I feel !

It shouldn't have ever gone this far...someone needed to be "the better man" and diffused this before it came down to this !

All in my unsolicited opinion !

I am SOOO done with this topic !