I may be a little 12-year- old, But I must put my opinion out there.

First and foremost, I apologize in advance. Also, The Hawaiian words incident was entirely my fault and I feel regret about it. But right now I will not jump to either side, but instead sit on this rather uncomfortable fence.

I like the shoutbox a lot. It's a place where no one treats me like a mindless 3-year-old like most adults do. I feel equal there. Also, it's a place where no one can point out my weird-dish name, my awkward date of birth, my not too great medical history and status, What my house looks like, and My deep voice ( I'm not handicapped.) But I agree with Arnie, this a major miscommuncation between many people with different opinions. I have broken the rules but have been explained to how I broke the rules. It was always in a nice way, but also reminding me that maybe I need read the SB rules a bit more.

I was in disbelief when I was told that that Rocky had called Spinny a Liar As I generally thought of him as a nice dude and I still do think he's a nice guy. I don't think the SB should be deleted forever, But I also see the issue. I have heard but have not witnessed any acts of bullying. But I know of grudges between members. I simply suggest that maybe both ides be a little kinder and when some one should perhaps rewrite the SB rules to the most understandable form they can think of. I would be happy to write a rough draft for a moderator to use.

I understand the SB rules but I think that sometimes EVERYONE may bend them and break once or twice ( I know I do ). When I read this topic I was having mixed emotions.
How could some people be some what rude to people that they know not much about, But if they compared they're experiences they would all be good friends again? Why is this a big fight repeating certain points over and over again?
Why are others pointing out others flaws? Why is the fence so uncomfortable!?
This really is just fighting fire with fire and I need to point out neither side is exactly "right" or faultless here. So why not ALL work together to make the forums a friendlier place and figure out a solution for this problem ? So let's
say our sorries and bury the old hatchet. Please?

I'm sorry if I offended anyone while expressing my opinion or if I sounded a bit mad. I mean everything I said and Hope this may help resolve this issue. I hope I didn't sound like a hippie.

Sincerely,
The queen of klutzes, C.C

CC, I like your post a lot! I think you understand that extremes are not the answer; thinking about a solution that will work for most of the people here is the right way to do things. You may be 12, but you have shown that you possess a great deal of wisdom.

Thanks!

Amen CC!

Yeah,YAY CC! LOL!

Maybe if we want a shoutbox, we need to be nice to others. If someone did something wrong, a gentle warning should work. A good sb conversation should be like this: saying hello, bringing up something, maybe in the news, talking about it, a talk about something else.
I agree with the mod idea. Say, for EXAMPLE, Rocky and Gamey can do 2-4 PM. Then two others start working. For midnight, I'm not sure.

I'm not done. I'll admit both sides are at fault, but Im going to continue standing for whats right, because, no matter where I go there is fault. fence .I do not expect the mods or admins to read this, or at least respond, but I'm still going to post it. This side of the fence has provided ideas, but they all fall on deaf ears. So have my requests to be removed. I no longer wish to be removed, I saw lady post a problem with that, but no one ever told me. I no longer wish to be removed, but I do doubt I'll post after this... at least for awhile. If anyone wishes to talk to me, either catch me on gameys site, or pm me. I may occasionally be on here at some point.

We are listening to all sides of the issue and are considering many different options. It's too early to post anything official right now, though, so we ask for everyone's patience.

But I would have to wonder about the sincerity of that "listening" judged strictly on the posts made by the LDW team members throughout this thread (except Xay ), mainly posts #224964 and #224968, or ANY posts made by one particular team member. Doesn't seem to me like the best team member with an open mind to help structure fair rules.
Seems like this DID all fall on deaf ears to me. I guess we shall see...

GAMEY! is it a settlement of accounts?