I'm sorry, but this is something that really gets my hackles rising.
I do love these people who are so far up themselves that they can't see how arrogant it is to appoint themselves judge, jury and guardian over everyone else. What gives any one individual the right to decide what is best for everyone else?
The bare-faced arrogance of thinking it's ok to spend time reading enough of CB to pass judgement, but nobody else should be allowed to read or post on there astounds me. I mean come on for God's sake, thinking 'I don't like that so it should be banished from existence' is so unbelievably, pompously, patronisingly self-righteous it makes my blood boil.
I'm all for keeping CB for those who want it....and to those who don't....JUST DON'T GO THERE! Nobody has you in a headlock forcing you to click on Chatterbank.
It's quite simple really when you apply common sense and stop being so self-absorbed. It's just like anything else in life; if you don't like it, avoid it. I don't like fish, so I don't buy it. I don't campaign for it never to be sold to anyone else! Not the best analogy I know, but you know what I'm getting at. We are all entitled to an opinion of course. But no-one is entitled to force everyone else to kow tow to that opinion.
I'd also like to say that I've been a member of AB for long enough to know that there are people out there who frequently completely miss the main point of a post. So, just to clarify, this is NOT a post condoning the more stupid goings on over on CB, It is to stand up against individuals who's egos overtake their intellect and therefore think they have the right to decide what's best for the rest of us.
Thought police. I abhor them. Rant over.