As far as I know this (Vue) forum & Gallery is the most friendliest and quiet frankly the best in the web. However, recently several exploited comments on a certain image concerns me. I have several youngsters in my house who visit this gallery and truly enjoy their time here! Makes me happy too, cuz I know they are in good hands and learning from the best (as I'm doing). I know this is not a case only for me, rather many others! So, just hoping that the ppl like them, come to their senses and comment eloquently yet gently. Thanks for reading! Regards.

Sorry to ask this nish. For me this is too theoretical. Couldn't you give some examples so that i can see wether some of my comments are meant?

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Well, sometimes it is good not to be native english/american. Most of it i don't understand or don't try to understand. But as much as i do understand, i agree with you nish. I hadn't looked at this image because i never open images with this sort of content. I even feel a little bad that i added another hit by following your link. Strange to see comments like this in our little world. Hopefully some of them are meant ironically - something that not all people - especially youngsters - do not understand right.

2 of the comments under this image have been deleted:-) Guitta

I left a comment, didn't see any other bad comments, I like your work though. Sharen

I agree, nish. I am quite happy and comfortable with the majority of people I have "met" here in the Vue forum and gallery. I don't have children, but I don't like reading those types of comments, myself. Criticism, when it's made constructively, is fine. Like my mom always said, if you don't have something good to say, don't say anything. Or, to paraphrase, if you can't offer consideration to others, best not to type anything on the keyboard! Thanks, Guitta, for giving so much of your time to keep things running smoothly here in the forum and in the gallery. You really do show you care in so many ways.

hmmm, I see nothing wrong with your picture. Beautiful job! Jinx

lol ... somehow I get the feelings that Sharen & Jinx thought that was my picture! :-) That image is not made by me. I don't like to play with Nukes! :-) But I was concern about some comments posted there, which Guitta later on deleted! As Dejeser said, just because I don't have kids doesn't mean that I don't care about the others. :-) Many thanks to Guitta!

The comment that I made was in response to a very nasty and agressive comment(first comment on the page actually), which I was surprised was allowed to be posted in the first place. You will be happy to know that I was given an official warning for my comment. I did comment on the image, telling the artist(jtt) that I liked the FX/mushroom cloud effect, because I felt it was very well done. I'm sorry,......if you are so bothered by my comment, why then don't you E-mail me, and I'll tell you exactly what was said and the name of the member who made the comment. I say E-mail me, because I don't want to break anymore rules or offend anymore people than I already have. I have had some very nasty comments of a political nature made on some of my images, they have never been deleted or declared untoward by the moderators or anyone else for that matter. I really wish you could've seen the comment I was responding to, it was of the most nasty and openly agressive nature I've ever seen on this site,.........and it was misspelled to boot. I was being sarcastic, informing this individual that he had not properly contracted a word(made two words out of what should have been one, and they had the spelling wrong on another word.) This comment was left up for quite awhile(3 - 4 hours), so, the object of my comment, as misguided as it was, was to make the point to this individual, through sarcasm, that I found it unacceptable in the extreme. I have only responded in this manner one time previously, to a comment made about one of my images. Would it be better for all parties concerned if I was no longer a member of this site ? You tell me ! I have been here since last November, and have generally abided by the TOS agreement. However if you, the members of this community, would prefer, I will pull down my images and revoke my membership. I'm not trying to be a pain, I'm serious, if this place would be better off without me,........please let me know, either by response, IM or E-mail. I have sent an IM to "Flycatcher" to personally explain and by way of this explanation, apologize to him for any offense, as of this writing, I have recieved no response. Once again,......if you did not see the initial comment I was responding to, you do not have the full picture. Geez,....sure hope this doesn't get deleted and I don't get banned for disscussing this issue. Thank you for your attention. Respectfully, Thomas McCann(sackrat).

now now! no need to get all worked up here! :-) I saw all the comments, I know you were replying to "memofear"! :-) I certainly wasn't reffering to you. If Guitta yelled at you, then I'm sure she missed the first comment! But, you can't blame her either! She is terribly busy person. :-) Anyway, it's been taken care of and no need to push it any ferther. Let's hope our little world stay friendly as it is always been. Regards.

Hi Sackrat

I'm not shunning you - the only reason I haven't responded to the IM you mention above sending to me is that I haven't received it! I checked my mailbox less than an hour ago, and as announced by the message counter, there was only a single "thank you" in there relating to my comments regarding a completely different image. There are no current messages.

But regardless: no, I wouldn't want to see you leave the Forum over such a minor breach of etiquette. From what you infer about the original deleted post on the other hand, though not wishing to pre-judge, I might well feel rather differently about the continued presence of the author of that comment whoever he/she may be.

Bill

ehh.. sakrat I understand that this not is the main issue and as the message is deleted I cant check what it was but.. As I'm bad at English myself... ..don't be sarcastic. It's something that I and other like me might miss an take the wrong way. ..don't bore us with comments on spelling. Stuff like that is actually even more boring to read than the badly spelled text itself. For my part whe could change this site to Swedish anytime. I promise I wont be hard on you. ;) Have some nice rendertimes. HellBorn