OK, here's a slightly different one for you...
I will not be posting on MoviePosterTalk any more - as I have now been banned...
Hey Bob -
Now that's a PERFECTLY OK reason to announce an "exit," especially if it was a forced exit -- or if some of your notes were banned because of content. Cuz it means you were fine about staying on board but won't or can't because you're being edited or blocked.
The announcements that hit me funny are those that have a subtext that sort of feels like, "gee, you-guys-are-really-going-to-miss-me-cuz-I-brought-so-much-to-the-table-but-I've-had-it-with-people-criticizing-me-so-i'm-outta-here-and-things-will really-be-boring-now-and-you'll-all-be-sorry-about-my-self-banishment."
The paradox about announcing a departure from MPT or MoPo is you can't if you've been banned or blocked. You are banned from MPT so you announce it here at MoPo. That's darkly funny cuz it can reignite the discussion about why things went south over there.
There are "goodbyes" cuz you're leaving the hobby or other priority reasons -- and then there are "goodbyes" that have a ring of bitterness that suggests some people at MoPo are downright ungrateful. And those few who are ungrateful -- were aggravating enough to kiss off 400 others on this list who don't chime in every day or are less outspoken.
OK, Bob, I dare you tell us the reasons why you think you were banned. Oh, never mind.
;~)
-koose.
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From: "Robert D. Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Robert D. Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Signing off for now... Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:20:41 -0700
Dear David:
OK, here's a slightly different one for you...
I will not be posting on MoviePosterTalk any more - as I have now been banned...
;o)
Cheers,
Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kusumoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Signing off for now...
I'll never understand why some people feel compelled to send out the equivalent of a clipped news release that they're leaving ANY Internet forum. Why an announcement? It isn't necessary unless you wanna make sure people w/pending business or other important matters w/you to know where you'll be. Just leave and come back. I've left MoPo a couple of times (esp. after the 2003 California fires) and very few noticed. I've been called a humorless and stuck-up guy many times. If you dish it out, then you should be able to take it. If you can't, leave, but I wouldn't post an announcement about it. Less than 24 hrs. ago Gary wrote:
BTW - do not expect to be able to crticize my post/opinion and not hear from me, I speak my mind, when I feel it is necessary and/or appropriate, on whatever topic I wish. Anyone who knows me knows I am a reasonable guy that speaks his mind - AND, I will always admit I was wrong if I was, unlike others we all know. Peace.
Now he's backing off of this SPECIFIC to THIS forum, stating he's quitting mopo because people think he's less than honest. there are still 400 others who haven't weighed in either way so an "announced exit" does feels like opinionated counter-jabs from a tiny no. of people were enough to make Gary wanna leave. Donnie, with all of his fans, did the same thing, that is, >make an announcement. Gary's a smart guy, well-educated. I can tell. I understand when people leave, but I don't understand this compulsion to announce it in a huff.
-d.
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From: JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Signing off for now... Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:31:13 -0500
Yawn.
I believe the appropriate schoolyard response to this would have been something like: "Gee, you can dish it out but you sure can't take it..."
-- JR
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:56 Subject: [MOPO] Signing off for now...
Just thought I'd let the list know my outspoken nature will be severed at this point. Congratulations!!!! I'll come back eventually, but the accusations that I am less than honest and have an "agenda" are quite frankly Bullshit, and undeserved. I've always been open and honest about my feelings and apparantly there is no place for that here. Have fun discussing the same old sterile (safe) content. Regards, Gary
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