[MNBoxster]

Hi,

First off, I feel no great compulsion to prove anything to anyone here. My posts are my posts, believe them or not, it really makes me no nevermind.

That said, there are, IMHO, several members here who personify Equine Excrement Expulsion Orifices, or E³Os. It’s not necessary to identify them here. These people are Haters, and I just have no time for them.

So, to gain the most from my Forum time, I simply employed one of the tools the Owners have availed us and placed these people on my Ignore list. This way, I do not have to see any of their contributions when browsing threads, as I don’t give a damn what they say anyway.

This works quite well, and I wouldn’t mind one iota, in fact I’d welcome it, if they were to reciprocate and place me on their Ignore lists. This would surely save a wealth of hassle. But, as they relish controversies as much, or more, than content, I doubt it’ll happen.

To the issue at hand, I did co-author this article on Wikipedia. In fact, I made several contributions to it. I’ve been in the Car Hobby for many years and have vast notes of all type. When answering a thread, I often cut & paste from these notes as a matter of expediency, such as I did in this case. And, point of information, Wikipedia is not to be considered a tertiary source, and consequently, really does not require a footnote anyway.

But, I am also an author. As such, I often use nom de plumes when on the internet because this is my private time, and I rarely want to be identified with my professional work. Consequently, I don’t use anything associated with me when on most sites, Wikipedia amongst them.

For that, I took no user name and simply let my IP address suffice as my identifier, similar to many other Wiki contributors, it’s not at all unusual. And, if anyone were to care enough to check, I’m sure you’ll find only a handful of contributors at best who made contributions to those articles I mentioned, and even fewer who used their IP addy as their identifier. Of course, I know what it is, but as I said, I feel no obligation to prove or disprove anything.

Impugning a person’s integrity is a serious thing and not something one should do lightly, especially for revenge as the lister alludes. So serious in fact, that there are Laws to protect people from this type of reckless action.

Of course he now wants to casually disavow any consequence for his actions and I find this to be typical of him, which is no small part why I wish to ignore his presence here. I only wish he’d do the same with regards to me.

Post as often as I have, and it’s somewhat natural some may form resentment and try to challenge you. As most of you know, I’ve taken my share. That’s part of the game, but this guy’s shtick goes beyond the pale, especially for someone who regularly, innumerably, PM’d me for advice, often within minutes of slammin’ me, if you can imagine cojones like that. So, I’m sure you can imagine that I would wish to have no association with a person like that.

This Forum has changed over the past year and not necessarily for the better, partly due to people like this. IMHO, it’s becoming increasingly a gossipy Tea Party, with personal attacks and innuendo on the rise. A real shift in the demographic. So much so, that several contributing members just don’t visit regularly anymore. I’m seriously debating how much of my future free time I want to devote to it.

To quote Forest Gump: “And that’s all I have to say about that…”

Happy Motoring!... Jim’99