Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
See, this is what I'm getting at. Is it really wise to pee on your support, ala DALPA?
Couple of things. First, the guy does not support anything other than ALPA. Period. Second, it is not peeing on someone to point out that he called himself a DPA supporter, then later said he would reconsider supporting DPA in the very same post. That's called inconsistency.
Originally Posted by
Justdoinmyjob
I am more DPA than ALPA, thanks to conversations with others, but seriously, you are doing more to turn me off of DPA. I have to ask myself, Are all DPA supporters as angry and condescending as you? Do we have to toe the Spackler line, or can we be dissenting supporters? Will we be tolerated if we disagree with you, or will we be harangued as "closet ALPAites?"
I've gotten these kinds of comments from the very beginning of the DPA thread. It goes something like this: "Hey Carl, I'm a fence sitter with the DPA but you really need to stop insulting ALPA or it might make me just support ALPA..." Then when you look at the guy's previous posts, you see he's a long time ALPA supporter with no intention of ever giving DPA a serious look. Do you see how nobody should take that kind of comment seriously? A deep ALPA supporter claiming to be a DPA fence sitter telling people to stop insulting ALPA? Even when you're no insulting ALPA, just posting FACTS about ALPA?
Whether you really are considering DPA or not is immaterial to me. I call things as I see them, and post the evidence to back up my claims. I would expect nothing less from you. Furthermore, if you post facts about DPA that showed it in a bad light, I would NEVER refer to your actions as "hurling insults" in an attempt to marginalize what you posted. Instead, I would look at your facts and see if I needed to re-evaluate my support of DPA. That's the way I run my show. You run yours the way you wish.
Carl