Ok if the conversation is about the cheese place on 30A then it is funny.
If it's some back way of poking fun at people because their opinion is different, then sorry I don't find it funny either.
It is easy to say " lighten up" but it is also just as easy to say "grow up".
Heartbren had already apologized on the thread, explained she was at a sensitive place right now, worried about Diane, and yet here she is being made the butt of some joke.
Funny, honestly I don't think so.
Can't find the 'thank's button on here ...but Thank you, Minnie. I see from your number of posts that you've been here for a long time, and it's good to see you're a nice person who'll defend a new neighbor.
From the number of my posts, you'll see that I realized pretty quick that this is not a forum that welcomes newcomers warmly, and quickly refrained from posting much of anything. I do, however, enjoy reading the new threads almost every night...and almost every night I'm amazed at the cliquishness of the group, as well as the negativity of so many of the members. I only post to one other forum, but the difference is utterly amazing...granted, the other forum is for fishermen, but there is such camaraderie among our members, welcoming new members with open arms. We're like family, although some of us have never met. I have lost track of all the fishermen who have introduced themselves to me on one of PCB's piers, or Okaloosa, or Pensacola pier, recognizing me from the forum. It's truly amazing the friends we've made from all over the country through emeraldcoastpierfishing.com . I invite you all to go and lurk at our forum to see what it could be like, if you chose to be friendlier.
What bothers me most about this thread is the fact that the creator of this forum, Kurt, started it. I see that heartbren had a 'meltdown', but to create a thread about a fellow human being who is obviously stressed to the max is heartless to say the least. I don't know Kurt, obviously, and I see that some of you say he is a 'good person'...would a 'good person' blatantly ridicule a person to this extent?
Heartbren is one of your neighbors, while I am not...I'm thankful every time I read these bullying posts that I didn't choose SoWal as my home, having to assume that some of you may actually be this way in person.
I'd like to think that the major population of SoWal is as friendly as the beaches are amazing. The panhandle is such a laid back region, it's hard to imagine why some it's residents are so negative and downright mean. If I were a tourist and came across this forum, this thread in particular, I'd be more turned away from the meanness of the residents than the threat of harm from the oil spill.
I pray that heartbren and others like her, who have come to your neighborhood in search of not just the natural environmental beauty of the area, but also friendship...will find that. If they can't find it there, they can certainly find it here at the west end of PCB, where we welcome people warmly.
Perhaps new member applicants to this forum should be screened to be sure their opinions match those of the established members, but then again it might get too boring around here. By the way...whatever happened to SWGB, the king/queen of SoWal ?
