Considering Withdrawing from FChat

I can see your point, great post. I'd never heard anything about this, and after reading into it, I feel that Rob was very harsh on TexasMike.

I remember from watching "Schindler's List" recently a quote that went along the lines of, a ruler kills a man for stealing, but the real power the ruler has is when he pardons that man.

I think it really applies to this situation, because Rob, you look weakened in my eyes now because of your immature actions. Is it really fair to ban someone because he called you a name back? I would love to see these other "missteps" he took.

Rob, reconsider what you did.

 

Rob, reconsider this.

 

LLOYD

RIGHT WITH YOU BROTHER

I THOUGHT "CALLING NAMES OR LABELING" WAS PART OF THE FERRARI RULES..

I GUESS "SNOB" AND "DIP****" AND 'DUMBASS" IS NOT LABELING OR NAME CALLING

I GUESS I BETTER QUIT MY JOB AND EARN ANOTHER DEGREE IN ENGLISH TO HANG ON MY WALL...


C,MON ROB....WE HAVE BEEN THRU ALOT OF YEARS TOGETHER HERE .ADJUST YOURSELF........


BRUCE

 

I have to agree, I never heard anything about this quarrel or dispute but it does seem kind of hypocritical that the founder of the site seems to have some disregard for some of the rules he set. :-/

 

There are ALWAYS two sides to every story.

I am not taking sides.

I'd like to know BOTH sides of the issues involved.

IMHO some people take stuff way too seriously. Ferraris are fun. Racing is just a sport. It's just entertainment. Taking everything with a grain of salt is better for everyone. I try to see the humor in the post and look at it from the other's point of view. What's s/he really trying to say. Some of us are not great communicators either writing and/or listening. Clarifying the other person's position BEFORE going to nuclear war is a good practice. Try it, you'll like it.

Let's have fun. Keep it light and impersonal. It is a hobby, not life and death.

I am convinced that misunderstanding accounts for the vast majority of human problems. Let's be problem solvers where we can. We all have a chance to review our posts before we send them. If we do that we can make sure we are saying what we really mean. Haste makes waste and often leads to rash statements and misunderstandings. Good communication is a common courtesy we all have a right to.

Phil Not Hill
Life is too short not to own a Ferrari and be an F1 fan IMHO.
Now, go take on the day.

 

I agree that a ban was uncalled for. Isn't a personal dislike of someone the reason the ignore button is available? Man, reading those threads makes me feel 'less good' about the owner of this site. I think most everyone would acknowledge that Mike was not in the wrong here. Bullfighter should be posting a poll any minute now...

BT

 

Very well said!

 

+1

 

My guess is this same scenario has happened about a dozen times on F-chat. An instigator guy takes on Rob and gets banned. Then someone comes on in the instigator guy's defense threatening to leave F-chat with his side of the story and looking for sympathizers. In most if not all cases a banning is something that builds and is warranted and helps to maintain the quality of the site. Everyone should be required to abide by the rules however.

 

aha, but what if the instigator appears to be Rob this time?

 

"In most if not all cases a banning is something that builds and is warranted and helps to maintain the quality of the site. Everyone should be required to abide by the rules however."

 

That thread was split out of the original thread by the mod who is intervening between Rob and Mike. It was not started by Rob nor titled by him.

This thread here cannot help Mike's case, and will likely disrupt whatever discussion is occurring between them.

 

very unfortunate..........

 

The fact is this is Rob's sandbox and he can do whatever he wants.......right or wrong.

 

Indeed it is.
I like Mike. He always posted very nice pics and seemed like an all round good guy. Hope all this gets resolved soon and Mike is back with us on Fchat.
IF he wants back after this is the real question...........

 

Maybe if yous both cerimoniously shake hands and commit to going back to being friends, not only will yous (Rob/Mike) patch it up, but you will also set an example for all of us, you know, as role models in such matters.

Joe

 

Going to start taking tabs on when this thread gets closed or deleted.
Who's in......?

100:1 on closure of this thread.
200:1 on deletion of this thread.

 

I add one to both!

 

Elegant Solution:

Just don't resubscribe. You can still contribute to Fchat and will be saving some dough. Having your cake and eat it too!

Whadya think?

 

Tell me about it!
I cannot believe that Rob would say such a thing.

 

After reading all of this, I'm a bit discourage to speak my mind. I'm afraid someone might misunderstand. I'm fairly new here with only a few post but I learn a considerable amount about Ferrari from all the Fchat contributors. I think this is the reason we are all here, to discuss/learn/help each other and share our passion for Ferrari. I hope all things ends well.

 

Rob, I can see where you're coming from and I'm sorry I took a quick defense. To us the ban seemed really out of hand and I, along with some others I'm sure, had no clue this ran deeper than the site. You are a great person to run this site, and you can get slaughtered for some really small things due to the spotlight you're in. I guess I'm guilty of accusing you. I also was lead to believe that it was a permanent ban, so that lead to a big part of my reaction.

So for this, I owe you an apology

Sorry.

 

Hey Rob,

you're a real dick. hahaha.