club severine (33)

In loving memory of a dear friend..April lear 1953-2008. Fondly remembered and very sadly missed...finally found peace my sweet.

I've been talking to dead rabbits and feeding bloody walls. I've done horrifying things with salad tongs. It's really eaten into my social life.

Fact, I didn't say anything of the sort!

Would like to know where I did do it?

The main point I made in my posts is that they only represent my own opinion and no one else's.

Apparently a few customers tried to do precisely this and received short shrift which seems to account for the present situation.

I believe I made my point forcefully but not aggressively.

Who's being rude and aggressive now? The forums here are supposed to provoke debate, i.e. the expression of individuals and I accept this with good grace.

Point taken, but judging by what I was hearing at the most resent BBB speaking to the organisers wasn't very helpful. Please refer to the earlier part of this post.

I have met you in real life so I wonder why you thought I was referring to you? I was actually annoyed with a few of the other contributers who were just plain unpleasant. When we met at your party we had been invited by Big John and as far as we were concerned we believe that our invites were legitimate. "I like many others on IC do not have pictures on our profile, to protect ourselves and families from the outside world. I am well known within the community and respected for my support for the community, and I strongly resent your assumption that I have something to hide or that my opinions are not valid because I choose not to have a picture on my profile." I can appreciate your wish to maintain your privacy and that is clearly your right but as I know you how could I be referring to you? I think I made it clear in my posts that yours and the other contributers opinions are all valid. I don't understand how you can want to keep your identity private and say that you are not hiding anything. I'm not criticising you but you must see that your statement is fundamentally in conflict with the facts. I do have a family too but fail to see how my activities could cause them any problems and believe that the more we retreat into the anonymous world of internet "nom de plume" the outside world will always regard us with distaste and fear. Before you say anything, I just believe that I should present myself in this way. You are in no way wrong in maintaining you privicy.

Also if you are so right in your stance, where is the support for your opinions on this thread...I think you are very wise not to post again.

To answer your question, a lot of people had expressed the same opinion of Severine that I hold but due to seeing the abuse I have been subjected to declined to air them here. We can now see that there must have been something in the stance I have taken judging by what has transpired, i.e. people have voted with their feet and the event is now to be held at DV8 in future under new management!

I did think that the last line of your post was a bit rude and that is why I feel compelled to add this post to my previous contributions.

I hold no grudge or wish to offend you by anything I have said here and on the contrary you have been more than pleasant in all our other correspondence, I indeed regard you with the greatest respect and regard you as a friend.

Sophie.

In fond memory of April Lear 1953-2008 I may never have met you, but i owe you everything that makes my world complete...sleep well.

Edited 2 Jun 08, 3:34 PM by sophiehawthorne