[Excaliber]

It's not a matter of being thick or thin skinned. Hal has plenty going on in his life. Contributing to the Porsche group and the SPF forum and this forum. I guess, like MANY of us, you got to budget your time.

If I'm not having fun, getting something out of being here, being helpful to my fellow man, why should I stay? I suppose at some point in time something like what happened to Hal might happen to me. Perhaps that will be the time to re-think my priorities, maybe move on to something else or some other forum.

I think there are a lot of people on here like that, on the edge, and thats OK, that is in fact "life". But I don't want to be the one responsible for pushing someone OVER the edge.

Others WILL continue to benefit from Hals "great stroker" stories, but they won't be posted here. Your fault, my fault, nobodys fault, fact is WE have lost a wonderful contributer to this forum. He's NOT the first one and won't be the last. WE have lost some great ones, usually due to the actions of a few (different people at different times). THAT is the saddest part about this whole mess! A "debate" is WAY different than a "censure".

I DO enjoy a good debate!! I can even over look the name calling that occurs to often while we search for "truth". I also love a good story, and thats all Hal was doing, offering us a good story. There was no need then and there is no need now to "bash" him for that. He was just TRYING to bring a little joy into our world, and give back something to the community he loved. WE need to be more careful with our comments, or WE will loose more.

Ernie