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OT.com is so loved....
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While I appreciate not being nmed in any of the posts here, I am not ashamed of what I wrote at MF.Com. My thread there came as a reaction to the "Did GL take too much credit" thread found here. As a curious party, I had heard things about this site and I decided to take a look for myself. That particular thread caught my attention because I thought it was an interesting topic. I was very shocked at the amount of negativity and one-sidedness the replys. Ther seemd to be such a concensus of viewpoints that I was really taken aback. I would have made commentary here, but I felt the proliferation of negativity would lead me into an arena of discussion that would end up being frustrating and futile. I will admit that I overstated the harshness of the replys, but some of them did border on being quite nasty. My reactions were based not only on this thread, but several others that I scanned while here. There seems to be a very fine line betweem a serious love of one thing, and an almost fanatical hatred of another on this site, in general. And while I don't doubt that there are a variety of viewpoints beingrepresented here, they just don't seem as pervasive or powerful as the opposing. Did I believe anyone here would read my thread? Honestly, no. Call it naieve, but it is what it is. I won't apologise as I believe my observation has merit. Seeing that kind of negative response to something all at once was like getting hit in the face with a brick.

What I do not support is the fact that others on MF.Com chose to use the thread to personally attack nidividuals on this site. That was uncalled for and represents the type of negative attitude that prompted my post in the first place. I have an issue with the overall viewpoin and the expression of it in the threads that I read, not the people who make them. I don't know any of you, at all, so all I have to work with are the comments that you leave. I can not and will not apologise for the comments of others, but I will take resposibility for bringing the whole thing up in the first place.

I do find it interesting to note that some of the people over here took to doing the same thing they accused those at MF.Com of doing. You speak of how cowardly it is to talk about someone behind their backs, yet instead of stepping foreward and defending your point of view where they can see it, you gathered together in your own corner to cast dispariging remarks in their direction. And again, while I was not mentioned by name at any time, I still feel responsible as it was my thread that got the ball rolling. I don't see any response at MF.Com to be any better than saying,

"they're just another sheep in the large flock on Skywalker Ranch.... and the only reason Lucas is keeping you around is for your wool...
but this is the last straw for Luke....
let the fanboys celebrate their defective 2004 editions.... after all its not like they know what the definition of quality is... they think the SE's are the way to go.... "
That is just as arrogant and insulting as anything said at MF.Com and only serves to add fuel to an already unecessary fire.

This is not what I intended when I started the thread. If anyone here took offense to it then I apologise for that. I still believe in my viewpoint however, and I believe that the very essence of this site is less about a love for Star Wars than it is a dislike for the SE's and the PT. I applaud your opinions and the way you stick by them, I just dissagree that making personla attacks on GL, or throwing negative labels at anyone who does not share the same point of view should be rewarded. I have made similar statements at MF.Com, and I will take responsibility over there as well. If you guys are gonna bash anyone, just bash me and get it over with. But don't turn this into some stupid thing with another message board, that's a really infantile.