Ladies and Gents

[ClubMed]

The current conflict is not only highly charged on a global political level, but also on an emotional social level. The reflections of this can be seen in our Community Forum.

However recent discussions have shown an increased animosity from certain members that seem unable to accept or even deal with differing or opposing opinions.

The world does not consist only of one country and it's views.

I hereby embark on my personal boycott of the forum, and will not be participating until this war is over, to express my discontent with the war and the views expressed by some members on the board.

ClubMed.

Edit: clarification.

[no1_vern]

What are you boycottimg??? The war? Speaking to the guys? The war machine? What??
Vern

CM, boycott will not do anything because the above referenced members obviously do not have the capacity to understand anything apart from their own narrow minded, unpatriotic and bigoted views.

They will continue to behave in this manner because they don't know better.

Instead of boycotting and depriving us of your views, maybe you should consider feeling sorry for them and ignoring their uninformed and misleading remarks.

Perhaps these members would feel more comfortable in a totalitarian regime like Iraq and can move there as far as I am concerned.

[U-96]

I agree with shahani, ClubMed, and ask that you reconsider.

A boycott may save your blood pressure, but I feel it is important to hear all perspectives of the issues and hand, and you are in a unique position to give us opinions and information we would not ordinarily be exposed to. I also respect your patience to date with dealing with your detractors, and enjoy your well-worded posts, even though I do not always agree with them.

Well put, U-96. What some members do not understand, indeed do not even try to understand is that there is a whole world out there "East of the Mississippi".

CM- we have discussed this before but I will repeat--your views are well thought out and articulated. I don't always agree because you have an Arab bias just like everyone has some bias or other. But a healthy debate, an appreciation of differing views is what make a great Forum.

Remove the differing views and you have a bland, vanilla flavor Forum full of "YES" men and clones of each other blowing their own trumpet.

So cheer up, and get on board for some good constructive posts as this terrible and unnecessary war unfolds.

[TheBurningCat]

Yea mate, I just ignore any topic i think will have anything to do with the war. Join me. It beats boycotting the place.

[CERuppel]

I'm with all of them, CM. Don't surrender, please?

[OuTpaTienT]

Sad. You know I consider you a friend CM. A good friend. But what else can I say. Bye. See ya when ya come back.

[Theophylact]

ClubMed, I don't intend to let myself be intimidated, but I also don't want my natural tendency to rant to get the better of me in these difficult days.

I would say: keep calm, count to ten. If necessary, compose replies off-line, edit them for temper, and paste them in; it's remarkable how much that cools the blood.

Just because others are shouting doesn't mean you must; but you needn't be silent.

[willy_ph]

As a personal decision, I too, shall be joining CM on a personal boycott of the community. All too often, I have found myself, and others who share my beliefs, at the brunt of judgmental statements intentionally leveled against us in an attempt to disrepute our position. While this occurs, the moderators are completely complacent, if not downright supportive of the statements leveled against me. Although a certain moderator recently started a thread denouncing these actions, I find it too little, too late. If there was an honest attempt, or for that matter, concern regarding the criticism being leveled against me, this issue would have been tackled and rectified quite some time ago.

As CM noted, it is a highly charged political, social, and personal issue. It is from my personal beliefs that I launch this boycott. Until such time as the armed conflict is over I shall spend my time pursuing actions that reflect my personal objections to this war.

My intention is not to deprive the board of my ideas, however, I have been forced to take this action as a result of the actions of others. Therefore, I leave the board for a time with a hope that this conflict shall be rectified quickly with a minimal loss of life on both sides, but still maintaining my belief that it is unjust and immoral.

Jason.