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Post by crzhrs on Mar 5, 2008 11:43:20 GMT -6
swisscheesehead is full of holes!
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Post by Jas. Watson on Mar 5, 2008 12:25:39 GMT -6
Earlier on this thread I mentioned being a member of several other history forums and the troubles they had but I really want to say that, outside the CSS troubles, this forum has been the most stable, friendly, and trouble free forum of all the ones I have been on! I think we here are over reacting as there really isn't that much to fix...here. Compared to other fora this place is tranquility believe me! (a little scrap now and then is sign of healthy debate, not danger) The only thing I wonder is why Bill Rini (Keogh) supports CSS so much, I just plain don't understand that. We are fellow reenctors so I asked him, and he just sorta dodged the issue. I'm not really that well connected in the LBH world with its ins and outs, so I can't help thinking there is more to all this--but nobody's saying. As for CSS or whatever we call him, my thoughts are--and this is truth as I see it not simple badmouthing--I think he is actually mentally disturbed (real clinically). No one would be like that except actual religious fanatics or dangerous political zealots, certainly not a history buff. So I relate to him as I do any disturbed creature--keep my distance and don't make any sudden moves. Of course that means I cannot post anything much worthwhile in order to learn at the new forum--threads have too much a tendency to deteriorate over there. Maybe someday, but for now my real questions remain here even though I do sometimes browse there too. What does Keogh see in him? ? Jas~
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Post by Tricia on Mar 5, 2008 12:52:13 GMT -6
What Keogh/Rini sees in CSS is an ally against Diane. They'll go over the cliff together before breaking that relationship. Both of them feel Diane did some mighty wrong against them--some here feel the same way--and hell will freeze over before Rini finally admits that an alliance with CSS is dead wrong and will only harm his reputation. If they break up, that admits a "victory" on Diane's part, when it is only an issue of common as all get-out sense.
--t.
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Post by Jas. Watson on Mar 5, 2008 13:42:04 GMT -6
Had Bill Rini been around here that long to get an 'issue' with Diane or anyone else here? I knew Bill (from the 'Custer Clan' folks) before he came here and it didn't seem all that long ago. Allying with CSS? I would think he was smarter than all that. And what did Diane ever do to Bill? I hang around here and still miss so much it seems.
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Post by clw on Mar 5, 2008 14:38:06 GMT -6
Has anyone noticed that Diane isn't around? Know my biggest concern? That she's so weary of this whole mess she'll shut down the forum. If I were her, I'd be considering it.
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Post by fred on Mar 5, 2008 19:09:39 GMT -6
CLW--
I think she has been busy with other projects. And quite frankly, I think she feels extremely hurt by what has gone on, even by the good intentions of a number of people. Things just didn't work out. When I met her a couple of years ago, she had high hopes for things. I think the Merkels tried very hard and were never appreciated. If you noticed in the latest rag, Chuck is no longer the repository of LBHA back-issues. He is still quoted as an "associate," but the petals have fallen off. It's a damned shame; the LBHA has lost some of its most precious cargo. The only solipsism remaining is these boards. I hope it is enough.
Best wishes, Fred.
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Post by Tricia on Mar 5, 2008 20:21:09 GMT -6
Diane has a big publishing deadline coming up or just passed; she's doing a local history of either her town or a nearby one or the entire county. Getting this crap together is a bit like giving birth and like birth, she may need six weeks to recover from it. But she's the cream of the crop, if you ask me and keeping these boards happy and healthy will be our biggest legacy to her in her absence. Also, let's buy--as in purchase--the results of her hard work whether we live in Florida or not!
Note how we don't need a moderator breathing down our necks or editing posts, eh? Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. We love our Diane!
