I loved the WHY link, and of course sent my reason!! My question is: I see many of you pillars with several thousand post, yet join dates in 2000. I have been viewing PetTalk for years before I got a computer and joined in the conversations. It occurs to me that maybe there was a Y2K update - but haven't some of you been on here much longer??
Zipp-Kat was the first to PM me, and I treasure that connection. I have been priviledged to share in your joys, your trials, your lives!!
The issue in question was the presence of a misguided but interesting young poster who has since been banned. In the spirit of teaching and encouraging, some of us communicated with this person, a new cat owner, thinking we could get him on track. A well intentioned but misguided attempt. I suggested he start a thread for off-pet topics, which he did, unfortunately in a very discourtoeus manner. The volume of posts (mostly late night ramblings, regardless of subject matter - some very disgusting and deleted by our overworked Mayor ) probably flooded many people's inboxes with "A reply to a thread ....." emails.
I apologize for my ignorance, and for the unfortunate disagreements this caused, especially to Wonderful Molly (Mugsy), a woman who works with pre-teen kids as a teacher and has a great deal of insight into their minds. The thread itself would have been very interesting for pet lovers sharing thoughts about our other "eclectic" interests. Unfortunately, this young person used it too much as his personal Forum. This generated a great deal of irritation among most of us PetTalkers, and caused one truly wonderful Pillar to get some unpleasant PM's.
And so, here we are. In all our human frailty. And with our beloved critters!!! Let's learn from them - tolerance.
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