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[Marco]

excellent idea .and that's very magnanimous of you

Cheers, Phil. It was simply the sensible thing to do, as life's too short to hold grudges forever. Only those with the biggest [mostly unjustified] chips on their shoulders behave that way.

Marco.

[Pharos]

Marco, one danger of the "no more negative references" standpoint is that it may prevent objective reporting of negative events, and this is, or can be effectively a censorship of truth.

Political correctness can also operate in this way, for eg., I was recently in my local health shop and expressed a dislike of something to the owner.

She pulled me to one side and asked me to refrain from this or do it very quietly.
I replied;
"So I cannot express a preference for blondes over brunettes, or apples over oranges because it may be interpreted as offensive to the non preferred?"

The crux is whether or not Ad Hominem comments are being made, rather than a statement of facts, even those of a previous interaction. It is gratuitous abuse which is the real evil.

[Joe]

So what, in such a case, would you expect AoS to do about it? At times, I guess most of us have been subjected to moderation decisions with which we're unhappy. We essentially have two choices: leave the forum which moderates us unfairly, or put up with it, since the third option, arguing with the moderators' decision, is a sure-fire way of getting banned. Taking the grievance to AN Other forum is unlikely to help.

[alainrj]

I Hope you find we are a bit more open minded here! Their loss is our gain. Some of those other sites have contributors who all think exactly the same so what do they ever learn that is new? Anyway welcome from me

[Marco]

Marco, one danger of the "no more negative references" standpoint is that it may prevent objective reporting of negative events, and this is, or can be effectively a censorship of truth.

Just keep things general and non-specific to any particular forum, Dennis, and all will be fine

Marco.

[Pharos]

So specifics which are true are not allowed then?

[Marco]

Yes, but simply don't name the forums that the "true specifics" are relevant to.

Not sure why you're making such a fuss about this, as I don't recall you having named or singled out any specific forums so far for criticism, therefore it shouldn't be too much of a hardship to continue in that vein...

Marco.

[OD1]

Simon,
When I feel down I do the following :-

Make myself a large mug of camomile tea.
Settle into my comfy listening chair, put on some cheerful music & just let the sounds wash over me until I almost fall asleep.

Relaxing this way helps to keep my stress levels & BP down.

Hope this helps ?

Oliver

[ff1d1l]

Simon, I've never found this forum less than welcoming and helpful. Some interesting and knowledgeable people post here - I think you'll fit in great.
All the best

Nial

[Yomanze]

And still the question remains: why are there so few women on hifi forums?

Simply because there are far fewer women who are HiFi geeks compared to men. Men are, in general, more natural tinkerers, but of course, there are still women out there who are hardcore tweaks.