Quote Originally Posted by the ox
Look I dont know any of you guys and from what I have seen, this is a great forum. But arguing and bickering over something or someone just because of troubles about some "island of misfit toys" or whatever the hell it is seems stupid to me. I have been a cigar lover for years and I hate to see a neat place like this stained because one member is upset over another member joining, Hell you can do a Google search and all this crap has spiilled over into other cigar forums as well. And its about the same 2 people. All im saying is this, How do you guys think that this looks like to new members such as myself. Its turning out to be a soap opera sorry if i caused any trouble, just felt like throwing in my opinion. Maybe now the whole thing is squashed... I hope so
It may seem stupid to you but to others it's not. As it has been pointed out in this thread and other threads, a member's reputation on other boards is extremely relevant here.

Think about this for a minute, a plastic surgeon sets up shop in your town and screws up nearly every operation he performs leaving his patients with permanent injuries, scars, etc. if they survived his butchery because a few of them died on his operating table due to his incompetence. He loses his medical license in the state. So, he packs up his little black bag and opens a plastic surgery practice in another state.

One of his former patients who he disfigured from the old town recognizes this very bad doctor in his new town and starts contacting his patients informing them of his past misdeeds and stands out in front of his office (on the PUBLIC street) with a placard saying "DO NOT LET THIS MAN OPERATE ON YOU OR YOU MAY DIE OR END UP LIKE ME"

Would you be grateful for the efforts this former patient made to protect others or should the former patient be arrested and put in jail?