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What a bunch of hypocrites. Everbody gets upset when chadd takes "cheap shots". Then they turn around and do the same thing to him. Practice what you preach and keep the negitive thoughts to yourself even if it is just a joke.
How I wish!
The "cheap shots" would be fine if they were just cheap shots. What most of the people here find difficult to accept are the accusations levied against the Maine Publisher and the comments that go even further beyond the pale than the "hanging chads" comments. Granted, that comment was beyond the pale as well considering the context in which it was made and considering the fact that Chad seems to feel like people here on the forum are out to get him. We all need to just stop with the comments that are inflammatory and be adults. This is a family hobby and the forum may be frequented by some of our friend's kids.
Chadd needs to stop and consider what he's saying. But, you know what, we all need to stop and consider what we're saying. We all need to keep in mind that this forum is not connected to geocaching.com. It meshes with gc.com very well, but it's not really a part of that website. If anyone feels that another user's post is offensive, pouncing on them in the public forum really doesn't solve anything. If you're offended, the absolute best thing you can do is either post in the board area and let that process take it's course or just place the person you are offended by on ignore. Demanding that someone conform to your way of thinking usually doesn't work well. If what they say truly offends you, ignore them and move on.
With all that said, can't we just let this controversy die down and everyone move on to getting ready to go out and have a ton of fun finding caches?