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Post by Tricia on Mar 5, 2008 20:23:43 GMT -6
Earlier on this thread I mentioned being a member of several other history forums and the troubles they had but I really want to say that, outside the CSS troubles, this forum has been the most stable, friendly, and trouble free forum of all the ones I have been on! I think we here are over reacting as there really isn't that much to fix...here. Compared to other fora this place is tranquility believe me! (a little scrap now and then is sign of healthy debate, not danger) The only thing I wonder is why Bill Rini (Keogh) supports CSS so much, I just plain don't understand that. We are fellow reenctors so I asked him, and he just sorta dodged the issue. I'm not really that well connected in the LBH world with its ins and outs, so I can't help thinking there is more to all this--but nobody's saying. As for CSS or whatever we call him, my thoughts are--and this is truth as I see it not simple badmouthing--I think he is actually mentally disturbed (real clinically). No one would be like that except actual religious fanatics or dangerous political zealots, certainly not a history buff. So I relate to him as I do any disturbed creature--keep my distance and don't make any sudden moves. Of course that means I cannot post anything much worthwhile in order to learn at the new forum--threads have too much a tendency to deteriorate over there. Maybe someday, but for now my real questions remain here even though I do sometimes browse there too. What does Keogh see in him? ? Jas~ I sent you a PM to try and explain the situation, Jas. It'll probably only confuse you more, but I tried.
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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 7, 2008 22:21:10 GMT -6
Trish is correct. I was gone while finishing a book. I had to get the deadline extended a week because I wanted to make some final edits. The extra week paid off but meant working until 3 in the morning and getting up a few hours later to work some more. Not fun, but worth the extra effort. My editor is delighted with the book, and I'll get to go to bed before midnight tonight.
Now that I've selfishly discussed my life, let's talk about OUR life collectively. It breaks my heart to read so much distress in some of the posts. Perhaps I'm too shell-shocked to see it, but I honestly don't understand what the problem is.
Several very kind members of this board tried to mediate a resolution to "the problem." It was suggested that if I deleted every nasty thing ever said about Cornut, Rini would delete nasty things said about me on his boards and try to get Cornut to do the same on his website. Notice the word try. In other words, if I censored you guys and deleted your posts, Cornut might stop saying nasty things about me.
My answer: No.
Why would I want to turn into a censor when I don't now, never have, and will never care what Cornut or his friends say about me on his website, on other boards, or anywhere? I don't read his website or other boards, so this "offer" was meaningless.
Why would I want to agree to such a thing when the offer contained nothing for the rest of you? All it would do is destroy any trust you might have in me.
Of course, that may have been the motive behind the offer in the first place.
Please don't delete your posts because it ruins the context of anything that was said afterward. If you want to edit something you've written, you are free to do so but I don't see the need. Alfuso has it right: Keep your sense of humor and the rest will take care of itself.
Diane
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Post by crzhrs on Mar 9, 2008 12:10:24 GMT -6
Here-Here!
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Post by Melani on Mar 9, 2008 21:38:04 GMT -6
Why would I want to agree to such a thing when the offer contained nothing for the rest of you? I believe the idea was as a sort of peace offering, and what it contained for Tricia, Fred, Billy and gocav76 was getting their names off David's stupid list and his disgusting website. What it contained for the rest of us was an end to all the garbage, hopefully. But the last time I was over there, David had departed in a huff, and with any luck, that is the last any of us will ever hear from him. I still think it's a shame he wastes his time and talent on that kind of crap. And by the way, a lot of unnecessarily nasty stuff has now been removed from the other board. I would still encourage people to get rid of their own posts, or parts thereof, that are nothing more than insults, while keeping the useful parts. It can't hurt.
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Post by Tricia on Mar 9, 2008 21:54:05 GMT -6
Melani--
My only interest was to stop the war and bring a more positive attitude of co-operation between us. But Moderator continues to be a haughty jerk--and for what? To protect David?
As for my name being on David's site, it really doesn't bother me that much because there is nothing--nothing--Custerhater about me and my supporters know that. He's completely out of gas. As I told him, it's free publicity and I will gladly take it. The more controversial my name is when attached to my novel, the more I'll sell.
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Post by clw on Mar 10, 2008 9:12:21 GMT -6
Whatever deletions made 'over there' were highly selective. Keogh (a far more sinister creature than cw will ever be) deleted only posts that threatened his power. Posts that showed him to be a fool were removed.
All of which provides me with no incentive to remove anything. Nor will I.
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