Hey Doc!

[Potholes Bob-NM]

Doc, RE: "Beware Of Trolls" Posting on Nugget Shooter Forum:

Seems that a troll...Patches1...is still ranting over your having posted the picture of an American Gi and an Iraqui kid on your Yank Aussie forum.

He equates this with "child abuse", and has been repeatedly going on about your posting, on Finders Forum, and Nugget Shooter!

I have previously brought this to the attention of Ken Rob, who pulled some of his slanderous posting from the Finders Forum...Wisely so, I say!

Bob

 

[Potholes Bob-NM]

Bill S. also yanked the thread containing the malicious and slanderous remarks of David De Havilland AKA Patches! AKA "Merlin"

In a way, I wish that Bill had left the thread on long enough for eveyone to read it and see just what sort of a sick little man this Patches1 is!

I did print out copies which I am retaining!

Potholes Bob

 

[DOC]

I don't think Patches Billy comes to a full boil !

BCOT !

DOC

 

[Potholes Bob-NM]

Doc, you crack me up, way to go!

Send patches1 some Round Up to suck on along with his lemons, he just Luvs Round Up....come to think of it, mayby that is what's wrong with him...hmmm!
Bob

 

[joeforthegold]

Well alright Doc! Wish I could get some of those guys to work for me. Can't be any worse than some of the bozos I have had working for me.
-Joe

 

[bris dave]

You are out of line mate.
I realise you and Patches dont see eye to eye, but those comments above are too much.

I should also point out that there is not meant to be ANY off topic conversation on this forum, so I am surprised Doc has allowed a savage attack on Patches to stay up.

Bob, you and I get on well these days, so I am not having a go at you mate. Simply suggesting you tone it down a bit. As you know, I object to some of Davids writings myself, but it is a foolish person who rejects everything he has to say.

 

[Potholes Bob-NM]

Hello Dave. I have to disagree with you on this one, actually I was being conservative in my remarks as I feel that he deserves much stronger ones.

This is the low life that made ugly public remarks about my wife, and threatened repeatedly to contact my church paster and inform him that I was "a child molester"

He continued to make such remarks over a long period in many Finder postings which Ken Roberts has wisely pulled to avoid legal action!

In my opinion patches1 is a severely mentally ill individual, and in any event, I have read much stronger remarks from many Finders members Re: patches1...Aka Merlin.

I don't intend to go on with this Dave, as the man is not worth
the effort or time.

Any one here who has followed the Finders Forum for any length of time is well aware of the negative and disruptive influence this individual has on a forum!

 

[bris dave]

Fair enough Bob, but you did start this thread and wasnt necessary to do so.

I will never support comments about your family and the like or attacks of a similar manner flowing in either direction.

There has been too much of that sort of stuff and threats of violence etc here over the years.

On another subject, I was watching a documentary last night on Bob Dylan and there was a series of interviews with the old poet, Al Ginsberg (I think that was his name).
Were you a mate of his back in your Woodstock days? I remember you hung around a few of those blokes back then.

 

[Potholes Bob-NM]

Dave, my post dealt with a problem on the prospecting forums, which is a "on topic" issue.

A discussion RE; Bob Dylan and the mid 60s era is definitely "Off Topic" so I'll abide by Doc's rules for his forum, and forgo said discussion!

Cheers!
Bob

 

[DOC]

First of all, let's go back to DAY ONE, when I started this forum. The forum was established as a forum for prospectors. Meaning, not every topic had to be about GOLD, it was a place for prospectors to share their passions, their joys, activities, etc. Certainly we would hope that the majority of posts would be about prospecting, but to announce the birth of your child, or talk about the great deal you got on a new car, or a new recipe, I saw, and see no problem with that.

A ways back, the forum degenerated into a p i s s i n g contest when politics and the war, and other related matters started to get debated. The next thing you knew, people were calling other people names, regular posters were running from this forum as fast as they could, in fact, we still do not have the number of forum, participants that we once had simply because of that debacle.

And make no mistake about it, I was in there making my opinions known as vehemently as the next guy. However, I could see that it was destroying what was once a really nice prospector's forum.

I posted a vote, should we ban politcal debate. The overwhelming majority voted yes. Their is a Views Forum within these forum groups for those kind of discussions.

I acted and stated that all political debates, and comments made to incite debates of that nature would be deleted. Period.

There was no proclamation that if your comments were about anything other than gold they were not allowed. I mean after all who is going to debate a proud father who wants to tell the world he and his wife are the proud parents of a handsome new son? What are you going to debate ? "Your wrong, that baby of yours is ugly as my sister-in-law after a Nitric acid face peel."

There appears to be no topic so volatile as politics. SO, I simply said, that's all, no more!

We love your posts about prospecting, especially pictues; we love pictures ! And we appreciate any participation and support you give the forum. You want to show us a picture of your new dog, great! You want to show us a picture of your sister-in-law, that looks like the other end of your dog; hey we always enjoy a good laugh, so have at it!

DOC

 

[arkyrick]

The best response to a insulting remark is no response that always kills the subject in it's tracks,It is sometimes hard but it works,I have seen an abrupt change in an Austrailan forum for the better when the moderator finally stepped in and cleaned house there's nothing wrong with sweeping up a bit and reminding what these forums are really all about.All of us need to think about what we say before we post our comments.