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Chicago Field, March 18, 1876.
�To Correspondents - Correspondence is always acceptable, but it must be borne in mind that while we are ever ready to attack and expose corrupt practices wherever they may exist, the columns of this journal can be used neither to vent personal spite nor as a vehicle for billingsgate. We are driven to these remarks from having received several communications of an abusive and personal character. It is the duty of a journal, as of an individual, to avoid wounding unnecessarily the feelings of any person. When there are disagreements or cause for bad blood between individuals, one is often as much to blame as the other. At any rate these quarrels are interesting only to the parties concerned, while they disgust the other readers of a paper.
It is our purpose to publish a high toned journal; consequently all such matter is out of place in our columns. We like a spirited controversy as much as any one, but at the same time it must be on a subject in which our readers are interested and are to be benefited; and the rules of etiquette in vogue among gentlemen must not be violated. Therefore the writers of those letters referred to will understand that we decline publishing such communications now and hereafter.�

Dave has little control over what is posted, but total control as to what is deleted. His choice.
We can stay, leave, or just observe and stop contributing.

Very timely. Well done.

Here,here!

Everything old is new again.

Some issues never change

Thanks for posting this, Drew. I think it'd be nice to have this quote or something similar at the top of the BBS as a banner or a sticky.

Let us all strive to contribute to be benefit of all, not criticize or demean.

AMEN! Dr. Drew, Thanks for posting!

I think so too Doc Drew. I know I'm just a guest in someone else's house.

With the way things are now with forums ...all forums need leaders...the leader of this forum does NOT lead....therefore we waste all this time about inappropriate posts...he is absentee...many know it but no one is willing to say so...free speech is free from "government " dictates not private organizations or private or public media determining what they want...I think I have learned more about double guns than I could get from anywhere...but this place has no leader.... I can not figure out what the motive is...but my former company commander is not the commander of this place that's for sure.

Just a quick thought, but I don't suspect it would be all that easy to make a living running this place. Possibly, the bulk of someone's time might be better spent elsewhere.

Graig, I do not disagree...but it is easy to monitor this place... and why ask for donations when you do nothing...maybe he will ban me after that comment. Actually, as a Vintager member I will look to find Weber at the Vintage Cup, if he is there, and "politely "ask what gives here...and the free speech thing will not fly.... This forum will die unless you have "leadership"...then another forum will surface, in the future, and pick up flag..with a leader or leaders....a blind man can see this..