Life seems to get the better of more often then we care to admit. I had wanted to be a lot more consistent with this Blog but it is hard to do that when there isn't all that much feedback. SO now I understand why many folks finally just stop and walk away from them *sigh* I am trying not to do that here. But it is hard to find topics that I feel will interest you all out there that are Stargate or Forum related. As a Moderator I try to keep my topics close to those things in some way. I have no problem rambling on and on about most topics but I do want folks to be interested in what I am saying.

So if you truly want this blog to be topical and something you want to read let me know what YOU want to read about. You never know just where it might lead me and the few readers out there :-)

so if I could do a podcast that focused on *other things GW* what would want to hear about?

See this is how I know if you are actually reading this blog...here is your chance to say what you want and know it might actually come true.........but it definitely won't if you don't comment........

Ya know, the Moderating Team has spent countless hours talking, typing and explaining over and over and over that the Community Vision Statement is not a clamp down or doing away with of *negative opinions* OR some sort of plan to stifle folks who dislike the Keller character.

But does anyone take us at our word? No.
Does anyone take a step back and really look at what has been changed or deleted? No.

Lets look at what goes on. Folks write posts that keep harping on how all we want is a Forum of *Shiny Happy People* and OMG don't you dare bad-mouth Keller cause the Mods want to kiss TPTB's butt.

Are any of them actually reading the Forum? They can't be because their are still folks stating their negative opinions all over the place AND there are still folks who don't like Keller and they are free to post.

I am so sick of folks who just want to be nasty in their posts about a fictional character pissing and moaning any where they can that it could not possibly be their posts and the lack of decency or the lack of respect or the lack of civility that is causing their issue. It never enters their minds it could be THEM and HOW they are saying what they want to say NOT what they want to say.

I am also very tired of folks who would rather be as snotty or as sarcastic or as rude as they can in a post just because they disagree with the opinion they are reading. Because we enforce the respect rule and tell that person to stop disrespecting other Forums Members we are enforcing a *Happy Shiny People* mentality? When did decency and civility and respect ever equate to shiny, happy people? The fact that someone can't disagree without resorting to some form of belittling or disparagement regardless of how cleverly worded is beyond me and basically immature IMHO.

Folks leave the Forum daily due to how rude many of our Community have become. Folks do NOT deserve your rudeness just because you don't like something they said, how they said it OR if they screwed up and typed it all convoluted. Folks also don't *need* to write nasty, belittling post regarding a fictional character.

Fine you don't like another member's opinion. No one is making you respond, How arrogant are you if you think it is your duty to set them straight in as sarcastic a way as you can? Do you feel good that you mocked them and their opinion and made others snicker and giggle at the person? Well, if so then all I can say is I feel seriously sorry for you. Its sad if life is that hard on you that you have to do that to a faceless, nameless person.

Fine you don't like a character. But is it necessary to harp on it over and over and over. The character is not real so they have no issue. But it still says a lot about you if you are unable to articulate your dislike of a make-believe character with some sort of coherency as to why you dislike the character. The spewing of just a constant diatribe with no real form or function just becomes ranting. At some point you just become mean and nasty and that tone begins to over-flow into other areas of the Forum. So is telling you that you have to use the same decency, civility and respect in your posting of your opinion so bad? How does it make you look anything but juvenile if all you can do is call a make-believe character names and makes up vile things about her? But ask you to state in clear, decent language your beef with the character and you freak out and yell suppression. Get over yourself already. No one is suppressing you only your nastiness and that type of disrespect is not welcome to begin with. So to say that anyone is kissing TPTB's butt is ridiculous..They could care less what we fans have to say positive or negative. It makes no difference to them as long as you and I are saying anything and watching or generating some sort of interest. We aren't arrogant enough to think we seriously mean a hill of beans to TPTB when it comes to how they write, create or direct any of their shows.

The fact that many folks can and do post their opinions of ALL sorts and still seem to be able to not violate one rule or the Spirit of the CVS says to me that this is a personal issue that goes way deeper then a Fan Forum and maybe before folks start pointing the finger at the Moderators....maybe they should look at the three pointing back at them......

and with that...I will let this horse finally lie...............

see ya on the flipside Gaters :-)

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