Hank. You have spelled 'Hypocrite' wrong............
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As I have just this evening received a PM from your goodself concerning this very subject, I will presume that I am one of the two individuals you are referring to?
I don't believe I 'ratted' anyone out. I merely tried to point out that calling people personal names is usually a sign of a lost discussion. I suppose CWI555 is the other 'ratter' as he echoed my sentiments?
I wonder, did you send him a nice PM, like my surprise one?
I don't 'come here' from any other forum. If your asking if I am a member of other welding forums, then yes I am:-
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/http://www.ukwelder.com/http://weldingflash.com.au/forum/http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/communities/mboard/forumdisplay.php?3-Welding-Discussions............and of course
http://www.eng-tips.com to name a few of my regular haunts!
I happen to live and work in the USA and I enjoy it here very much, it is truly a great country! I freely admit to coming from the UK.
I am also both a AWS and ASME member so I see no reason not to frequent this forum.
If you think that certain comments are justified because they are made behind the auspice of an 'invite' or 'applied' section of the forum, you are wrong, as proven when the thread was locked as it had turned into a car crash as well described by John. To be honest, I would like to see the whole thread removed from this forum as I believe it does it (the forum) a great disservice and reflects poorly on the professionalism of all parties involved. (I see some of the posts have been 'self deleted', well done)!
I frankly don't wish to read a diatribe of increasing venom between two parties in the OTB&G or ANY of the sections of this forum Bear in mind, many younger members may well have access to this verbal diarrhea.
I also see the sniping is continuing in other threads, so far contained within the OTB&G. I call it baiting! How long till it breaks out in the forum general?
May I also remind you, the internet is not as 'free' or as 'anonymous' as it once was. More and more web hosts and forum owners/posters/Admins are being held accountable for ANY defamatory, racist or 'harassment' remarks made on the WWW, in any form!
I am sorry if I have offended anyone by asking them to be civil towards one another, I have had many,many heated discussions without resorting to inflammatory remarks or calling people derogatory names! I was always taught that civility was what distinguishes the educated from the uneducated!