Hi Everybody!!

[ToddB]

Amen. I think there is a place for both.

In theory I would tend to agree, but a lengthy history of harassment is quite justifiably forcing the decision to the other extreme. If the naysayers end up not liking the solution that's imposed upon them, they'll have no one but themselves to blame for it.

Not all observationalists are flakes as is often asserted.

I would think not, since that term would seem to describe most normal people who manage to successfully negotiate their daily lives by constantly making observations about their environment. That some people insist those same observational skills suddenly become feeble and fraught with endless uncertainty while listening to audio reproduction is just ridiculous.

Perhaps I too can tone done my sarcasm with one individual in particular and take up your offer.

Maybe, but your frustration is certainly understandable. You've taken quite a bit of abuse from those afflicted with Objective-Compulsive Disorder, and I'm really not sure why you've continued to post here instead of bailing for the relative peace of AA. I doubt that you're receiving as much personal benefit from posting here as others are from reading your posts, so I have to assume that you've remained because you're trying to help other people. If that's the case, then being a moderator would allow you a better position from which to do that. We sure could use the help.

[Resident Loser]

...field this one...

I personally take strong offense at the use of the characterization of we objectivists(BTW, that's the proper term) as a group who are "...afflicted with Objective-Compulsive Disorder..."...I find it off-putting, demeaning and generally insulting...

So...watcha' gonna' do about it? If you intend to police the area and remove ANYTHING that ANYONE feels is an insult, you're sure gonna' be one busy little boy...

jimHJJ(...very, very busy...)

Addendum: I sense that you see yourself as some twenty-something mover and shaker. As someone who owns ties older than you are, I am equally ill at ease with your "kiddie" comment, so why don't you go censure yourself!!!

P.S. Don't let the join date fool ya', I go back to the days of Norb as do many of us.

[rb122]

[QUOTE=Resident Loser If you intend to police the area and remove ANYTHING that ANYONE feels is an insult, you're sure gonna' be one busy little boy...QUOTE]

Excellent point. Does Eric intend to remove posts that HE finds insulting or those that someone else points out to him as insulting?

Moderating in this manner is going to be a huge job. I could not handle it.

[ToddB]

I personally take strong offense at the use of the characterization of we objectivists(BTW, that's the proper term) as a group who are "...afflicted with Objective-Compulsive Disorder..."...I find it off-putting, demeaning and generally insulting...

Well I think it was funny, and I KNOW it's an accurate characterization of the past behavior of many naysayers on this board.

Since you found that comment so objectionable, I probably shouldn't tell you that I've heard such significant differences between audio cables that I think anyone who can't hear them must be suffering some kind of near-deaf experience. If I were to actually tell you something like that, who knows how much it might irritate you.

P.S. Don't let the join date fool ya', I go back to the days of Norb as do many of us.

As do I. The current fad of fond rememberence for Norb's moderating ability is some creative reframing, indeed.