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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 2983152" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>I moved to Oklahoma 6 years ago and found OSA just about the same time. Honestly, this entire thread could have been created 6 years ago because my memory says that folks were griping just as much about the "lost culture of OSA" back then. I can't evaluate your subjective feelings and if some of you feel that the "good members" have gone, well, that's what you feel but I don't. I enjoy coming here, I enjoy reading and participating in the exchanges but I keep out of the controversy (generally) mostly because I find it silly for adults to act like rude jacka@@es toward each other - and that's coming from someone who has been told he's pretty much a tactless jerk at times.</p><p></p><p>I will also point out that 6 years ago it was made clear daily that if one was a newbie here then one had better mind his Ps and Qs or the woodshed was next. I found that a little tough to take - I'm not a kid. I'm a retired military officer, a father, grandfather and a still serving civil servant - I did not appreciate the high-school high jinks and cliques atmosphere. I will also be blunt, I have no use for allegedly adult behavior like (tee hee) using profanity in every sentence and posting pornography. However, all I asked was that there be clear warning of where such stuff was used so as to stay clear - didn't ask for anyone else to be banned.</p><p></p><p>I guess my bottom line is that, yes, things have changed over time but it isn't clear to my why I should regard what was here as better than what is here now rather than just different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 2983152, member: 18914"] I moved to Oklahoma 6 years ago and found OSA just about the same time. Honestly, this entire thread could have been created 6 years ago because my memory says that folks were griping just as much about the "lost culture of OSA" back then. I can't evaluate your subjective feelings and if some of you feel that the "good members" have gone, well, that's what you feel but I don't. I enjoy coming here, I enjoy reading and participating in the exchanges but I keep out of the controversy (generally) mostly because I find it silly for adults to act like rude jacka@@es toward each other - and that's coming from someone who has been told he's pretty much a tactless jerk at times. I will also point out that 6 years ago it was made clear daily that if one was a newbie here then one had better mind his Ps and Qs or the woodshed was next. I found that a little tough to take - I'm not a kid. I'm a retired military officer, a father, grandfather and a still serving civil servant - I did not appreciate the high-school high jinks and cliques atmosphere. I will also be blunt, I have no use for allegedly adult behavior like (tee hee) using profanity in every sentence and posting pornography. However, all I asked was that there be clear warning of where such stuff was used so as to stay clear - didn't ask for anyone else to be banned. I guess my bottom line is that, yes, things have changed over time but it isn't clear to my why I should regard what was here as better than what is here now rather than just different. [/QUOTE]
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