ARBR has gone downhill

Yup... The part that ****es me off the most is that there are maybe 10
people on this board that cause 90% of the ****. i.e. OT, flames,
whatever... And what makes it worse, they have driven many high quality,
high profile people off this NG. Almost like they relish the chance to feel
like a "big man" and flame Bryan Ball or Fast Freddy or Matt Weaver or
whomever and drive them off this group forever. I, for one, am ****ed that
there is not more respect in this NG. Can you imagine if everyone treated
each other with respect? What if we had Bryan, Freddy, Matt, maybe even Sam
Whittingham or Damjan Zabovnik participating in this NG? What kind of info
might be gleaned from their minds and experiences? They participate in other
online groups, why aren't they here? Because we have a handfull of
self-rightous assholes who delight in ****ing people off for fun. How cool
would it be to have manufacturers polling this NG for news and ideas? I've
tried several times, to get usefull info and public opinion on upcoming
projects; Such as Calfee's Stilletto, and my EZ-Rider and EZ-Tadpole
designs. Out of 20 responces I'll get maybe 1 or 2 that have any serious and
usefull content. It's a shame really, lots of folks here have been given a
chance to take small part in the creation of a new bicycle and all they can
do is flame away and bet on when and if such a project will be finished. So
freakin' sad, what are you doing on this NG if this is not what you came
here for? So to all you OT posters, flamers, trolls, etc... get a life, give
some respect, maybe this NG could be cool if we treated each other, like,
well, you were standing next to the person you are responding to. Now I'm
being an OT Flamer too! See what happens!