Sid - like it or not - call me a friend or not - you and Barry (expecially Barry) are not going to start the BS you've started on other boards here. Any reasonable person who has seen it before does not want it starting here. That kind of hate filled rhetoric does nothing but breed contempt and devisiveness. I think you see where it's led here - considering this issue has the board in an uproar right now...

I KNOW you think what Barry has been saying here is not OK. You know full well the kinds of reactions he's had elsewhere with this nonsense. And you know full well the depth of his nastiness elsewhere. A simple "Tone it Down!" would have been sufficient - IN THE INTEREST OF MAINTAINING DECORUM AT THIS BOARD!!! But no - instead you and Barry have to focus your efforts on getting rid of CC and his cronies so Barry can post the way he wants... That's pure and utter BS...

You've killed the messenger for the message.... You've attacked me personally before today over this issue - I asked as a friend to consider what you were doing - you told me to "bring it on", even though there really was nothing to bring on. You accused me of "threatening" to remove you from this board. That was BS and you know it. Quit trying to spin this issue like a top...

The value you've placed in our friendship (yours and mine) is obvious. You really don't give a hoot about our friendship because you wouldn't have started publically attacking me on my position the way you did. Re-read what you've written, Sid. Maybe it was out of anger (I'd like to think that was the case), but it was no less damaging to our relationship. You can't expect to say those things and not cause a rift between us.

And "medical issues" do not give you cause to be as nasty as you've been the past few weeks. It really is inexcuseable. Please don't use that excuse to justify your campaign of trying to squelch the voices of reasonableness. I have medical issues you're ignoring too, Sid. I have NEVER used that as an excuse to justify the way I was acting - and would never asked ANYONE to consider that if I was posting like a you were this week. The bird doesn't fly...

C'mon, Sid - does it really suprise you that I will not stand by and watch you flame this board down? You know me much better than that...

For the umpteenth time, Sid - use your friendship and influence with Barry to have him TONE IT DOWN!!! Hate me all you want, Sid - can we get this message through in the interest of the OVERALL community - not just what you and Barry want.