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Or "Asswipe". Pronounced "ah-sweep-ay".
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I try to be civil regardless, though I certainly will get sarcastic on occasion. I would do that anyway . I disagree about the nature though, not fully, but most of the worst offenders are actually very cowardly people. They would think twice if their real name was associated with the posts. Quote:
I guess I'm just bummed that a very valuable member of our online community chose to leave because of some abuse (again, I don't know the details). I for one will miss Lotus7. He was very helpful to me personally on a number of occasions.
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LOL. I think I talked to that guy recently when I made a call to customer service. Turned out, in that case both pronunciations were accurate.
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Add me to the long list of people that appreciated his contributions and willingness to help answer difficult questions. He will be missed, but if he chooses to return he will be welcomed.
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"I guess I'm just bummed that a very valuable member of our online community chose to leave because of some abuse (again, I don't know the details). I for one will miss Lotus7. He was very helpful to me personally on a number of occasions.[/QUOTE] by LEDZEP
DITTO! I too would love for him to return as he is one of the most intelligent ones on the forum and particularly regarding vehicles (especially the X3 of which I am most interested in). |
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This is all rather sad and sorry to say he has gone down in my estimation as a result.
His posts portrayed a knowledgeable, intelligent and witty individual and like the rest of you I enjoyed them thoroughly. However, to punish the entire community as the result of the actions of one individual and to go to the effort of manually deleting so many posts is just petty. Sure, retire from the forum if needed but why burn your own great legacy? Very sad.
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Agreed. He responded to an unwarranted personal attack into a selfish response that seems to contradict the whole purpose of participating in a forum like this. Would be great to see him reconsider after he gets a little distance from it.
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Reminds me of the time I smashed up my cassette player after it chewed up one of my favourite cassettes. It thoroughly deserved it at the time but I regretted it later when I had no way to listen to my music
I'm sure he regrets deleting the posts now and the majority are still in place so no real damage done. I'm also sure he'd be welcomed back by most people if he ever decided to contribute again
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I've never done anything like that . . . um, er, cough, hack . . . look a spider!
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To bad but...............................
if all it took was someone disagreeing with his post then he had some pretty thin skin. If it was indeed over the top mean or abusive isn't the moderator supposed to remove that person? And I totally agree that storming off and taking your ball with you is pretty childish and selfish. He certainly seemed knowledgable on many levels but no one is irreplaceable and hopefully others will step up and offer their knowledge.
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It's hard for me to accept one encounter, as bad as it was, would cause this kind of departure. You don't see PM's between members, you don't see the conversation(s) (if any) between him and the admin/moderators. While it is possible that someone could be that thin-skinned, even after forums like this have been around for years and you know what can happen, I'll stick with "there's-more-to-the-story" for now.
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A shot in dark: If there are BMW reps around the forum, they can bake your head and force you to quit if you happen to know enough to point out design shortcomings.
If this was the case, you cant or shouldn't say that Lotus was thin skinned, he actually fought for you. Hope I am wrong. Last edited by April1; 02-14-2012 at 05:03 PM.. |
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I don't think he will return his post (see below) seams rather final. I've received similar treatment in the Z4 e89 forum when I shared with people my unfortunate wheel cracks while I was on a cross country vacation trip. As it turned out my predictions came true more people experienced wheel cracks on the Z4 with 19 inch style 296 wheels.
I was only at the time trying to help other people. I too left for a spell even deleted posts like Lotus7 is now doing. I can only leave this message for Lotus7 "Please rethink your actions and return, your friends here appreciate your participation. Please ignore the rest, I've done it and I am certain so can you" Here is a copy of Lotus7 last post
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