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should we have an area on the forum that is not pg music related where we can just visit and share our thoughts and/or cultivate international friendships?



I voted to disagree. Give an inch and someone WILL take a lighyear. There HAVE been flame wars here, and worse. The offending threads were usually terminated when the mods got back from the weekend/holiday, and with excellent reason. (I'm not just talking about the occasional heated discussion--usually political, sometimes musical--to which I have been a willing and active party. I won't engage publicly on religious issues.)

What would possibly stop someone from cultivating relationships the way it is now? There is Private Messaging, and those who choose to do so provide outside email addresses and URLs. I have met and played with a handful of local users this way, and have developed relationships with another handful across the country and around the world. I've had software emailed and even had disks mailed to me when I had system issues that couldn't be handled by a download.

This is as close to an ideal community as I can imagine. I've had thoughtful criticism when I asked for it, and (a time or two) had the ceiling cave in after using a few poorly-advised words. Those occasions were unpleasant, but I know that there were no ill feelings involved. And there is always the reason we came in the first place--knowledgeable advice about the products and processes that almost all of us use regularly.

I'm glad I'm here with or without PG Music products. Show me a better community and a reason to go there, and I will.

Richard

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."