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Originally posted by navane
One person in particular wrote, "That is if we continue with this wretched subforum." Wretched? I respect people's right to an opinion; but that statement seemed a bit too strong to me. This is one of my favorite forums on GC. If people are going to make statements like that, others *will* defend their desire to keep the sub-forum.....regardless of what "the original poster was asking".
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AXO Alum checking in to get credit for my post of calling this whole entire subforum wretched - yes I did, and I'll tell you why... because for too long this subforum has been a breeding ground for people who do not want to do their homework and just pop into GC and sorority-shop.
Like I said to ms_gwyn in the other thread (which she understood my position after clarification of my intent) - I am not going to write a personal letter to everyone on GC that this does *not* apply to - if it doesn't apply to you, then its not about you.
The word "wretched" is my opinion when it comes to the problems that this forum has helped foster. Its the only word that came to mind when I think of all the problems this forum has led to for some people (people, keep in mind, that did not want to work for AI but rather were led to believe "oh - I got cut from all 17 houses, but there's always AI")
I give major credit to people who couldn't pursue collegiate membership, and face the long, hard road of AI membership. They know what it takes, and they have done their homework to get them there - they are members of their orgs, and the route they took to get there does not matter - we have a lot of those people on here (ariesrising, bluangel, ms_gwyn, valkyrie, etc.)
Its simply an issue of people using this forum to bypass the work needed to become an AI.
Again - if this doesn't apply to you, then its not about you.
And BTW - this thread is only another way for Tom to lash out at me, kddani, SmartBlonde, and several other female mods that he continues to trash on a daily basis because he thinks that we shouldn't be entitled to our opinions, only the ones he wants us to have (notice his use of alterior motives - whatever that is!)