epsilon75 wrote:
cantosis wrote:
timer wrote:
Desert_Voyager wrote:
timer wrote:
Desert_Voyager wrote:
This event is going to be spoiled if the biggest TD fans

start cheering after every soundtrack and talking throughout the film


Don't forget what you said about freedom of speech on the forum the other day

And ?
I have to say I agree with DV here, people should be able to say what they want without being frowned upon. It is fair to say this forum has a large circle of TD fans(probably 85% of the board) who are on the same wavelength. "barmy army,clique"...whatever you want to call it but there are other fans who just want to come onto the TD forum and and talk about TD related things and not get involved with the barmy army stuff.
I like to think I am impartial as I don't really want to get involved in any of that stuff but I have noticed over the past few weeks certain peoples posts(no names) either get completely ignored, comments get drowned away with barmy army nonsense or it just gets frowned on.
I have to admit some of the barmy army stuff grates me a bit, I am sure most of you are cool people who I could have a beer with and get on ok with but I don't know I am starting to feel this board is getting an "us and them" type of mentality and I don't really like it. I have never been part of a forum where it so obvious. It is like "if you don't follow our behaviour your comments are worthless".
it would be really cool if everyone on here was treated with the same sort of respect. I have been guilty of being a bit short with a certain member of this forum in the past but someone made a comment to me and I took it on board, and actually he was right, I was being a bit of a twat.
Anyway I am stopping here, I just wanted to get it off my chest....not everyone is barmy army but they still love TD.
Respect

Dont talk to me about respect Matthew....ive emails saved in my box over a two year period that are quite simply aggresive,sinister and totally out of order,i welcome you to go through my posts and find any comment thatis worthy of that treatment...
The problem here is the bullyboys with big chips on their shoulders whose goal it is to cause flame wars and arguments under any circumstances.
Read the tone of the messages,how do you expect people not to react to it..
What gives a person the right to say that people will make a noise and spoil a film for everyone,how can somebody make that type of comment without even knowing the individuals in question. The comment is nothing more than derogatory disrepectful and to say the least purposely hoping for an inflamed answer.
There are individuals here who are here to stir up wars hoping to split up the community,they have tried to bully me off this forum but wont win.....i invite you to go through my posts and tell me what is aggresive or disrespectful in them,im here for the music and a bit of chat and nothing else,and i can promise you if i receive anymore of this garbage in emails it will be forwarded to the appropriate people.
The people who are causing the problems here have done it on other forums,the problem is here people are afraid to speak up,but i aint one of them. Dont forget Matthew you were welcomed on our Frankfurt list with open arms as was everyone else,i know of nobody here who has an axe to grind with you,and i include myself in that.
hi colin,
I wasn`t aiming my comments at you directly. And if what you say is true about the emails then that is well out of order, I don`t agree with any type of personal abuse.
The comment made by DV was light hearted and I thought it was mildly funny after all isn`t The Barmy Army known as crazy guys who like their beer and have a good time, I don`t think he was being sinister at all.
I just feel looking at this board as someone who isn't part of the barmy army or a guy trying to start flame wars, I am just a normal family guy who likes TD, but I have noticed(and again I am not naming people) that this board is moving towards two sets of people barmy army and the rest. It is getting to a point now where even army terms "trooper" "soldier" are being used...I mean come on, what is this about?
There is definitely a problem on this forum and I just wanted to bring light to it as its making me a bit uncomfortable.
This forum has less then 500 registered users....that is a shocking amount for a band like TD, I have been on sub forums of artists that have more registered users then that. I would also say we wouldn't`t even get anywhere near half of that 500 registered users posting on this forum, in fact I see less and less people posting all the time. It is going to get to a point where only Barmy Army post here, I don`t think that is healthy for any forum.
Like I said please don`t take it personal, I don't want to get personal I am just feeling this forum is declining at a time when TD is flourishing.....that depresses me a bit.