I have not contributed recently nor will I be involved in future “debates” as I have been advised/warned.... not by the previous or current site owners I must add other than being told I was “on thin ice”..... that some of my previous contributions have caused, unknowingly to me, distress to someone who is sadly experiencing mental/emotional issues.
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THIS SITE?
Owners of this site were once labelled by Gary Megson as "the lunatics have taken over the asylum" and he wasn't wrong !
I can accurately report that the current revised format has been tried and has failed on at least 4 previous occasions and was hated with a passion by the vast majority of contributors.
It now seems history is unfortunately repeating itself especially regarding the unnecessary hate allegedly being focussed in the new owner’s direction.
I fear that the new owners of this site are now by consequence and understandably are feeling angry and insulted by this animosity towards them by the vast majority of site regulars at their lack of prior consultation and subsequent unilateral decision to change the format and their subsequent refusal to revert back.
I sincerely hope they don’t fall into the trap of becoming stubborn and arrogant in not accepting what the majority want nor by nepotism towards the few who actively support it.
The new owners need to fully understand they are simply custodians of what has become over many many years a family and they will for sure be eventually replaced as the many who have gone before them have been.
So it now remains for suedehead and The Real Exile , if indeed I am correct in thinking they are the new owners, as to how their message board goes forward .
It’s not a democracy, they own it and take on not least the legal responsibilities that come with that, but they should be aware that “power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely” and that change is not always good nor necessary to enforce authority.
So finally and to everybody on what was Martin Whites Board, Marion Montgomery’s Agony Aunt Message Board, the official SCFC message board, and finally the Yellowboard please consider this as my farewell comment and also my genuine thank you to all those over the years who have provided me with much enjoyment, frustration and challenges.