03-08-2013, 05:04 PM
The problem with moderators--like the one you used to be--is that they don't like discord or disagreement. But disagreement is inevitable on forums where the questioning of reasoning behind decision making and those who make decisions are allowed...
....if this site just wanted people who slap each other on the back and never disagree, it should ban all threads that complain about the whys and why-nots of fisheries management as well as any threads that cater to disagreement by stating opinions. The problem my brother and I have had with you, pat, and others is not personal, it is with some of your opinions, many of which are stated as facts and simply are not.
What my brother and I are really passionate about is fishing in Utah....what is often irksome to us is the ignorance many fishermen on this site and others show. Ignorance that, with a little research and education, may otherwise be avoided. The interesting thing about this site and others are the number of personal messages both my brother and I get about fishing in Utah. Our level of useful contributing posts to this site is a matter of subjectivity...what you consider controversial posts are often those posts that simply and bluntly tell people how it is. I have NEVER stated something on this site or any other fishing site that is contrary to my real opinion. When I disagree with someone, it is my real opinion.
The thing that really irritates me about these edited posts and deleted threads is that I have yet to see an individual reprimanded or edited when personally attacking those who work with the DWR or who make decisions. To me, this is blatantly hypocritical.
I am also glad that you are no longer a moderator...you were one of those overzealous ones!
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....if this site just wanted people who slap each other on the back and never disagree, it should ban all threads that complain about the whys and why-nots of fisheries management as well as any threads that cater to disagreement by stating opinions. The problem my brother and I have had with you, pat, and others is not personal, it is with some of your opinions, many of which are stated as facts and simply are not.
What my brother and I are really passionate about is fishing in Utah....what is often irksome to us is the ignorance many fishermen on this site and others show. Ignorance that, with a little research and education, may otherwise be avoided. The interesting thing about this site and others are the number of personal messages both my brother and I get about fishing in Utah. Our level of useful contributing posts to this site is a matter of subjectivity...what you consider controversial posts are often those posts that simply and bluntly tell people how it is. I have NEVER stated something on this site or any other fishing site that is contrary to my real opinion. When I disagree with someone, it is my real opinion.
The thing that really irritates me about these edited posts and deleted threads is that I have yet to see an individual reprimanded or edited when personally attacking those who work with the DWR or who make decisions. To me, this is blatantly hypocritical.
I am also glad that you are no longer a moderator...you were one of those overzealous ones!
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