What's Irrelevent? BMs, Posts and Info
[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2678056] ... There are some members of this board who have been or are coming to Rio in +/- 180 days who have useful information. JimmyBoy, Nounce, Sperto, and many others.
Then there are board members, including you, Cane, Nordico among others, who just post for its own sake, and almost never post anything of actual daily value. But you argue forcefully for your right to write ...[/QUOTE]So when did you become ISG judge, jury and executioner?
Should we now call you "Judge VB1"? And why are you dragging others into your argument and naming others in your argument?
Are you trying to start a [B]fight or something[/B] between BMs?
LET'S BE CLEAR about something. I VALUE ALL BM posts (old/new/whatever). I may not find "value" in what they post, but I value them posting for their own sake or as YOU PUT IT, [b]"for its own sake"[/b].
[b]"for its own sake"[/b]. Do you find that a bit judgemental? Why other BMs post is their reason and theirs alone.
ALL MY ARGUMENTS are w/r to the subject matter. In this case, I am making the argument that [I][b]ALL posts have value to one BM, or another"[/b], boots-on-the-ground or NOT.[/I]
I am not putting an"[I][b]expiration date on BMs"[/I][/b] or [I][b]criticizing[/I][/b] the information provided by BMs, or the way other BMs monger.
Look, if other the BMs (that you've mentioned) want to debate, argue and discuss the [B]"subject matter at hand"[/B], I'm sure they will do so at their own free will.
[B]This is NOT a "call to arms!!!"[/B], as you seem to suggest, by dragging other BMs into your argument, perhaps even unsolicited (??).
[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2678056] I see Bubba Boy's Guide as of timeless value about Rio.[/QUOTE]Right, got it! Just many other BMs will see it as [b]outdated[/b] and [b]irrelevant[/b] to them, after some 10+ years. Yet others my still find some residual value.
[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2678004]I'm looking for information from people who have been in Brazil or will be in Brazil +/- 180 days. I'm looking for current information. ... [/QUOTE]So again, why respond to BMs posts, if it's not information from [I] "people who have been in Brazil or will be in Brazil +/- 180 days"?[/I].
Will the "real" bubbaboy guide, please stand up, please stand up...
[QUOTE=TheCane;2678182]And a picture can't have timeless value? At least to somebody? The guide you cherish isn't even an original work. Anybody who has been around for a long time knows that your hero lifted what he wrote from another monger famously known as "Bwana Dik". That's who we all should hail. The real creator! No, instead you worship a badly outdated work of plagiarism! ... [/QUOTE]Let the truth, bare witness...Amen!
[QUOTE=TheCane;2678182]There is no +/- 180 day rule here. And nobody passed and willed you moderator privileges to unilaterally impose one ... [/QUOTE]Again, IMO, all posts have value, although one BM or another, may personally not find "value" in what is being posted.
But like many others, you RESPECT their right to do so on an open public forum, regardless of what my be considered, "bullying".
Is there any real value in "mud slinging"?
[QUOTE=Sperto;2678371] ... I solved the problem by adding them to my ignore list ...[/QUOTE]Bravo!
[QUOTE=Sperto;2678371] Never mind the three musketeers of the OFC. ...[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Vagabundo1;2678056] ... There are some members of this board who have been or are coming to Rio in +/- 180 days who have useful information. [b]JimmyBoy, Nounce, Sperto, [/b]and many others ... [/QUOTE]I could be childish and say, the "Four Musketeers", but I won't. Okay, I just did, but you get my point.
Mud slinging and name calling isn't my thing and holds no value for me.
And BTW, this is most certainly not a [b]"call to arms"[/b], calling groups of ISGers "musketeers", as if to present a scenario that pits us against one another...STOP IT!
I value the posts of said BMs you mentioned, as well as countless other BMs posts I've read, "boot-on-the-ground" or NOT, "180-days" or NOT.