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<< hi uncle frank and mike, the two of you, coupled with the other serious and dedicated gamers have an awesome thing going here. personally, i have learned tons. the demand to rtfm and stay on "appropriate game strategy discussion" seems quite reasonable to me...afterall it is your thread and game >>
It is indeed their thread and game, and they have created and nourished an awesome thread that you and I and many others have joined, benefited from, and attempt to contribute to.
To any and all that do not like the focus, don't want to stay on topic, and wish to deviate it, I simply say, start a new thread. I also say to them, don't bother us Gorilla Gamers here with endless OT discussions and votes on new direction and focus.
I admire the diplomacy of Frank and Mike. I, however, have not developed this skill to quite the degree they have. I am resolved to be less patient than they have been with individuals who have dedicated their considerable energy to deviate the intent and purpose of this thread.
I feel that the gender card that was thrown onto the table on Sunday was a foul, malicious, cowardly, reprehensible, and calculated, red herring. We have all sidestepped this issue. I was one of the first to respond, in what I hope was polite fashion, and I have not had a response back. None is necessary. No permanent damage has been done.
Mike (and Jerry, and Tekboy, and David, and Stan, and Tom, and LindyBill, and many others) are dedicated to stay the course on this thread and they too have become leaders here.
If any of those well-educated (heck, any degree of educated, provided that they have read the FM and or RM) lurkers that Donna from San Diego purports to represent, would care to step forward and assist the leaders above in keeping this thread on track, I would certainly applaud it. I know that they will be most welcome here.
Uncle Frank belongs on this thread. He is much more in character here, acting in a leadership capacity with his threadmates, than he is pretending to be a Curmudgeon over on the new thread.
I welcome Frank back. I am hopeful that he will assume his former position of leadership. If he wishes to adopt a more curmudgeonly attitude, he should have at it. This thread should not be distracted.
Thank you for listening. I am reminded that I have committed to DownSouth to preparing a reexamination of the Information Technology/Information Security - Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) arena and the potential Gorillas like RSAS (formerly SDTI) in it that Moore discussed in the FM, but edited out of the RFM. I am a long way from completing it. I best get back to it.
- Eric - |
