No Spirit, you didnt come over as whining. In truth I didn't read ALL the posts, getting the general drift from the first few. :) I agree with much of what you said actually, I feel/felt very much the same about the loss of things like C&D, and now its back with a different name anyway. I think a lot of decisions are made to try and appease the vocal few at any given time (or through constant requests) which will inevitably upset 'the others' who liked it the other way. And I don't think all recent decisions have been thought through as well as they might, but given the size of the community here, as well as the mentality/age/experience of quite a few members (some old, most new), giving the user base too much freedom is dangerous since they abuse or mishandle it anyway. Everywhere has to have a standard, and from what I feel and understand, that has nothing to do with 'Vicky in armour OR pink ponies' - but if either of those is executed really well, then maybe they deserve a shot at AOM!? I don't know why the Legume issue keeps coming up either, sure he made a stir, turned some heads and upset a few people with his statements,. I am neither impressed OR offended. If he or someone like him makes enough impression, and shows a dexterity, I am sure they are in with an equal chance of aquiring AOM. As for whether it will work or not is unknown. There will never be a fully satisfied user base here at any time, but at least, given the size and potential of this site, lets have somone represent it with an aptitude for their chosen categories rather than this weeks most 'popular' member or 'the only one of 6 members that uses that software that someone had heard of before' :)

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