Originally posted by
DNA
Wow, I didn't know this was going to turn into a let's dump all over Bill Ryan thread.
I don't want any part of it.
I feel I've been around long enough to know a few of the perceived mistakes that have been made.
I've made a few myself.
But given a long enough time line we are all going to screw up. Every single one of us.
I feel Bill Ryan's intentions are for the far greater portion benevolent and aimed for the greater good.
People are frail creatures when it comes to our feelings our emotions and how we perceive actions we interprete as offensive.
A couple of months ago I posted on a thread over at Avalon, and I had the entire mod staff, Bill Ryan himself and not a few Avalon members all over me. I had given my personal take on Bob Dean being a sociopath. I think he is one. I wasn't really looking to paint Bob Dean in a bad light, I wasn't looking to dump on Bob Dean, it was my objective to show how sociopaths are quite capable of doing good, and in fact they carry such powers of charm and charisma as to be able to do amazing things. And try as I might to explain this, no one could get past the word "sociopath".
This word served as a trigger for Bill Ryan, and once he voices his opposition and condemnation the Mods and everyone else consider you fair game, you are no longer protected by the forum guidelines. I was grilled pretty harshly.
I didn't post on Avalon for a month and seriously considered leaving the forum over the incident.
But I didn't.
Everyone is prone to over react from time to time, and everyone is going to be wrong from time to time.
I felt Bill was wrong in his not letting me explain the point of my comments, and I absolutely felt he was wrong for making me a target on a forum with guidelines that are supposed to prohibit such.
But at the end of the day the guy is only human, and I've by far benefited from his research and opinions far more than I've had to endure a few barbs.
For those who have had some bad experiences and feel wronged let me express a personal apology and a sincere hope for whatever wrongs happened to be healed. The guy is human and of course is going to make mistakes, all in all I think most of the folks here have in one way or another benefitted greatly from his forum and in some ways still continue to benefit.
This is all I have to say on this.
Have a good day.
DNA/Marcus