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Miss Dierdre, please do not take that outburst to heart. You have every right to say what you said. In fact, he said you did, the management said you did, and the whole forum's been up in arms for a week arguing for the right to say what they think. So, I think you made a pretty good speech. Don't be frightened and don't let it scare you or drive you away. Sure you have the right to say what you said, but I don't agree if you are unsatisfied you should leave. The mgmt team rely on unsatisfied members' input to help improve the site.
As a matter of fact, just consider the source: bullies, braggarts, and bullshit artists all deal with life the same way: they scream at the top of their lungs. And in a restaurant, when something isn't to their satisfaction, they usually do it loudly and defiantly, because it's as much for the show as it is for the statement. See, what he wants you to think is that his membership fee, even though it's the same as yours, is so much more important than yours, and therefore you don't have any right to ask him to complain in a calmer voice, because he has a right to be heard and you must hear his complaint. You, on the other hand, have no right to say anything. But don't worry, he can't reach through the screen and grab you; he can't even turn the volkume up on his yelling. All he can do is make a bigger and bigger jerk out of himself by picking on peole who disagree with him. Now, let me explain to you what will happen. (1) He will write a response to jwglass reply and call him names and make fun of him (2) he'll fire off a really mean reply to me referring to how much he dislikes me and how hated I am and what a troublemaker I am because I don't take his crap (3) he'll send a PM to management complaining about how rude I was to him (4) they'll tell us to play nice, ignoring the fact, of course, that he was a real bastard to you (5) thing's will blow over for a day or two until someone else dares to cross his path and steps 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 will be repeated, probably with differernt characters and maybe with different issues, but that's how bullies work. You, on the other hand, will still be enjoying all your friends on the forum and they will be enjoying you. So, like I said, pay no attention to him. The real fun comes about once a month when he and his friends turn on each other. Now that's worth hanging around for. Absolutely agree 100%