For the love of god... REALLY???? Is this stupid thread STILL going on???? :naw:
Please note that I am only responding on this thread because I see that my name has come back into it. As you may not know, I have been in SoCal since Tuesday and spent yesterday evening having dinner and catching up with old friends. Needless to say, I've had much better things to do with my time and life than to be concerned with stupid banter going on the internet. Having said that, I honestly don't know what the problem is here but a lot of that is probably because I haven't been following the stupidness. So you know, Army_Vet had contacted me about this a couple of days ago and from what I've gathered since then, it sounds like he drew a line in the sand and challenged people to cross it and when things didn't go the way he wanted, he was unapologetic about it and felt that he should just be able to move on like nothing happened. In other words, he wanted to have his cake and eat it too. Unfortunately for him, the people he challenged didn't agree and have since been giving him grief over it. Whether or not that's how you all see it, that's the way all this looks to me. To that end, I think I have already done more than I normally would and have responded to Army_Vet and with advice that I think would make all this go away.
1.) He needs to swallow his pride, own up to the fact that he created this mess for himself and apologize for it. Granted, nothing about this is easy to do but in my opinion, it takes a real man to be able to do it. If he did and if people still gave him shit, I would be the first to back him up.
2.) He could simply leave the forum, discourage his friends from making things worse and just move on.
I'm not gonna lie, any respect I may have had for Army_Vet is quickly fading away. The fact that he's chosen to take this prideful and cowardly stance makes me cringe. The fact that he stands silently by while his friends pick fights for him RATHER THAN at least fight with them is utterly nauseating - or at least, for me anyway.
For the record, I don't know Army_Vet from adam and NONE OF THIS is personal. If I sound irritated, it's because I hate when people whine at me and I really hate feeling like some kind of babysitter. If ANY of you don't like it here, really, NOBODY IS MAKING YOU STAY.