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    Quote Originally posted by chocolate View Post
    ....... Too much of honest words in one post!
    I often wonder, if men can be so hurtful in an obscure manner verbally, how has this world survived if it hadn’t been for the rules of all Religion....
    Welcome Chocolate!

    One size don't fit all but, I can see your point.

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    The unexamined life is not worth living.

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    Quote Originally posted by chocolate View Post
    You know, giovonni,

    Apart from missing your news thread, probably out of ... (I lost the exact word!), sad current feeling about past pleasant feeling in a situation?,[...]
    Just for the record, my friend, Gio has already left The One Truth again some time ago. As I understand it, the main reason would have been related to his health and a new kind of therapy he was going to try, but it must also be said that near the end of his tenure here, Gio had become very territorial and ego-driven, and he even went so far as to publicly express his distrust in myself — not just once but twice in a row — this notwithstanding the fact that we had already spoken extensively by way of a video link and that we had been friends earlier.

    Either way, Gio left of his own device. Nobody here made him leave. It was his own decision, and as we do with every member who requests the retirement of their account, we have extended him a 24-hour grace time before moving his account into retirement, just in case he were to have changed his mind. But he didn't. Instead — and sadly enough — he chose to burn a few bridges on his way out.

    As for his threads, Gio had two active threads here, i.e.:



    Quote Originally posted by chocolate View Post
    I definitely have an “empty” feeling on the side of Aragorn. Will he respectfully try to make me leave this forum, (too), will be his own decision to make. I have grown tired to try resist the strong tide of ... (another instance of not finding the exact word...) overwhelming, unnecessary pulling down on somebody else.
    I would never even dream of driving you away, my friend — or anyone else for that matter, whether I personally like them or dislike them. I'm not that kind of person. A few of our members on the other hand would very much like it if I myself were to disappear...

    As I told you earlier, your presence here is valued and appreciated, by myself as well as by my colleagues in the mod room.





    Quote Originally posted by chocolate View Post
    Aragorn on that same forum had a completely different avatar picture, but I can’t be sure what that picture was.
    When I signed up here at The One Truth, I initially had the same avatar as back at Project Avalon. However, as I wanted to distance myself from that memory, I also chose to change my avatar. Besides, I had gotten tired of seeing that one next to my posts. It was a still photo from "The Fellowship Of The Ring".





    Quote Originally posted by chocolate View Post
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    Initially when I wrote to Aragorn with this question in mind he answered to my inquiry pointing me to the same forum. I only once visited that forum, earthempaths.net, some years ago, and I think I never repeated my visit. In that forum Cristian had his avatar name with a small letter “c” at the start where originally his avatar name was with a capital letter “C”. To me that was important then somehow, but it has grown in importance for me recently. And, besides that fact, that forum seemed more like a personal blog of somebody named Christine. Who Christine is, if I try to forget about the avatar picture of a funny-looking, cute tiger on the forum of Bill Ryan with the avatar name Christine, I cannot be sure, but if that were to be the same Christine I respected her desire for a more individual, perhaps more private, place, if you can label it in such a way.
    Earth Empaths is the forum of Christine Anderson, who used to be a moderator at Project Avalon, and who was married to Bill Ryan at the time — in fact, to the best of my knowledge, they are still not officially divorced, due to legal reasons. I am still in touch with Christine via email, even though it has been a while now since our last exchange.

    Christine started Earth Empaths after she left El Sombrero™, together with Claudia (formerly known at Project Avalon as Karelia), Cristian, and several other ex-Avalon members and moderators.
    = DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR =

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    'Tis true. People don't get 'pushed out' here.

    Members who are banned have specifically broken rules and have been warned beforehand. That would be via infraction and/or being warned via PM and pointed to the relevant rule(s).

    Members who want to retire have a 24 hour grace period to think about it. Even if they want to retire yesterday. They still have 24 hours before it's in effect.

    And there are bots all the time trying to join. Our Administrator has created a 'bot' of our own to help us.

    Who would think virtual non-existent entities would be such a pain in the neck?

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    Chocolate disslikers will be shown the entry door to BPB's forum, at the very least.

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    Quote Originally posted by Aianawa View Post
    Chocolate disslikers will be shown the entry door to BPB's forum, at the very least.
    Well, disslikers generally have already long had their seat secured over there, and then that is what made them assume the arrogance to behave belligerently over here. I guess it must have been in their DNA, or perhaps they were looking at the world through a cultish Collidescope full of images of a hat.

    They had either way never really been in tune with the spirit of The One Truth to begin with, and our little Shire had always been merely an auxiliary venue for them — La Casa Del Sombrero™ being their primary and dearly beloved one.

    Their loss, though — not ours. <shrug>
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    I’m proof positive that TOT doesn’t toss ill fitting, bombastic, caustic, name calling ego maniacs

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    But oh how you do tempt. And you call me evil. Finger wagging.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    But oh how you do tempt. And you call me evil. Finger wagging.
    Wow, that’s a cool new emoticon

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    I like it too. I like the action of the halo and flame.

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    Quote Originally posted by Dreamtimer View Post
    I like it too. I like the action of the halo and flame.
    OK I take full responsibility

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