snortcrank: I gave up a lot of liberties for my current employment for the saftey of a steady job and health care: would you say I do not deserve liberty?


Weary feelings grow when people cry over free speach on a privately owned web forum. If you don't like it, move on. For ANYONE who feel it is foul about moderation and changes: go back to the days of Koffee Brown.. or simply 2 - 3 years back. It was the same thing, just different. The forum evolves ~ and we should be thankful that Joe, and now Brian are so very tolerant of the BS that goes on in here.

For the life of me, I can not understand why people get sooo bent up about being banned for breaking the rules. You have email, you can still talk to eachother.. Shoot, you could go out and RIDE A BIKE..

What people here (including myself at times) lack is a modicum of respect for others. Disagree, argue, but to devolve into pure name calling (and I'm not talking about adjetives describing mentality) and e-threats is asinine. I think it would be good if people here would talk to eachother as they would in person.

Personally, I don't care for strait bars and risers on Fixies. But, really.. if you ride, you ride. And I tell people the same in person. I would bet that it is a small amount of people who would tell a complete stranger things like "your bike looks like ass" or "that bike looks so gay". And I hedge my bets that people who would do that would quickly find themselves outcast in most rides.. Even at CM..

Move on, accept the rules or move out.