Go ahead and post a similar rant specifically addressed to Alec on his bankruptcy thread, and give us reason to believe your high-minded rhetoric. Until that happens, you're no 'neutral observer'.
(WARNING: I'm highly caffeinated, so that means a monolog to follow)
I cannot control your feelings on the matter, only mine after being exposed to the dirty laundry. In the end it really doesn't matter what I, or anyone else, thinks about either individual. Both sides have already lost due to their public behavior over what, based on the information available, would seem to be nothing more than petty silliness. Like I said, it doesn't matter in a childish and passive-aggressive fight who is which percentage right and which percentage wrong, because both sides lost the moment they forced a group of disinterested folks in to the middle of the two flinging fist fulls of poo back and forth.
To directly address your comment about posting in the thread of the other party, there's no need. I wasn't able to find a thread where a 'grow up' comment would be on topic, like this thread is clearly a match for, and the odds are a virtual certainty that the other party regularly follows this thread, so there's no need to spam my thoughts across the site when one place will certainly do.
My best and sincere wishes that the two parties can either work out their drama, confront each other privately so that the rest of us are not forced to ensure the poo flinging, or at the very least be adults about their disagreement and choose to move on. Don and I chatted through PM's after my post and while I respect his views, and his clear anger and frustration over whatever the specifics are (that I'm not interested in hearing, BTW), we're cordially agreeing to disagree that the general public should be dragged in to the middle. He has his opinion and I have mine, and each are valid to ourselves, so the choice will be mine and mine alone if I will choose to ignore the fight as best I can in the future, actively block the fighters entirely through the forum controls so that I'm not even exposed to it, or simply continue to watch the petty behavior... that decision is pending.
This is all that I have left to say on the subject and I hope that both parties choose to either resolve the issue to their satisfaction (preferred), or at the very least keep it to themselves (that'll do, too).
Best,
Terry
PS - The definition of 'neutral observer' means that the party has no vested interest in the cause or outcome of a conflict, which I don't, not that the N.E. won't call the conflicting parties out on their bad behavior by suggesting that it stop immediately.
