DoubleJ wrote:[diatribe] This thread has made me violently ill. No, not the author's actions, albeit not the way I may have handled things, but the way not ONE SINGLE person has seen it fit to take this oppurtunity to welcome someone to the forum and suggest, politely and without mallice, some education and/or alternative solutions to the situation.
This author may not have done things the way you or I would have, but does this really necessitate heckling and berating commentary? I'm sure some of you truly believe that "yelling" is the right way to handle things. To this person, in the heat of the moment, he did what he thought was right. He had adrenaline going, and probably wasn't thinking clearly.
Just in shooting IDPA the few times I have, I've done some things that afterwards I thought to myself, "Gee, I wonder what part of the brain thought that was a good idea..."
Of course, not everyone here is an ambassador; Lord knows I'm not. but still. really?
anyone remember the guy who had his work trailor (welder et al) stolen out of his carport? Boy, that thread turned into a real pearl of wisdom. "Ah works with mah hands" and all that. this reminds me of that thread.
I guarantee TallInTheSaddle will not be back because of all this, and now he's going to miss out on actually learning A LOT.
I know I have learned quite a bit from the lively discussions here. not to mention a smokin' deal on a Kimber.
not everyone responds to criticism the same way, and written text can be very poor in conveying the proper context of one's words. I think most of us saw that in the thread about trying to carry without changing dress styles.
the point being I think a great oppurtunity for us all to learn, and to help someone else to do better in the future was missed.
and I fear that person may not get the chance to get that chance to see his errors and be able to correct them, if/when this situation arises a second time.
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I am sorry that I jumped in with such a short tempered reply. I too am a new member to this board and should have tempered my reply. I was not there and can not say what I would have done in the same situation.
I will try in the future to think it through before posting short tempered comments.
Sorry.