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[Viking1]

What a forum

I shock it is over a week now and I aks the mod's to take my detils of this forum.

As I had not been use it.

how hard can it be

Then you wunder why I stop post

 

[ProfJohnL]

Hello Mark,

I know you have been a contributor to this forum for a number of years now. It is a shame you want to leave. I am sure that many of us would be interested in your reasons for choosing to leave.

As for removing your details, The Mods do not have the ability to remove anyone, they have to request that forum Administrators do it, and the Admin. are employed by Haymarket.

I am sure that the Mods will have passed on your request to the administrators.

Best f luck, and you can at least continue to read the postings here without being a member, so do keep in touch.

 

[Parksy]

Hello Mark and Sharon

John has very kindly summed up our predicament in a much better way than I could.

If you don't have any objection I will contact you via email tomorrow (later today really)and I will do my best to remove your details from this forum if that's what you want.

Because of the forum software and the fact that the moderators of this forum are volunteers who have no connection with Haymarket Publications who host and pay for this forum we might have some slight difficulty but I will do my best.

On a more personal note you seem determined that you will no longer use this forum.

I am aware that you have been insulted on this forum in the past which is inexcusable. The value of your contributions to this forum have in my opinion been dismissed and forum members have written things in response to your advice and wisdom that nowadays would never be countenanced or tolerated here or anywhere else on this website.

I can only apologise for this disgusting treatment and assure you that I will make it my business to guarantee that this will never happen again as long as I'm a moderator of this forum.

I will send an email to discuss your concerns and to address them more fully.

 

[WilliamLX]

'I am aware that you have been insulted on this forum in the past which is inexcusable. The value of your contributions to this forum have in my opinion been dismissed and forum members have written things in response to your advice and wisdom that nowadays would never be countenanced or tolerated here or anywhere else on this website'

Why do I always miss the interesting stuff???

 

[Viking1]

to me it was not fun

One more nail

 

[Parksy]

As Mark has shown, it's not 'interesting' as far as he is concerned.

Because of the treatment that Mark had to endure in the past here he no longer feels that he can use this forum in case he is called names or ridiculed and insulted.

I really wish that Mark would change his mind but unfortunately he has told me via email that nothing has changed.

Please let me state here and now that there is no requirement to spell perfectly or be grammatically correct on this forum.

Members who wish to add contributions should feel confident to do so, the spelling doesn't matter.

No one deserves to be made to feel that their spelling is under scrutiny and to ridicule a dyslexic forum member is inexcusable.

This form of abuse would nowadays be immediately dealt with by a forum moderator, it is not tolerated under any circumstances anywhere on this forum and in any context whatsoever here.

Forum members who feel that they have been insulted or ridiculed by another member in this way should post in this section FAO MODS, give brief details and I will contact those involved via email.

 

[Guest]

'I am aware that you have been insulted on this forum in the past which is inexcusable. The value of your contributions to this forum have in my opinion been dismissed and forum members have written things in response to your advice and wisdom that nowadays would never be countenanced or tolerated here or anywhere else on this website'

Why do I always miss the interesting stuff???

thats rich coming from the guy who was bleating to have the fat thread removed

 

[Mel]

Mark I had wondered why I hadn't seen your postings for a while. Can I say that I am saddened and appalled that there are people who think it is OK to insult anyone,and particularly someone who has a disability. They should be ashamed. My son is in the same boat as you, with severe dyslexia. He too has tried to cultivate a "water off a ducks back" attitude to jibes and "jokes" that were only funny for the people making them, but after a while he gets fed up of it too. I do understand why you have decided not to post here and hope that the contributors to the "other forum" are a better class of people than the pond life that has forced you into this decision.

all the very best

mel

 

[Guest]

I never condone attacks on anyone for any reason, however it is possibly a fault of the Internet that because there is no physical interaction, any disability, unless specified, can be misunderstood. We all communicate with a variety of methods, usually involving facial movements, arm movements as well as the spoken word. Therefore writing is only a single medium, and is taken dare I suggest, at face value. We have all read identical books and had completely different interpretations of the purpose of the script.

It is also ufortunate that our education system has created a whole generation of people to whom the skills of reading and writing have deliberately been ignored and therefore not mastered. This is due to their own desire to opt out of society as they feel it is unimportant. This has tended to cloud those to whom there is a real issue of communication.

I am not for a moment suggesting anyone should wear a badge, or even carry a bell, but somehow we need to be made aware of what is a true situation. Otherwise guesswork takes control. In recent years there has been an increase in certain disorders in our society. Whether this is due to greater awareness and understanding of the problems, or due to other factors , I do not know as I am not qualified to comment.

Again, I feel that our 'desire' to adsorb the so called advantages of the Internet have led to a deterioration in courtesy, which no one would tolerate in face to face contact. The proliferation of webs such as Facebook, Twitter and of course Google etc merely allow people to commit 'verbal indecent exposure' and will sooner or later turn round and bite them hard. Reality TV Shows are a prime example of the desire of many people to laugh at the failings of others and why we tolerate them is beyond my understanding. Entertainment it most certainly is not.

My advice to Mark is to take a break and allow time to heal any hurt. However, as others have mentioned when you are knocked down, it is time to get back up and fight again.