Well, I didn't realize he had rated my post until much later - I didn't know what you were referring to when I wrote my follow up post to yours. I searched earlier for any post and couldn't find anything. I was equally WTF?
Secondly, I never recalled him posting in Tony's comment section previously, so it seemed incongruous.
Thirdly, I didn't recall him having an exclamation mark in is avatar, which made me suspect.
So, a few moments ago, I looked at some of his old posts and it was there.
To me, it's really odd that he would hold a grudge this long, given the circumstances.
In this quote:
“Hey, ITYIWT, I send greetings and love to all my good friends at ESMB and enjoy reading the many smart, funny, informative and brilliant posts of so many whom I admire there. I already mentioned to you that I did not rage-quit because of one word of one of my posts being censored, LOL. I didn’t say more then or now because [bcolor=#ffff00]I love my friends there and don’t want the board to become about me or any grandstanding crusades.[/bcolor] And I certainly don’t expect that just because I don’t post on one website I won’t see them and enjoy my friends’ wonderful company again in other places on the vast internet. So, as always, I loved being part of it all and cherish the great people I was fortunate to meet there. I didn’t go nowhere, no-how. I remain “on this planet” (LOL) Love, hh.”
I don't agree with him - his posting a few final posts would not be grandstanding, nor is it all about him. (It's all about Alanzo
)
He is just one of many who post here, he may be a bigger fish than some, but for me to take him seriously, that that he thinks this board is all about him is a laugh. Yes, I poked fun at his egotistic pique of not wanting to post here, even posting his favorite "fraud" Rupert Sheldrake, but still he choses to hide behind his ser fac, as posted above.
If that's the way he wants to be rembered, when ESMB becomes chaff in the wind, fine by me. But, despite our past animosity, I would prefer him to post in these final days like the rest of us. This is an odd celebratory / sad occasion where I want Michelle to have happiness in her life, where I hate to see my friends depart, but understand, things can't remain static forever.
Michelle / Emma said previously that the reach for ESMB has been on the decline, and:
"3. Market forces. If the demand is there, a supplier will appear. If the demand isn’t high enough, no supplier will appear. If the demand isn’t high enough why should I keep doing this for the entertainment of a few dozen people? The market always wins."
I used to believe that, until I talked to an actual marketer, I think on a ski lift when we were chatting about business - and he pointed that was exactly opposite of reality - that you create a demand for your product, with which you will fill the void you created. You see it on every hand - some new must have dingus, you look at something casually online, and a million popup adds abound on your browser.
Every time Marty does something crazy, or Miscavage shoots his bloody stump of a foot, ESMB becomes a darling. I can't expect Michelle to hire Dog the Bounty Hunter to rescue Shelly Miscavage to keep the stats up trending.
Nor should she be like Ford, and re-release a new version of the mustang when the stats cool off.
The reality is much as she says - if she doesn't create a need for ESMB, and it only caters to a few friends, and is no longer a vital part of the crusade against Scientology, which is on the wane anyway and the political forum was devisive, why bother?
So yes, if HH doesn't deem it worthy to post here as the candle flickers down, I am saddened by his choice, but as I have always believed, it is his to make.
Mimsey
