As others have pointed out, I didn't threaten to leave in support of Alan - I threatened to leave because of the disrespect shown to another human being. If you look at some of Alan's first postings, I was the first one to blast him for putting a spin on some facts, and even threatened to stop all my evaluation of his products.
Ed, for whatever reasons, entered into the ensuing fray, and in later private emails, apologized for his statements. Whether anybody was right or wrong is less important to me than at least being somewhat civil about it. There's no need to hound or trash somebody personally for their opinions or their beliefs. That's what got me mad a year ago, and it's still happening here.
I was just asking that some common courtesy be shown then; it's still all I'm asking for. DJL tried to imply that I just "hung out with some people" and I was using that as my credentials.
As with Ed, I clarified exactly what I had contributed to those people's careers, and left it at that. And yes, I've attacked DJL for posting "suppositions" that he posted as "established facts", but I don't think I've ever resorted to trying to trash him personally, or Chessrock, for that matter.
Lately, I've tried to respond in kind, but even that gets tiresome, as that just ain't me. I think I'm coming around to where I'll simply take the attitude of "Believe me or don't believe me; it's not all that important to me.".
Chessrock and DJL are both valuable contributors to this forum, except (in my humble opinion), when somebody pushes their "hot buttons". Equally, I suppose, the exact same thing can probably be said of me. It's just a different "hot button" for me, and it's probably a generational thing. I grew up in a different time, with different values.
I think the great 20th century phisopher Rodney King said it best when he said, "Can't we all just get along?"
I can only add, "without trashing someone personally?".
I don't see why it's so unusual for people to get mad at one another and really have it out, verbally, and not forgive and forget. We do it all the time with our spouses and girlfriends, don't we?
