Riding out...

[Big Calhoun]

Well my friends, it's been an interesting ride but I'm getting off this train. Unfortunately, I feel that the politics that have taken over here go greatly against our cause and our community. Which is a shame... There really are some great and knowledgable people here and I will miss alot of you. But I stand on principles and what this particular community has become goes against most of them.

If anyone wants to keep in touch, feel free to e-mail me @ [email protected]. I'll be searching out other forums in our community with a more mature user and administration base. Take care, stay well, stay safe! Thank you all, for everything!:thumbsup:

Big Calhoun Reviewed by Big Calhoun on 08-15-2006. Riding out... Well my friends, it's been an interesting ride but I'm getting off this train. Unfortunately, I feel that the politics that have taken over here go greatly against our cause and our community. Which is a shame... There really are some great and knowledgable people here and I will miss alot of you. But I stand on principles and what this particular community has become goes against most of them. If anyone wants to keep in touch, feel free to e-mail me @ [email protected]. I'll be Rating: 5

[JR77]

NOOOO! Don't leave!!! Bummer man...I'm going to send you an e-mail! I'll miss you on the boards.......What happened?

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

Big Calhoun I've been a long time lurker and enjoyed reading most of your posts. You've contributed a lot to this community and are very helpful. Stay man, don't let the politics here get to you. :thumbsup:

[onwardthroughthefog]

Hey guy....very sorry to see you go. You have always seemed like a stand up guy. Maybe just avoiding the political forum would help. I never go there anymore. Just not worth it trying to use logic with people who have the anonymity of the internet to make them feel invincible.

If you decide to change your mind and do come back to read your replies, shoot me an email. It's just my full name at hushmail dot com.

Hope you have a great week.
Onward!

[birdgirl73]

Big Cal,
I'll miss you on here so much. I've got your email address already, but I do hope you'll come back eventually. You're such an important part of this community, and I never fail to enjoy the maturity, sensibility and humor of your posts. I know what you mean about the politics situation causing dismay, however. I don't think I can continue to participate in that board any longer, either, and I know what you mean about it leaving a bad taste in your mouth about this whole place. Just such destructive, awful exchanges there. If I were an advertiser and saw that stuff go on, I'd take my advertising dollars elsewhere. It reflects negatively on the whole community.

Take care of yourself, Cal. Good luck with the baby plans! And I hope we'll see you soon. --Bird

[Psycho4Bud]

His leaving has nothing to do with the politics forum. There is NO talk of MOM on the forum.....that's the politics in which he's talking about....management decisions.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Big Calhoun]

First, I'd like to thank everyone for the e-mails, especially the most recent one...

Let me address this issue accurately and fairly as not to be misrepresented.

I had posted a message seeking someone that I had met through here. Because I could not communicate with this person directly, I posted an 'open' message. There was no 'talk' or 'discussion' of MOM. There was a comment that I thought MOM was for the birds, that's it.

Now, there are two associated questions. First, is this what prompted my departure? Yes. However, is it what iniated my departure? No.

Since this site has changed hands, the quality of it has detoriated TREMENDOUSLY. Understanding how things go when change comes about, I stuck it out b/c I thought (stupid me) that eventually things would turn around and it's still...crap. How many times can you tell a 13yr old they're too young to smoke? How many times do you tell a 15yr old they don't need to go searching around their house for the next high? This I have a problem with b/c in my opinion, Cannabis.com is a prime example of why the Marijuana/Hemp movement is not taken seriously. Because instead of seeing a majority of informative posts or intellectual thought, you're bombarded here with preteen and teen angst, ignorance, and foolishness. Again, I stand on principles and my principles say that you don't kids to do drugs, it's an adult decision.

Now, I alluded to an e-mail that I got probably about an hour ago, probably after ps4 posts... My friend pointed out something very interesting: http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=78576
A blatant and open discussion of MOM in the lounge, by mostly kids, that is still ongoing...and has been for several hours. My post was deleted in minutes... BTW, I have that .PDFd for future reference...

So to everyone who has given me greetings and well wishes, I'll let you make the decision. If I took it too far and I'm an asshole, I can accept that. However, I have tried to do nothing but contribute in a positive way since I have joined this forum.

Mr PS4: Please, I have done nothing to anyone here. I have just gone with the flow, respected the rules, and did my thing. However, I'm a little offended that you blatantly misrepresented a situation while not acknowledging the short comings of this site of which I know you are VERY familiar (ethsfreshman comes to mind). All that I ask is if you're going to communicate the situation, do so in a FAIR and ACCURATE manner with the CORRECT details as I have done.

P.S. Thanks for that E-mail 'D'!!

[plastik]

what he said^^

this forum is filled with too many youngsters that don't know anything about marijuana except how to put a lighter to it. also no one wants their online community to have a bunch of ghetto 'thugs' in them ranting about the 'street life'. Another problem is the way these forums are run...usually the most simplest and unprovoking posts get removed and users banned, but the more serious, violent, disrespectful posts don't get any type of moderator attention. it is basicly run like a fascist community. you can't introduce new information or updated information, or even the correct information without someone shooting you down because they don't want to feel wrong. I've even seen posts deleted when they corrected moderators when they were clearly in the wrong about a fact or topic. Opinions are different, but when you try to play something that isn't true, to be the truth, then you are not only diminishing the quality if this community, and blindly lieing to it, you are lieing to yourself too. If it wasn't for the nice plant pictures I don't think I would even be here. I have nothing to gain in knowledge from this place for the most part. In fact, all I have done is contribute knowledge. But yes, too many children on here, they should be removed. I believe 21 should be the minimal age to be here, not 18. those youngsters are really arrogant and still wet behind the ears, they come in thinking they know all there is to know, and what they don't know, they won't accept as the truth. I hate seeing topics 'Fuck my dad, he found my weed and destroyed it'. or 'how do I hide weed smoking from my parents?'. or even saying they are under 18, still living at home, and want to hide a grow, and people actually help them and give them advice! I wouldn't be surprised if someone was able to be charged for contributing to the deliquincy of a minor. And for a pothead community, you would think people would be more open minded, and less disrespectful or controlling over your legitimate posts. There are some good people, but too few amongst soo many.

[Psycho4Bud]

Hey Big, I think the MOM thing was kind of what broke the camels back though. There have been issues in politics and "a mutual friend" was under the impression that it was because of that forum. NO offense to you what so ever!!!

Plastik, you don't care for this "fascist community" be a man like Big and DON'T be a buzz kill for the rest of us. You just got back off a 30 and the tolorance for your bullshit is at an all time low with alot of us.

Best of wishes to you Big........hope to see ya back someday.....SOONER than later!!!

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[plastik]

Plastik, you don't care for this "fascist community" be a man like Big and DON'T be a buzz kill for the rest of us. You just got back off a 30 and the tolorance for your bullshit is at an all time low with alot of us.

you know nothing of which you speak of. and thats not an opinion but a fact. because if you knew the facts you wouldn't be soo disrespectful. And the real buzzkill is what I speak of above. speculation and conversation about the health of the community are legitimate topics. are you going to ban me again for my honest facts, ideas, and opinions? without the free exchange of information, a community will be girdled, and won't grow much. if a buzzkill is the price for knowing the truth, then it is a small price to pay. if we didn't want to listen to things because they gave us a 'buzzkill' nothing important would get done. no one would be inclined to challenge or be challenged.