I missed it all......and I am not "sorry" for it. Somehow, we have lost sight of what makes this forum so good--guys (and some gals) talking about tractors. I read all of the posts to this thread and remembered my posts to JW's two posts when he was allowed to come back. My experience told me that not enough time had passed for maturity to take place and history would repeat itself, but that is neither here nor there.
Now, what I see is people taking sides and polarizing the situation. I have dealings with people of all ages on a regular basis since it is part of my work and as soon as they feel you are attacking them instead of their behavior, then they take the defensive position as kind of a self preservation. Well, no one needs a psychology lesson here, but I do want to warn everyone against taking sides as that will only divide us. After all, it is never a question of
who is right, but what is right. Whenever you point the finger at someone, remember that there are 3 fingers pointing back at you. Mods, do what you need to do since I don't want to be a mod and you do, besides, you are better at it than me.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open mind.....just not so open that everything falls out.
I figure, if you ban me then you must have a good enough reason to do so and the sun will still rise and set.
Sorry....this is way longer than I had planned. Aldous Huxley said, "Experience isn't what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." May we all grow from this experience and get back to talking tractors and
helping each other.
Cub Cadet 123