At the risk of being flamed (nomex on!) I believe I have noticed two distinct trends emerging on the forum, neither massively distasteful to me personally but perhaps worthy of pointing out to others so that people can form their own opinions. And I expect to get some flack for doing this but hey ho there you go!
Firstly I have seen a few claims made by manufacturers, supplies and service providers that to me with my 17 years of GT40 replica world experience seem just a bit too full of BS. I am not going to name names as this is not intended as an expose but a plea to manufacturers, suppliers and service providers whoever they are and wherever they are to be as honest as they can be about their products and or services. My concern is that newbie’s or naïve owners may fall foul of these claims and buy a product that doesn’t quite meet their expectations in terms of quality, delivery and back up. There is a lot of great stuff out there for us all to play with and 99% of it can stand up proud and hold its own in a competitive market. That final 1% (or whatever exact percentage it really is) should not be over sold.
The second trend is on the humorous front. Or what some find not so funny. Certainly I think some jokes, stories, postings are crap and or in bad taste. And some see my postings that way to, I am sure. However the vast majority are great, keep putting them up! But the trend I see is one that where the joke/posting is a bit closer to home we do get more indignant about it. Maybe rightly so? Maybe not? Is it right to have a laugh at a terrorist blowing himself up by mistake (a video link was posted quite some time back) any more or less than a posting that tried to inject some humour about the RF fiasco? Anyone who gets a kick out of watching any person die, be they the bad guys or not, is sick in the head to me. There are lots of jokes/stories posted involving far away countries and stereotypes as well as those closer to home. But why be more upset over the close to home ones? We moan about the world having gone too PC. Are we being hypocritical in our own reactions? What I find amusing is that when a controversial posting is put up, those that don’t like it, post replies so it stays at the top of the page. If it was ignored then it would drop out of sight quite quickly, the poster would spot that because no one replied to their thread, it might have been in poor taste so may learn to adjust their postings accordingly!
Let’s see how long this thread hangs around for!!!!!
Firstly I have seen a few claims made by manufacturers, supplies and service providers that to me with my 17 years of GT40 replica world experience seem just a bit too full of BS. I am not going to name names as this is not intended as an expose but a plea to manufacturers, suppliers and service providers whoever they are and wherever they are to be as honest as they can be about their products and or services. My concern is that newbie’s or naïve owners may fall foul of these claims and buy a product that doesn’t quite meet their expectations in terms of quality, delivery and back up. There is a lot of great stuff out there for us all to play with and 99% of it can stand up proud and hold its own in a competitive market. That final 1% (or whatever exact percentage it really is) should not be over sold.
The second trend is on the humorous front. Or what some find not so funny. Certainly I think some jokes, stories, postings are crap and or in bad taste. And some see my postings that way to, I am sure. However the vast majority are great, keep putting them up! But the trend I see is one that where the joke/posting is a bit closer to home we do get more indignant about it. Maybe rightly so? Maybe not? Is it right to have a laugh at a terrorist blowing himself up by mistake (a video link was posted quite some time back) any more or less than a posting that tried to inject some humour about the RF fiasco? Anyone who gets a kick out of watching any person die, be they the bad guys or not, is sick in the head to me. There are lots of jokes/stories posted involving far away countries and stereotypes as well as those closer to home. But why be more upset over the close to home ones? We moan about the world having gone too PC. Are we being hypocritical in our own reactions? What I find amusing is that when a controversial posting is put up, those that don’t like it, post replies so it stays at the top of the page. If it was ignored then it would drop out of sight quite quickly, the poster would spot that because no one replied to their thread, it might have been in poor taste so may learn to adjust their postings accordingly!
Let’s see how long this thread hangs around for!!!!!