did "Bob Dole" kill Atlas Forum?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I didn't, but I have done some damage, which I apologize for and shall work to repair and atone for it.

well that is good.

I'd argue that you did, too

go on. argue it.

no, I said, "I would argue that.."  as in, I would if I cared.

well pretend.

you contribute absolutely nothing in terms of unique knowledge and/or perspective.  you know next to nothing about politics / elections.  a vast majority of your posts come either here or in Fantasy or in the Off-topic board.  you drag the level of discussion down considerably.  I have no idea why you post here.

^^^ Needed to be said. Thank you.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

    No. He made the Forum Community board a less mature place, but far worse things have happened to the forum in the past.

Totally agree.

And this back and forth fighting needs to stop (BRTD, Duke, DC_united, Boss Tweed, etc).  Settle it in the PM section, not in public.  It's crap like this that's the reason we lost Gabu.

I wouldn't need to fight it if these kids would quit with their personal attacks and slander. I can only sit back and take so much of it before it gets annoying.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

     No. He made the Forum Community board a less mature place, but far worse things have happened to the forum in the past.

Totally agree.

And this back and forth fighting needs to stop (BRTD, Duke, DC_united, Boss Tweed, etc).  Settle it in the PM section, not in public.  It's crap like this that's the reason we lost Gabu.

I wouldn't need to fight it if these kids would quit with their personal attacks and slander. I can only sit back and take so much of it before it gets annoying.

Well, I apologized in a civil manner through a PM with you.

Yes, and I appreciate that. I wasn't necessarily referring to you in that post.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I agree with Duke and Boss Tweed, this is an issue for the whole forum and there's no reason to have to put up with it.  They're the only ones with enough balls to actually say what they mean and stand up to the trolls.  Not everyone is afraid of confrontation and it's about time someone did something.  Maybe if these people actually knew how we all felt, we wouldn't be dealing with a bunch of lonely teenagers that offer no political insight whatsoever on a POLITICAL BOARD.  Which gives me a nice segue into my nasty message: If you don't have any interest in politics, feel free to post pictures of yourself and internet quizzes all over Yahoo's boards or MySpace and Facebook.  The Forum Community has taken on a life of its own completely separate from the rest of the Forum and it's a hot bed for useless posting.  My thoughts boiled down into one sentence are that those posters whose post count is almost entirely Forum Community or Off Topic should be reconsidering their position on the Forum because those of us with an actual interest in political discussion would like the rest of our Forum back.

You've been here longer than I have, but wasn't the point of the forum community board to foster a sense of community amongst the posters?  It seems like this is the place on the forum for them to go.

I do agree, though, that if the people don't post much on the other boards, then maybe they shouldn't be here.  But I don't think we should fault people who post a lot on this board, as long as they do contribute to the other boards.

I agree that this place should be a place to create a sense of community, but we are getting more and more lonely teenagers who just come here to make trouble. The only other forum I post on is the Wake Forest sports forum, and all the users there post about sports and Wake Forest athletics. We do have a forum community too, but it's less popular than the sports section. We are getting people here now that have no clue about politics creating all kinds of crap and engage in name calling, computer hacking, and immature chatter. This just isn't the place for that. We have Facebook, AIM, cell phones for that. Besides, when someone shares their opinion on something, if it doesn't fit these kids' world view specifically, they think you are some sort of idiot or pervert. I'm just tired of this crap. I'm sure DC_United is a decent girl and means well, but I have no idea why she posts here. If I see another post from her asking us to share our deepest secrets, I think I'll scream.