Posted by Snicker on August 24, 1998 at 10:01:14:
In Reply to: And all YOUR postings end up with YOU trying to discredit something...SO WHAT'S YOUR STORY?! posted by Simsson on August 23, 1998 at 23:42:40:
Otherwise I'd think you're really BP. You use his run on sentence style, similar sorts of misspellings, the usual blather about hateful and nasty responses when those words only come from BP, the complaints about the "big" fuss by others when the lengthy responses are yours, the use of "we" as if you're speaking for most of us, and of course accusing us of what you're doing (e.g. pagelong posts, no email address, namecalling, insults and whining like spoiled kids).
I really don't like this sort of run-on, irrelvant thred, but you're just such an irresistable target to me. Probably because I started out on your side of the free/pay debate I feel some investment in expressing my opinion. Of course your charges of hatefulness and damage to the Gay community do get the dander up: the people pointing out that we DO have to make a purchase to view the site are acting in the interest of the "community" too, and actually in a more considerate and protective way than you (sure, it's just wasted time, but YOU seem to view our responses as pretty serious and not the empty words they are); and more irritatingly, your attitude that these posts disagreeing with you are damaging to the rest of the Gay community and solely the work of one person is sheer narcissism!
...Yep, I do have some other "handles" on these boards, but nope I am not any other poster in these particular threads. When I see unbalanced minds at work as evidenced by name-calling or insults I use this name (well, I think I've made a joke or two, also). That's how you avoid getting email bombed or having someone else use your name and address for nasty posts (both of which happen to posters on this board).