Rob
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- May 18, 2005
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What worries me about the forum now is it going back to the bad old days, when you can't voice your opinion on the hobby , any other hobby you could talk about any brand talk about the good the bad and the ugly but not on this forum and it down to the members and not the mods ,people may say they have not got a problem with people finding problem with there favorite brand but it must or we would not have all this childish stuff going on my brand better than your, don't forget these companies sell there items as detailed toy soldiers and for the price there selling they should be right . So people need to respect people opinion witch I thought was what the forum about .
Yeah but I don't think we should overplay this either. How often are there posts in which someone actually states 'Brand x is far better than brand v' .Does it happen like that, no it doesn't really does it. I think its popular to try and build up the hype between different companies and make out there is some over dramatic war going on between them, a lot of that is pretty childish imagination in my view. I have friends who collect FL who don't buy K&C, does it mean we are at war on the forum, of course not.
You are of course quite right in wanting the free speech to be able to complain about something without being slated for it, its what a free forum should be about. However you have to look at the other side of the free speech coin too Neil. It would be naive to think there are not some personal agendas towards certain companies going on. So say for instance you post your complaint about your 262, you are 100% perfectly entitled to do this. But then along comes Mr X Mr Y and Mr Z who everybody on the forum with more than eleven brain cells knows have a grudge/agenda going on. They then turn the thread into a bitter , nasty personal affair ruining the enjoyment for others. That is when responsible posters such as yourself should say something like ' hang on, this is my thread in which I'm complaining about my 262, not an anti K&C thread, take it somewhere else' . If you just agree or congratulate such posts you should probably have to expect the thread to go downhill pretty quick. Its up to every member of this forum to see free speech thrive and antagonistic posts decline, because threads without antagonism is where ultimately your genuine concerns can be raised and discussed in an atmosphere not akin to a nursery school.
Just my tuppence worth Neil
Rob