This message is intended for the entire VDF community, including John of course, although I would prefer to chat with him PRIVATELY. That said though, please take a moment and have a read:
The answer, truly... is in the 1st and 2nd paragraphs of my initial post, the one that starts this thread. I can summarize here though: Per David and my discussions, and remember, it IS in fact HIS website/forum! ... "we have no choice but to be less tolerant" ... PERIOD! So...
... whereas John feels he has been wrongly "edited", the fact of the matter is, we are not going to entertain ANY of those type posts anymore... PERIOD... and John, this includes attacks on you or your past, drug references, aliens, ALL of it. No one shall be immune here. David has had enough... as have I. What will happen is, I/we shall DELETE anything that we feel is a personal attack on another member, and that includes signatures and tag lines. Listen, this is a GREAT community we have here! Probably one of the BEST on the net!, but... there are going to be little skirmishes from time to time. Disagreements? FINE! As long as they DO NOT get personal! PERIOD! David and I enjoy this community, but you know what? He can pull the plug very quickly here. Neither he nor I want to do that. Not at all! But... ALL this stuff has to stop. So...
John: You feel you need to be heard on and by the VDF?, and it has nothing to do with Vintage Drums? I believe it was Mitch that suggested taking it OFF SITE by means of a hyper link. GREAT! Anyone that wants to read and/or comment on that stuff can do so OFF SITE. Also, I couldn't restore your post if I wanted to... neither can David. Once they are deleted, they are permanently deleted. It was well written John!, but you know what? Wouldn't have made any difference .. because .. reference the 2nd paragraph in my initial post: ... the guys that are your friends are going to be nodding their heads in agreement, and the guys that aren't your friends are going to be shaking theirs. You have your supporters!, and of course your detractors. I can't imagine that you are going to get anyone to change sides regardless of what you write, and the other members just don't care! Lastly...
We don't want anyone to leave of course, but!... these are now the NEW RULES. If anyone doesn't care for our "editorial stance", well you know what comes next. You are invited to leave. Again, we don't wish for that to happen!, but that's the way it's going to be now. Anyone that has been here for any amount of time knows that I am fair to a fault!... and that will continue. What won't continue is all these PERSONAL ATTACKS against other members. Hopefully this has answered/addressed some of this?! BEST to all!
Tommyp
