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Originally Posted by Rayne
Think of it this way...What if you rented your home?...You paid your rent every month through the mail so you haven't seen or heard from your landlord in 4 years...You KNOW he's been around because he mows the grass while you're at work, yet when your faucet breaks you call him and call him and he never answers the phone...Then one day after 4 years, you walk in your house, and every room has been painted a different color...Red, Green, Orange, HIDEOUS...AND now your back door has a new lock on it, a BETTER lock for your safety...BUT, YOU don't have the keys for that lock and it's the kind that can't be unlocked from the inside or outside without a key...And...It's locked...You find a note that tells you about how he knows you'll love the colors because those are his favorites along with information about all the marvelous aspects of this new lock, and a 'P.S.' that says "let me know if you need anything"...So, you're a bit unhappy, and after 6 months of requesting a key with no response whatsoever, you figure you just have to change the damned lock yourself...
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i cant see things in this analogy because - despite the fact that i like the interraction here when things are cool - i dont think of it as a home - just a forum.
i think of it more like - he gave us a sandbox ... a couple of the mods have shovels to scoop out the cat shit but other than that - it's up to us to play nice, share our trucks, and clean up after ourselves.
I'm a pretty low maintenance kind of guy so the colour of the sandbox or what kind of wood was used really doesnt concern me too much.
as long as we can play - that's all that's important to me - and he did provide a place to play.
and as far as the traffic it generates - thats fine - because all i care about is my wallet - and i didnt have to pay a dime to sit in the sandbox :)