Welcome to the Orchid board ! :welcomeflowers:

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Yeah, there is something wrong with that person. Shortly after the little 'incident' that happened on there involving me, he sent me an email stating that I had broken the rules of the T&A, so the posts were deleted. I replied saying I was simply having a convo with a friend from another forum about how I recognized him from somewhere else, and he simply replied that I had broken the rules! So I replied saying the rules were unnecessarily strict, and that I am surprised the people haven't rose against what I called his "United Orchid Socialist Republic." I then ended with stating that most people don't like being told to sit down and shut up. I did not receive a reply, and then the next time I went to go on, I could not get on there! I was going to post a poll asking what the people thought about post about other vendors and forums being considered 'spam,' but, alas, I could not get on!

Freedom of speech doesn't spring to mind elsewhere... ;)

If you don't like that forum don't go there, enough of the bashing, Bruce is a friend of mine ,he has his ideas and like it or not it is his site , lets get on with something else . :) bty he is a college professor and a minister not a hippy ...

I agree, he has done a fantastic job with LJA, but sometimes i think he takes infractions on the forum a bit too far. But that aside, it is great place. I have enjoyed the past year and a bit being a member on RVO, and alot of the members i would probably consider part of my extended family lol :biggrin:

:waving Gday bro ,you,ve found a great spot to share your interest..love to see some of natives. Lorraine

Once upon a time in a forum far away, there was an orchid war. When doing a search for info on some question I had, I don't even remember what it was, I stumbeled upon an extremely nasty collection of posts (not this site or RVO). It started out innocently, someone had a query, nothing provoking, and someone answered. Then someone disagreed and WWOrchids began, pages and pages of it. I was still trying to get an answer so tried to sift through it but gave up. Many of the people who had always previously posted informative, helpful posts and formed the backbone of the forum were involved, quit. So, my guess is that Bruce just wishes to keep RVO a friendly community and prevent/avoid disagreements. I don't really mind the rules as most aspects of life have rules, even implied, unspoken ones. And, there is this great forum, too, where we can warn people of bad vendors/experiences or praise other vendors and good experiences. Yeah!
Leafmite

Who was bashing? I just received a PM for "bad mouthing" from Bruce on Orchid Talk. Can anyone tell me where the "bad mouthing" comments I made are?????