I have to say that when I first came here I thought merlyn was great. It was amazing to me to have one of the authors of the camel right here, answering my questions. After a while, somehow I started to get a negative opinion of him. I didn't really know how, I just did. Now I realize that I gathered this opinion from other people saying things about him that may or may not be true, not from dealing with him directly.

When I look at the whole situation, I think it's all childish. People seem to jump on the opportunity to attack someone the don't like, for whatever reason. I shouldn't even be posting this node, cause this Community isn't about what you personnally think of other luser's, it's about finding information, and helping others.

With that said, I hope I never see another node targeted at a specific user's practices or personality, this is not the place for that.

-thabenksta 
my $name = 'Ben Kittrell';
$name=~s/^(.+)\s(.).+$/\L$1$2/g;
my $nick = 'tha' . $name . 'sta';

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In reply to Re: Question Your Opinions by thabenksta
in thread Question Your Opinions by Guildenstern

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