Barry, I hear you!
Barry, let me first say that I really like reading your posts... you seem very knowledgeable and you always carry yourself in a respectful manner. Top-Notch!!
I agree that guidelines should be followed on a forum such as this... I just wanted to share my one time experience with Bruce and how he graciously took the time to provide me with more info than I initially tried to obtain. I can assure you that his correspondence with me was not like what you see on some of his posts here.
I glanced back at the recent thread by Bruce: "Net 54 Top 100" and it seemed that there were a few members eager to start pushing buttons. There's obviously some history here between a few members and Bruce. My question is: since some of these members know what kind of reaction they can expect from Bruce, then why post anything at all that may set him off? Additionally, did Bruce just randomly pick people to start sending threatening emails to? I would guess that one or some stepped on his toes in the past(maybe in good humor) that started this whole ordeal... still doesn't excuse threatening emails though!
Bruce obviously has a unique personality but I don't think too different than what we encounter in real life (at work, at the store, on the road, etc.) I would like to think some members, including Bruce, would handle situations like these differently in real life instead of how they tend to get handled on cyberspace forums. May just be for attention, shock value, who knows!
You are correct, 30 day suspension isn't the end of the world!
FYI... I'm not here trying to defend or point fingers, just here to rationalize!
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