Chris, you are right about one thing. He has not come ON HERE and said it was Karen Bean's fault.
I understand and respect your opinion on this matter and every matter.
You know, I have been going on the AAA board since my second year in the sport. I'll admit, I went in naive when I went in. I believed this misnomer that people that armwrestle are the best people, they are a perfect bunch. Well, they're not. They have the same problems, hang-ups and idiosyncracies that everyone else does. There are good people, there are miserable people and there is, as always and more predominant, a middle ground.
Some of this might be stating the obvious, but as usual, I had this sort of Utopian view of the whole subculture. What can I say? I am an idealist. WHo knew?
As time wore on I noticed more and more crap, more and more politics, more and more b.s. Most of it, roughly all of it, came from anonymous posters, many of which had similar writing styles and habits. (Please don't challenge my intelligence on that subject).
I, along with other faithful posters that just wanted to be involved in the process called for an end to it. Finally, at some point last year, I got completely fed up with it and started going after the anonymous posters. To a point, I might add, that my removal from the board was suggested. Karen Bean posted my name calling for an email immediately like she was some sort of authority punishing me. Coletti called me up to do damage control.
She finally called me and we had a conversation and she did more listening than talking. Though now I am not quite sure she heard anything.
The point is, I called for accountability, she said there would be. What a bunch of crap. That is a bigger fallacy than Bob Manning and Liada Dial rolled into the same burrito. It has gotten worse. And who are these aliases? They claim to be novices, people that live in remote areas and the such. CRAP! ALL OF IT!
She has had the power to move forward with her board which on the whole is a good medium to communicate with people. I have met more than a few good people on that board. Simon, John Wilson, Leonard, Chris Coletti, Allen Hester, Jeremy Plaster, Harold Ryden etc...
Like previously stated, she has had the power and the know-how to move forward with her board and has not. The board is the same, same design, same anonymous bashing and all of those that bash are supporters of Karen Bean. They all represent her viewpoints for her and even if they are not her, she lets it continue, which makes her a big part of the problem, perhaps the most prevalent.
Maybe this is just all a coincidence that has been going on for the past 4 or 5 years. I have a bridge in Brooklyn and some rain pills I would like to sell you too.
A few of you want to claim this is a one-on-one situation, but I assure it is not. I spoke with Allen on the phone AGAIN last night, he thanked me for my support and disagreed with nothing I have said. And it didn't help that I was drinking last night
Liquor has its way of turning me into a poor man's Mark Twain.
