As much as we would like to, there is very little opportunity to control what people will post and comment on with these forums so we just have to run with it, ignore it or swim against it. However, eventually a forum like ours with a relatively manageable amount of traffic will eventually settle into having a 'personality'. Call it what you will, a prevailing opinion, a cultural norm, an accepted viewpoint, it will happen and on DT it feels like the personality is getting a little one sided for me. I am very much with you guys in terms of pragmatism and the avoidance of myopic thinking. The reason I 'live' on DT is the quality of discussion and debate and the reasoned debate over-riding the knee jerk nonsense. However, when we get to the point that its very difficult to make any sort of critical comments about Aberdeen without being pushed out or labelled as some sort of harbinger of doom then the balance gets off centre. Thats when forums become exclusive not inclusive and I think that detracts from their value.
I'm not sure why I am ranting about this but its been getting me down lately