Originally Posted by winmutt

I agree that FI should be more civilized and that he acts childish on the boards from time to time. I keep telling him he doesn't know when to let dogs lie. In his defense he works third shift, I think any of us would be more prone to reaction with that kind of life style.

He is a good guy at heart and I think everyone should just learn to let live.

Sometimes rules are just made to be broken, see my infraction :

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?p=2162910#post2162910

To me an insult is untruth. If I say someone is an idiot and his IQ is less than his shoe size, am I insulting him or am I simply calling a spade a spade?

Sure I broke the rules and it felt good doing so. Got the thread locked (which it should have been before I had a chance to break the law).

Originally Posted by Squabble

i kind of see it from the other side, forced seems to end up talking with people who are WAAAAYYYYY too sensitive for their own good. i mean, it's just internet words people, about cars, no need to go run and cry and flip out. i think when people build up a lot of knowledge about a certain subject, and THEN have people without that knowledge and experience try to enter the conversation and counter argue something that can't be counter argued, forced would get curt and terse. this seemed to make people get whiny and complain.

as far as stuff with brian goes, i've been here less than a year but i've found a lot of posts where forced would write something short and to the point and brian would post a couple down and say the same thing in a different, maybe less brusk manner, and comment on forced's attitude, behavior, or technical advice. then they would argue about symantics. this would probably annoy me too.

and you're right about goatman, he came into some conversation, started an arguement with forced who i guess knows him from somewhere else, and went whining and crying to get him banned. it worked, and now he's gloating about it (see post #26 and #28). and for your info concerning post #28, i'll ask forced when i have turbo questions. check his backlog of posts goatboy, they speak for themselves.

still, the point for me is that you have to be very careful how you word things here on peach parts forum, because you never know who here is soooo sensitive that they'll actually tattle on you for being curt, direct, just a little grumpy, or have a controversial opinion on any given subject, on or off mercedes topics. again, most people i've seen here get offended by forced think they have more knowledge when they don't, or think that because forced has a "bad attitude" then he can't be taken seriously and nit-pick a fight with him. as stated, if he were to be permanently banned, it would be devestating to those of use newbies who use the seach function all the time and find forced waiting there with the answer.

for now, if you need some answers, just stop by winmutts site for forced.

this seems long but i've wanted to comment on this for while, i can never see why so many people get so upset over this guys style. i can't defend the holocaust hair thing that i read too, but that doesn't mean i'm gonna ban him and argue with him every chance i get.