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i receive something of value from every member here. people post their experience and i can identify with that and feel less alone. people post about things that they know about and i learn something new.

i still don't think that that excuses members lashing out at others. it doesn't excuse it.

and i don't think that people should feel ashamed of feeling upset about bad manners, either.

it was his decision to leave. i don't think we should forget that.

i hope that in time he chooses to come back. and i hope that in time... he is better able to refrain from lashing out at others when he perceives that they aren't giving him the reverence / appreciation that he expects in exchange for his time.

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I appreciate what you're saying, but I don't think he ever wanted reverence. And a lot of people did show their appreciation.

Just a shame there often wasn't a lot of respect.

And I'm not sure, from John's post, that there was too much choice about staying / going in the end ... or even at the start ...