Sick andTired:

While I can respect your desire for anonymity, I take umbrage with your suggestion that those of us who have remained are Keiva's acolytes. Some are his friends, some tolerate him, some ignore him, and some loathe him. For myself, I deplore his having insinuated taking legal action against Anu and/or Jackie, but do not loathe the person. I consider your overt defamation of several recent board members to be as reprehensable as anything I've seen published here, save that single aforementioned action on Keiva's part. This does not mean that I might not still have respect for you, since the right circumstances can make monsters of us all, myself included.

I recognize that most of my posts qualify as inane drivel, and admit that my intellect is inferior to most of the old-timers', and to many of the newcomers; nevertheless, I am one who revels in the exchange of ideas regarding language usage and etymology, and the amusing results that sometimes ensue . Where else, even now, can I go to find others who enjoy similar pursuits?

When Jackie left I believed that the heart and soul of AWAD had been ripped out, yet I've observed a new esprit de corps emerging from the rubble. It isn't what once was, and has not yet achieved the intellectual excellence of times past, but things ARE improving, in an amazingly short time, because of the dedicated actions of several of those whom you malign. I'll admit that I sorely miss Max, WordWind, Ted Remington, Faldage, AnnaStrophic, Sparteye, and the others, but we will persevere even in their absence. If you are one of the old timers who made this board some place special, won't you please resonsider your tactics and rejoin so that we of lower capacity or lesser experience may have the benefit of your knowledge? You don't have to like Keiva, or me, or the others, but we all have something to say that's worth hearing at times. Would you care to contribute something worth hearing?

Geoffrey Sanders
geoffs@hevanet.com
(503)771-7307