It's interesting that you say that, 4th. Since I started this chat, and since Big Stick has been defended by a few folks, I took more interest in seeing what he'd had to offer on other subjects. And yes, he seems to know quite a bit, and offers up more than just insults, though he obviously enjoys belittling people more than helping them.
It isn't that I can't handle the muck being spread. It's more that I had to ask why the moderator allows it. It brings nothing positive to this forum, and brings (at times) a good bit of negative. Earlier I had said that nobody dominates this forum. I was wrong. It's Big Stick. Losing him from this forum would most likely be more positive than negative. It's not my call, but if it was, and if he couldn't be civil, I'd bounce him out of here.
Anyway, I'll stick around (no pun intended), and I'll offer info when I can or choose to.
Stick has thrown a few insults at me, too. But he does have a lot of knowledge, pays close attention to details, and freely shares them. Even if I were the moderator here, I'd probably leave him be. I've been at a couple of other forums in the past, who had control freaks in charge, and they frequently got in the way of useful info being shared.
So accept what's useful, and filter out what's not useful or annoying to you. The world won't ever be perfect, but that doesn't mean you should try to silence others.
