Hi Alfie,
Lol... It's got nothing to do with that, dude.I don't believe I have been protesting to much at all! I just seemed to be a single member fighting from the opposite corner! Perhaps if anything, I was protesting to well....
What I was referring to was your overuse of exclamation marks (count how many were used in your main post earlier I was referring to), which made it look like you were shouting and losing your rag, and that what you were writing was more of a rant, than you calmly, but robustly, expressing your legitimate opinion.
Therefore, you may wish to use less exclamation marks when making your point in future!!!!!!!!!!!! (note the deliberate overuse of those bad boys)
Fair enough, but Sodders appointed as a mod? Good grief!As to the TOLERANCE AND RESPECT bit I guess what will be will be! There is to be some changes I believe on the Wam, but after seeing who some of the newly appointed Mods are I expect very little change towards the ethos as it is now! IMO that is a good thing, as it's what makes the Wam different to here & I like the choice!
That's akin to appointing Colonel Gaddafi as an ambassador for peace in the Middle East!!
And let's not forget that this is the chap too who, completely unprovoked, recently referred to AoS members as "halfwits" (or was it "quarter-wits"?) - hilarious as it was at the time!
Are you married, Alfie, or do you have a female partner? If so, I'd be curious to know her views on the justifiable use of the word 'cunt' in everyday dialogue.....Oh dear Frank, I can see the C**t word being just as a big a part of the Wam as ever, now Sodders is one of the new Mods. It's only a word though & was freely used in victorian times, It's a modern repulsion some have against it.
Yes indeed, but here's the million Dollar question.........I hope there is a change to how new members are treated & I think some of the new mods will help in this way, but I fear the new members will want to see what's in the private section & there the Wam will be the Wam!
Why can't the Wam forum have the same ethos and vibe as does the Scalford Hall 'Pie Show', where everyone, no matter their views on hi-fi, is welcomed with open arms and meets up and has a good time, in the true spirit of camaraderie, without hardly a bad word being exchanged??
Why is the vibe on the forum so very different, certainly at least to those who don't share the natives desire to indulge in pubescent and offensive, sorry, 'humorous', behaviour?
I'd like you to give some serious consideration to the glaring dichotomy that exists, as I've outlined above - why that is so, and most importantly, what can be done about it.
I am genuinely interested in helping Wigwam become a friendlier place, as I do think that it has something important, and clearly popular, to offer to the UK audio community
Marco.
Originally Posted by Marco
memories of him. I posted about on line sales and how ebay was cornering a big share of the market (posted over four years ago), to be attacked as is ritual with new members posting about something of real interest. It morphed into the *new* industry as I see it including me recommending forums organising Bake-Off Shows 
to be subject to the ritual on-line gang rape. After a few posts Sodders appears saying "sorry I am late joining in this thread dealing with this idiot (or words to that effect) as I was over the local golf course shagging a middle aged lorry driver", well all the gang fell about laughing thinking it was hilarious. Where I was just scratching my head and was convinced for about two years he really was gay along with half the rest of them as they talk about it so much. I also remember thinking Bake-Off's were gay events as well as audio events due to all the homosexual banter about staying the night. BUT now I am given to understand it is all part of the humour.
) - it is simply something I enjoy laughing at with those who I know also find it funny!
