>>>>>>>>>Go read Message #1509468 and ask yourself if maybe you want to retract that :)
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>>>>>>>>Makes my point in a way.
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>>>>>>>Just curious, because though we tend to differ about some things we always manage amicable humor as well : did you see what I posted to our friend from Kazakhstan as abusive in any way? I certainly didn't mean it that way. He seemed to come away from Mike's message with the impression that Obama had not in fact been born in the US and I was trying to clarify it all for him using English sentence structures which I thought were clearer for a non-native speaker. ( and in fact President Nursultan Nazarbayev had been relelected for another 5 year term with over 95% percent of the vote on April 11 of this year. )
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>>>>>>>Mike's reaction certainly didn't bother me, but I felt said more about Mike than about me.
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>>>>>>>But if you saw it differently I would be interested to know.
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>>>>>>I thought it was a little smarta*** but no biggie. Mikes reaction was very much about Mike. Incidentally made me look up Khazakstan, that could be a very rich country one day. A lot of untapped natural resources.
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>>>>>Not related in anyway, but I'm still confused on how a person was given the same name as a character in a video game -- :o) Regardless, it's nice to see new members online...
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>>>>Not a real person think you ?
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>>>I think it's a real person. Most folks not familiar with this forum are accustomed to all other forums that allow for userids that are fictitious or animated, etc -- probably just a case of that.... I think if Michel really wants to increase traffic he should allow for that.
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>>I think that while it may up traffic it will significantly mess with the signal to noise ratio. This is - or at least should be - first and foremost a professional forum and if anyone is not comfortable working under their own name I'm not sure they belong here. I don't particularly want to swap technical advice with longdong69, yankeessuck55 or killahpimp187.
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>>Of course, even with real names, the place seems to get hijacked on a regular basis by personal drama, self-humiliation that seems to know no bounds and endless-loop attempts to exorcise personal demons, so maybe it wouldn't make any difference.
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>I'm sure you'll get over those things with professional help Charles.

I doubt it. The first step would be *wanting* to change.