The solution to all of these threads- altering?

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Posted By: barrysloate

Leon- you did the right thing by redirecting the discussion to a single thread so that we can regain some focus. With that out of the way, I will say I do not like the state of affairs on Network54. What could ostensibly be a project to help clean up some of the bad things that go on in the hobby has degenerated into what always seems to happen here- the personal attacks. There are so many people attacking so many other people, throwing out slanderous statements and cutting each other down, and so many others totally fed up with the direction of each of these threads, that I am beginning to think the board will implode. Leon, I know you like to let discussions evolve on their own and you do not like to censor them, but I think you have lost control. Your response has always been that things will cool down, and they do for a time, only to always start up again with all hell breaking loose. One thing I have learned about this board is no matter what the topic, everybody has a different opinion and is not afraid to shove that opinion down the throat of the first guy who doesn't agree with it. I think it's time to do a little soul searching here and decide if the board can survive if every controversial topic is going to end in a bar room brawl.