Originally posted by gregr
David I told Andrew that he knows he has a conflict you and the active members know that he has a conflict with you. The solution I gave him was to put you on his ignore list. I suggest you do the same. If neither of you sees what the other has said, you won't have anything to get upset about and your stomach will be glad you did it.
Gregr. It's not so much that I have
purposely chosen to be in conflict with Andrew. I didn't roll out of bed one morning and decide 'right, today's the day I am going to start a campaign to be in conflict with Andrew Bennett a.k.a. Whois-Search/Bennoart'.
It's merely become the consequence of my decision to voice my concerns in relation to many of his actions on this, and the other, domain forum.
Unfortunately, when someone decides to take a stand against someone who is anti-social, in front of a large number of other individuals it can often end up appearing to be a pathetic argument between two individuals rather than what it originally was (i.e. one loony-tune and someone voicing their concerns).
When I chose to speak up against the former mod, I was well aware of the above. I knew that whilst a significant number of the 'smarts' on here were voicing their concerns in private with regards to Andrew, most of them really cannot be bothered to waste their energy voicing their concerns in public on the forum. That's life, unfortunately, and it's often why morons (who shout the loudest) ruin many things for others in all walks of life.
Pretty much all of my comments regarding Andrew have been in direct reply to stone throwing that he has initiated one way or another. As a result, this week alone he has lost his privilege as a 'so called' moderator on here and has now been banned from the other domain name forum.
Unfortunately he is quite obviously unable to grasp the reality of why either of the above consequences have occurred or why so many people think he's 'lost it'. Therefore he has chosen to change his sig. on here to something which is at best immature and at worst, tantamount to liable.
Whilst in actual fact Andrew, and his actions are of no real consequence to me, I do wonder how you (or others) would feel if the names in the sig. were changed to your own? Is this sort of behaviour respectful or appropriate for a forum made up of what I have always considered to contain a substantial number of domain 'professionals'?
I am aware that some people are going to view this as a Me v Andrew thing rather than look at the full picture (and all the others who have voiced their concerns). That's just life and fortunately I expected, and can cope with, it! ;:laugh:
Sticking my head in the sand, by putting Andrew on ignore doesn't really resolve the issue. His comments can still be quoted in full by anyone responding to him. Personally I feel that we have someone who is most probably (and I am being serious) medically ill acting very embarrassingly for all to see for a number of unknown reasons.
We still don't know why he slagged off Fabulous.com!
Whilst I won't deliberately pick on someone like this, I don't see why I should just shut my mouth or bury my head in the sand to let them run riot either. But it's your forum and your call.
