Re: GOD is a Dj but he only warms up for SASHA
[QUOTE=bobjuice;991124]Hostile in the face of hostility imo. He's refused to be bullied and good on him for that. You can isolate one or two recent posts and make it look like he's out of order but the overall picture, to me, is very different indeed.
You've just lost a wealth of knowledge there, Chunky knows his stuff more than most of the rest of you put together and has never been anything other than helpful to me, very often going out of his way (lots more of you know this too and have experienced same i know).
To run an international politics forum without fair, independent moderation and expect not to have arguments is naive in the extreme i think.
Is the ban permanent? I think it's a real shame if so and will say here a big thank you to Chunky for everything he's done.
A sad day, the bullies have won yet again. :([/QUOTE] A sad day indeed :( In my world I try very hard to judge the whole person and Chunky came in very much on the best side. He had amazing things to contribute and does. I have saved some of his posts just because they were so insightful. I disagree with him on some quite big issues , but I have enormous respect for a very complex person who speaks his mind honestly. And that is incredibly rare! On a board which so often espouses the rights to freedom of speech , this is something I would have thought would be highly valued.
Possibly because of our different nationalities, weak excuse:), we each see personal abuse as meaning different things. I see personal abuse about being calling someone derogatory names etc. Some here seem to think personal abuse is when their opinion is questioned. I find Chunky to be more of the questioner rather than the abuser. I think this board is a lesser place without him .
And yes the underhanded bullies have won again. :(