This Is What I Hate About Most Forums (Except MOPARTS)

[Mike Haas]

Is it? See, I did learn something! Thanks Mike

Rocky - A simple search revealed this..

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/43/messages/818.html...

[rocky321]

Great thread. I left one of my favorite forums just for these reasons. Some of the forum elites would have you think they are direct descendants of John C. Garand and own the rights to every patent he ever received.

LOL that's exactly what I am referring too. And they are in denial.

[ChipS]

As we say in Kentucky 'I got no dog in this fight' (I hope) - but for my $0.02:

Rocky - Lighten up, Bud. It's only a forum - not traffic court. If someone is rude, or just doesn't give you the answer you want, just let it go. Maybe he/she has had a bad day or maybe didn't really understand that what you asked is pertinent and important to you, if not others. Let it be and ask whatever you want, whenever you want, as long as it is intended to be pertinent, (mostly) serious and civil. It's the American way.

Everybody Else - Don't be too quick to judge and/or berate a new contributor. He may not have the SOP down but as he reads more of our posts he will get a better idea of expected forum ettiquette (for better or worse). As for the obligatory 'research' before you open your mouth on a forum, I don't agree with the premise but maybe he tried to research and didn't find what he needed. He may or may not be as computer savy as the rest of us. We get about 4 or 5 posts on this forum on an average day. I don't think one arguably inane question is going to make anybody late for super. I emphasize arguably because the question may be very logical and pertinent to the asker, and there's a lot of truth in "the only dumb question is the one not asked'.

We're all here for a number of reasons, all of them important to many of us, fun included. I don't mean to flame anybody but the fact that there are three pages arguing this silly point says volumes. I think everybody just needs to take a deep breath, try to be patient and tolerant with newcomers and, as long as civility and common courtesy prevail, if we don't appreciate a question just let it go unanswered. Peace. Semper Fi. I'm outa here. ChipS

[shadycon]

I think everyone concerned should think about what you say before posting! .02 . You aught to ask about a screw build on the AK Forum. That realily gets some folks worked up. This is a great forum, lets get along!

[Bill Hollinger]

This has come to it's end. Time to move on!