When I was a kid my Uncle used to pick on me and get me all riled up and when I'd start to get the upper hand he'd say, "Alright, that's enough, I don't want to hurt you!"
That's how cw came across to me. I've read a lot of posts throughout this thread saying how he was so good at stopping people from getting into. I respectfully disagree. The majority of the times that he commended other posters in those situations was when HE was the one getting that other poster heated, just like my Uncle in the story above. I mean how many times did you read that same post from him? : "Look, you're a great poster and I consider you a friend and at the next Sox game I'll buy you a beer, but I don't want to go into...blah blah blah." I, like many here aparently, bought into it for the longest time, but finally opened my eyes and saw him for the BS artist, I feel, he really is. I know I'm not the only one here that has a problem with him, but by the looks of this "lovefest" thread, I may be the only one brave (read: stupid) enough to post it. He crossed a line with me once after President Reagan died and that was the end of our "relationship." Let me tell you as one that got into it with Vince a few times. It didn't stop on the boards. On the public boards, he'd be diplomatic for the most part, but then he'd PM you and really let the s*** fly. It happened to me a couple times.
I wasn't going to say anything, but I think both sides need to be represented here. I expect some people will be upset with me about it and jump on me over what I've said, but I'll just have to deal with that. Maybe some of the others that I referred to above will come forward to "defend" me.
Again, this is not to bash Vince. If I wanted to do that, I could have done it a long time ago. I'm sure he's a good friend to some of you. This is just my side of things. And no, I had nothing to do with his "demotion." I don't even know if any of the admins know my story.
Thanks for hearing me out.