I'm sorry.
There, does that alter reality?
Like MikeL said, the best apology is change.
Seems there is a misconception by a small group that the members here are saints, or they are demons, one or the other. Man, wouldn't life be so much simplier if everyone had to wear a black or white hat?
I'm a hotrodder. I started this board to share info with other hotrodders. It's not a "for profit" board, it's an outlaw board by today's standards, but it is typical of how boards were 10 years ago. Just like everyone, I have good friends, and I stand by them. I certainly will never apologize for that.
I guess I'm supposed to apologize because I don't treat those who try to turn the board into WWF Talk the same as those who have posted hundreds or thousands of posts to help others.
If you ran a board, would you treat everyone equally? yes, every guy here puts their pants on the same way every morning; one leg at a time. Can you name any board that does? I've never seen one, but perhaps there is.
From what I gather, you believe a board where everyone attacks everyone, and those who don't help others are treated the same or better than those who do help others would make a great site. I suggest you start such a board, and stay away from sites that don't fit you needs.
Sidebar - To the other readers, we have a good group of members here. Less than 1% are constantly trashing others for no reason. Most boards cut that percent down by just locking out offenders, and stopping them from even reading the board. We don't do that. You don't have to be a member to read this board, so the only thing we restrict is posting, and only if your posting HERE is detrimental to the tech content. It's pretty hard to lose your posting ability, you really have to work hard at it.