I think I am never speaking again because I keep putting my foot in my mouth, but I didn't mean that you, Schmoker, were the reason people were staying out of the thread. I just meant that the general tone of the thread lately has been making the conflict averse amoung us want to go stick their heads in the sand.

I understand, Sophia. But I was a big part of that conflict making. Just wanted to offer up a mea culpa, for what it's worth.

I just meant that the general tone of the thread lately has been making the conflict averse amoung us want to go stick their heads in the sand.

Heh. I was one step away from changing my tag to, "Giles! No one's using the 'I' statements!!!"

Really, I'm at tabula rasa right now, at least on personal issues. It all got a bit out of hand. Best to put things behind us.

As to thread proliferation...well, I just don't know. I mean, they pop up pretty regularly as it is. (Music, LOTR, Due South.) I don't know if we could sustain something like Mothers Who Think, but honestly? If people feel there's a need/interest in something, I could probably be convinced. We could always shut it down if it dies a miserable death, I suppose.

DO want to clean up that homepage, and archive old threads in a virtual attic somewhere, though. Of course, being the least technically inclined stompy foot, I have no idea how best to do that.

But I was a big part of that conflict making. Just wanted to offer up a mea culpa, for what it's worth.

Thanks for that, but a lot of these are issues we've been going around and around about for a year anyway.

Which makes me feel better, Jesse, but does not entirely remove me from the hook.

In any case, nothing would make me feel slimier than to know I contributed to people avoiding a thread. Ticking someone off now and again is going to happen. Not that regrettable. But causing people to leave a thread is giving me a world of guilt.

No hogging the credit, Schmoker. It wasn't the first time a kerfuffle blew up, it won't be the last.

You apologized. John apologized. I think the best thing we can do at this point is leave it behind.

One of the things I've learned from this community is that intelligent, sane, thoughtful people can have disagreements, apologize, and move on without it devolving into community-wide splits or permanent fights. I really value that.

Absolutely, Dana.

Also, why do the Foamies need a separate thread, rather than being in movies?

Er, I didn't know we had a movies thread. Do we? I thought that folks wanted movie talk to stay in Natter.

Uh huh. Especially this part:

I think the best thing we can do at this point is leave it behind.