Thinking of Leaving

[creagdhubh]

I completely agree with Woodsheal!!! If something does bother you, pick and choose your battles mate.

Slainte,

[AFS1970]

It would be great if people would state their concerns either publicly or by PM, however that would require them to own up to their complaints. While I understand why the report post button is there, it is a little to anonymous and possibly a bit cowardly for me. How can we even think of building "community standards" if we would talk of such standards among the community?

As for wasting bandwidth? Isn't that what forums are for? I think this thread is much less a waste of bandwidth than all the duplicate threads that never get deleted or merged. Sometimes I wonder if the mods are too busy because of all the reported posts they have to deal with.

The bottom line is we will never be able to use bandwidth efficiently as long as the human element is present. This thread is exactly about that human element, about the thoughts and feelings of one human and the replies to those thoughts and feelings, which have surprisingly been overwhelmingly positive.

So if this is a waste of time, effort or technology, lets start another five threads on white hose, the positioning of flashes, what makes one a clan member, or since today is Memorial Day let's all start separate threads on that.

There are more important things in life, and yes assisting the victims and those helping them in Joplin, is undeniably more important than anything I or most of us will ever post here. However I don't think that we need to be reminded of it. I doubt any of us have forgotten, because we are the human element of this site, which means we are people and we think of and feel for each other, just as we were created to do.

[macwilkin]

There are more important things in life, and yes assisting the victims and those helping them in Joplin, is undeniably more important than anything I or most of us will ever post here. However I don't think that we need to be reminded of it. I doubt any of us have forgotten, because we are the human element of this site, which means we are people and we think of and feel for each other, just as we were created to do.

I'm sorry, but as someone who witnessed the destruction firsthand, I respectfully disagree. My aunt and cousin were literally two houses away from the path of the tornado -- they were very close to losing their home or lives entirely. As it is, their house will need a lot of repair to make it the way it was before.

As the President noted yesterday, in a couple of weeks, the cameras will focus on something else, but we in SW Missouri will still be helping our neighbors, along with caring individuals from around the country and the world. I'm sorry if you can't see why it is vital that we tell people what happened in Joplin, and try to point out that in the grand scheme of things, 139 people losing their lives, and thousands more losing everything -- is more important than this thread.

Apologies to get my dander up on this one, but as a Midwesterner, I'm going to call it as I see it, and make sure no one ever forgets what happened in Joplin.

T.