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I'm well aware of the nature of your character, Spartacus. Why you choose to revel in it, I honestly don't understand.

The legitimacy of your claims about trying to increase member retention and attention through your brand of drama and rhetoric aside, I would disagree with you. Drama like this isn't needed and helps no one. Members aren't attracted by it, they're put off by it. It discourages new members, frustrates existing members, and just creates more crap for people to wade through.

I haven't had any discussions with John about my presence on the forum, but I'm trying to dial it down on my end because I can see how this 'drama' negatively affects the forum, the Cause, WCI, etc and I don't want to be a part of that.

Negative attention, while it is attention, is only a short term solution and only hurts every one involved in the long run.
 
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The Don said:
I'm well aware of the nature of your character, Spartacus.
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No you are not. Thats why you made the mistake of querying me in your last post.

The Don said:
I haven't had any discussions with John about my presence on the forum, but I'm trying to dial it down on my end because I can see how this 'drama' negatively affects the forum, the Cause, WCI, etc and I don't want to be a part of that.
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You are a reactor not an actor and the only reason you are "dialing down" is because I have. You made your bones here trying to pig-pile me along with Paul, Protias, Gleason, Doug and others to no avail.

You are "dialing down" because you actually have very little to add to the forum unless it is to beat me down.
 
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Spartacus, I found you in the dictionary.
Definition of INSANITY
1
: a deranged state of the mind usually occurring as a specific disorder (as schizophrenia)
2
: such unsoundness of mind or lack of understanding as prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or as removes one from criminal or civil responsibility
3
a : extreme folly or unreasonableness b : something utterly foolish or unreasonable

Please, either grow up or leave the forum.
 
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You made your bones here trying to pig-pile me along with Paul, Protias, Gleason, Doug and others to no avail.
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You make no sense here Spartacus. If everyone on this board disagrees with you, doesn't that say something that you are the one who is wrong? Or rather, more directly, the biggest troll on this forum?

Here are the rules again: http://forum.opencarry.org/forums/misc.php?do=showrules

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You constantly break rule 6 and when we point this out, you cry foul as if you are the one being victimized. Do us all a favor and grow up or leave, please.
 
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Please don't let this question start up the riot that actually seems to be winding down:

What is WAVE?
 
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