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Ianonymousl :
Let me just say that I don’t believe that you have been posting here for months under a bevy of different screen names taking alternating positions. I’m not going to get into why but let me just say that your claim doesn’t add up to me.
That said I actually like your MO. Its always fun watching the work of a clever troll. I just hope you haven't burned yourself out after one night.
I also, think you raise some fair points here. If I had to sum up quickly what I think your issue here might be it would go like this:
This thread has become downright malicious. This site is indexed by all the major search engines (even updated seemingly by the minute!) making this possibly quite damaging to reputations. What’s worse is that there is NO moderation whatsoever.
If that’s your position, than not only do I agree with it, I'll even expand on it! Things said about people BESIDES Dukes are nasty too and deserve recognition. Unlike Chad’s Twitter or FB, here, it’s not “all about him”.
Let me just say that I am NOT telling anybody how they should act here and while anyone going through my posting record could surely point out many instances where I have been quite negative (or downright mean) toward Chad, I do try be objective. I am only stating MY positions and reasons for them.
Tertiary characters: (Crecy, Dick Smokehand, Stark and others): As a matter of principal, I never talk negatively about them because, in my opinion, they are “regular Joes” who are not getting PAID for their involvement and probably read this forum. In their position I would be extremely upset reading some of the things posted. I also don’t consider those guys “fair game”. That said, Dukes has said things much nastier and in a far more public capacity about them than ANYTHING said here.
Zohan and Sven: I would characterize their position as slightly different. They are trying to get into the “business”. But, as far as I know, as of now, they are not getting paid, either for their contributions to the BOAD brand. Were I trying to get started; reading what’s written here would be quite hurtful. As such, I (again, personally) refrain from negativity toward them but I do, however, think they are slightly “fairer game” as they are in the industry, so to speak. Again, Chad’s worse to these guys than us.
Finally we get to what I would call “BOAD core”; Chad, Drab and Oscar. In my opinion they are “fair game” here. As Hyman Roth once said, “This is the business we’ve chosen”. But still the rules of decency should apply. As far as Drab and Oscar go; the negativity is quite minimal and rarely, if ever, have I seen anything that I would categorize as having crossed the proverbial line.
Now let’s get the point of all of this (and the cause of your main concern); Dukes. Anyone who reads this thread knows what’s said so I don’t need to rehash it. I posted
here what I think is a large portion of the root cause for it. To sum it up, the quality of the show plummeted at the same time that Chad became quite nasty to his fans. I don’t have to rehash that either, do I?
I’ll add one more thing. Chad is the worse type of censor. He has been quite the tyrant in that regard. (Again; not gonna rehash it) Here he has no say whatsoever. As Newton once said; “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. (Dukes’ “internet terrorism”) + (intolerance of differing views on the part of listeners) + (deleting posts and FB friends for saying they like Van Halen) = THIS THREAD.
In short, while there are tons of nasty and (presumably) untrue things posted here; that the thread morphed into what it is today; Dukes COMPLETELY brought on himself. It should come as no surprise that something like this sprang up. He planted all the seeds.
@ Ianonymousl : In response to your campaign I personally will reign myself in. There actually was a time when I listened to him and liked him as a person (as hard as that is to believe). Additionally this thread has reached the point where it could be(and probably already is) quite damaging to his online reputation.
But I understand well (as should you) the vitriol here as I have watched over the years the root causes of it sewn by the one who is now on the receiving end of the “internet terrorism”.