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[cacophony]

Originally Posted by cacophony

i haven't seen histrionics like this since the last season of project runway.


ah well, it's the natural order of things for long-time forums to have occasional breakdowns and conflicts. like a forest fire clearing the way for new growth.

this has gone so far beyond stupidity that all i can do is quote myself, of all uncreative moves. i'll be damned if nearly a decade of fun and sometimes heated debate where my propensity towards hyperbolic comments has been accepted as part of the environment is going to be decried as something more appropriate for the "noise" forum. this ain't new, folks. same as it ever was, same as it ever was. i don't believe in the necessity of justifying oneself on a personal level in an internet community. it's all about community standards. a year or so ago "all cops are psychotic" was okay, this year "GWB hates women" is not. hey, it's how i post. if that's not working for the group as a whole anymore, then it's not working. i'm not going to argue that it should work.

anyway. it's become exhausting.

thanks to everyone, especially all of the people who have disagreed with me over the years. the ability to disagree and maintain an overall balance on this forum is what has made it so historically great. so in all sincerity, i had a good time. but i think i'm done.