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For the past 2 weeks, every time I've visited this forum, I've invariably had to wade through a load of crap posts from one particular ill-mannered individual and where I've found myself being repeatedly abused in his postings. This is the second time that I've found myself the target of personal abuse on this forum in the past 6 months, by bad mannered individuals. Reading their drivel doesn't actually hurt me or wind me up, instead I just find that their rubbish is utterly juvenile and tedious and spoils an otherwise outstanding forum.
Amidst all the crap postings, It was refreshing to read the posting by j1muv here: http://www.z3mcoupe.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=4869 in which he says: "The best thing of my entire ownership experience was the Welsh Weekend which Exdos organised". I found it refreshing, not because he mentioned that I organised the meeting, but because, like me, he enjoyed a driving event and meeting all the other MC enthusiasts who have only been able to come together because of this forum. Like j1muv I've found that participation on this forum has considerably increased my enjoyment of ownership of my MC. Instead of being a "parasite" or lurker here, I like to think that I've given quite a lot back to this forum by organising 8 meetings and writing stuff which I hope others might find interesting or useful.
I am both old enough and sufficiently worldly to realise that by being reasonably prominent on this forum leaves me wide-open to criticism. I can take any amount of justifiable criticism and am happy for others to pull apart absolutely anything that I write if it will increase my knowledge. However, I find the absolute juvenile behaviour which revolves around name-calling utterly pathetic.
I am really disappointed that this forum has now suffered two spates of bad behaviour by certain individuals, irrespective of the fact that I have been the focus of their abusive attacks. According to the Chinese proverb: "If something happens twice, then it will happen again"; this being so, then this forum needs to establish some basic rules of "posting etiquette". The vast majority of members on any forum are "lurkers" and in many ways I can't blame them for lying low, because, if like me, you actively participate then you are just putting yourself up to be shot at.
Yes, I must confess to having considered deleting all my postings, but there are far too many to do :wink: :!: and to do so would bring me down to the same level of bad behaviour. Likewise, I've no axe to grind with anyone on this forum except those who have behaved badly on here, so why would I want to muck-up the forum? I think that I've learned from the 2 personal attacks on me and from now on, I shall most likely visit this forum on an occasional basis and post much less, if at all. In writing this, I am not indirectly attempting to drum up any form of support from others, it's just an expression of my position.
Best wishes to all.
Amidst all the crap postings, It was refreshing to read the posting by j1muv here: http://www.z3mcoupe.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?t=4869 in which he says: "The best thing of my entire ownership experience was the Welsh Weekend which Exdos organised". I found it refreshing, not because he mentioned that I organised the meeting, but because, like me, he enjoyed a driving event and meeting all the other MC enthusiasts who have only been able to come together because of this forum. Like j1muv I've found that participation on this forum has considerably increased my enjoyment of ownership of my MC. Instead of being a "parasite" or lurker here, I like to think that I've given quite a lot back to this forum by organising 8 meetings and writing stuff which I hope others might find interesting or useful.
I am both old enough and sufficiently worldly to realise that by being reasonably prominent on this forum leaves me wide-open to criticism. I can take any amount of justifiable criticism and am happy for others to pull apart absolutely anything that I write if it will increase my knowledge. However, I find the absolute juvenile behaviour which revolves around name-calling utterly pathetic.
I am really disappointed that this forum has now suffered two spates of bad behaviour by certain individuals, irrespective of the fact that I have been the focus of their abusive attacks. According to the Chinese proverb: "If something happens twice, then it will happen again"; this being so, then this forum needs to establish some basic rules of "posting etiquette". The vast majority of members on any forum are "lurkers" and in many ways I can't blame them for lying low, because, if like me, you actively participate then you are just putting yourself up to be shot at.
Yes, I must confess to having considered deleting all my postings, but there are far too many to do :wink: :!: and to do so would bring me down to the same level of bad behaviour. Likewise, I've no axe to grind with anyone on this forum except those who have behaved badly on here, so why would I want to muck-up the forum? I think that I've learned from the 2 personal attacks on me and from now on, I shall most likely visit this forum on an occasional basis and post much less, if at all. In writing this, I am not indirectly attempting to drum up any form of support from others, it's just an expression of my position.
Best wishes to all.
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