Why, might I ask, are we as a community, not permitted to express our concern about missing members of our community?
In closing the most recent "doc" inquiry,
Randy writes:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Not trying to censure anything, just trying to make sure members aren't bothered by too many threads about the same topic.</font>
????? To my knowledge there are exactly
zero open threads wherein one can ask and answer this question. It is obviously a concern to the great many people who have asked after
doc and one could surmise are
bothered by too many threads about the same topic being closed.
If the real concern is that certain people with poor manners may feel the uncontrollable urge to make a personal attack upon
doc every time they see his name, would it not be eminently more sensible to simply edit out those offensive posts and leave the thread in tact?
In the same vein, could we please have a clear definition of what is and what is not of valid concern to our community. IMHO, anything that we desire to share with one another as a community is appropriate but apparently the powers that be have decided that we have restrictions on our discussions which are unfortunately rather vague and undefined.
Why for instance was the
favorite movie thread closed while the obit of a steakhouse owner is ok? I am not judging here, just trying to clarify my understanding.
Thank you, Punki
[This message has been edited by Punki (edited 04-22-2002).]