Woody

[Ed]

Many of you witnessed Woody's recent behavior in the crit group, and his subsequent demands for me to remove his 'copyrighted works' from the forum. Despite all attempts by myself and others to reason with him, he has continued to annoy, threaten and insult me via personal message. I finally had enough of it last night and, rather than ban him, which would take away all his choices, I created a new user group for him -- the 'AnnoyEd' group. The only permissions left open are the ability to edit the user's own posts, so they can edit their own posts and remove what they want of theirs (which, BTW, is and always has been an ability everybody has here), receive but not send PMs, or post on the rest of the forum. He also has the ability, as has everybody, to delete his own account.

As expected, he has finally deleted his work overnight and left messages in their place, which attempt to paint me in a bad light:

posting here has proven unwise. ed will keep your stuff after he bans you. only he knows why.

But even this is obviously erroneous, because for one, I haven't banned him, and secondly, he's free to remove all his stuff (except the attachments, which I have removed for him).

I think everybody is as surprised as I am at the way he has suddenly turned. As far as I can tell, he has received nothing but help and support from the members here. I guess it's true that no good deed goes unpunished. C'est las vie, I suppose. I have told him he is no longer welcome here.

Anyway, enough of this. I've had a gutful. Sorry for any and all inconvenience, folks. I wouldn't be surprised if things get even more crazy yet.

[ozmosis7]

That is unfortunate

[LashSlash]

That is unfortunate

....well, it does show that at least more than one of us is normal.....

[leatherdykeuk]

How odd.

[jsorensen]

odd?  I don't know.  Maybe just the way of the world.  So for now--onward and upward--

[Pharosian]

Woody had a habit of being defensive and argumentative. When I pointed out some anachronisms in his donkey story, he didn't take it gracefully. In other discussions he'd bristle and argue rather than allow that someone else might have a valid viewpoint. My observation here and on other forums is that the better a writer one is, the more gracefully one accepts criticism. Even more so, the reverse.


EDIT: I meant to say I also love the icon associated with the AnnoyEd group! 

[LashSlash]

Woody had a habit of being defensive and argumentative. When I pointed out some anachronisms in his donkey story, he didn't take it gracefully. In other discussions he'd bristle and argue rather than allow that someone else might have a valid viewpoint. My observation here and on other forums is that the better a writer one is, the more gracefully one accepts criticism. Even more so, the reverse.

... this quote is not a valid viewpoint --- accept this graciously, without brisling, and youll be a better writer for it...[?]

[Rook]

without brisling

Why can't we have a nice herring for breakfast? 

[LashSlash]

without brisling

Why can't we have a nice herring for breakfast? 

.... cus i'm not a hassid....

[ozmosis7]

I once chopped the tallest tree in the forest down....with a HERRING!

[Rook]

I once chopped the tallest tree in the forest down....with a HERRING!

Did you find Roger the shrubber first?

[ozmosis7]

ni

[Rook]

Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing Zow Zing! (sorry, couldn't resist...  )

[ozmosis7]

LOL...you know...that might be my all time favorite movie hands down. I am a huge, huge, huge Monty Python fan.

It's funny because when I was a kid my mom made me watch horror films like Omen and Psycho and my dad was always into Benny Hill, the 2 Daves, and some priest that did stuff like Benny Hill.  Spectacular TV selection for a kid growing up in an age where cable was only starting up.  Thats how I found MP,  David Letterman, Twilight Zone, One Step Beyond, etc which were my staples

[Grillmeat]

Sorry to hear this end the way it did. The forum and the crit group, however, will be better for it.