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All right, I'll come back into the discussion. I was perfectly willing to leave it alone, but... TER and Merb are very different. In a lot of ways, I wish that TER in NY was more like Merb. I wish that there was something more like Merb in the US -- and if there are any bright people running...

Maybe you're right, EB. My next post, I'll be bitching about the force of gravity. But I wish the ladies would post more. That was ultimately what I was driving at. Even agency girls! Have some balls (in the figurative sense)! We'd love to hear from you! And I guess that's all I have to...

I don't know, wasisname. From the standpoint of pure logic, I will point out that you spent 75% of your time in this post defending the suppression of women's opinions & 25% saying that that suppression didn't exist. I'm not suggesting a difference from the agency and the board. They're one...

You're right. I can't back up my claims, because I'm not omniscient. I can't tell you what happens in private conversations. I think that you're right to point out that a woman that works for an agency is really independent, however. I'm not saying that Merb rules and agency rules are the...

All right, I'll say it before I sign off for the night... I think a lot of girls are suppressed by their agencies & told not to post on the board. No matter how much they want to. If you think that there are no agency girls that want to chime in on the board, you're fooling yourself...

I'm tired of talking about it. Maybe I'll have some renewed energy tomorrow. I will say that as much as EB fought me on the subject, he never told me to shut up. There are no defined limits, but THERE ARE LIMITS. Does anyone grasp the difference?

You sound like you were falling asleep as you wrote that... good night, Lily!

Much of this is true. However, I know some 18 or 19 year old girls who are as tough as nails. Sometimes it has nothing to do with maturity and experience, but native toughness.

If it's allowed, why doesn't it happen? I don't know why so many people can't understand the thrust of my argument.

I would say that there is no agency SP participation, not low agency SP participation. Nobody is saying that you don't have a lot of experience and vast knowledge. You can use your powers for good, EB, and not evil... : ) There was one SP that messaged me earlier that she agreed with me...

P.S., there IS a free for all on TER. Just because you care to ignore it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Well, I suppose that we can agree to disagree, as the cliche goes. I've been a business manager for decades and I think I know what I'm talking about. But, whatever. I guess the discussion is over. It isn't going anywhere, is it?

Okay. I just wanted to point this out, though: you really do attack people. You do! Why was my TER comparison off-base, though. You didn't explain that. Is it because TER isn't free? I can't even remember what I pay to be a member of TER. What's the difference if it's for-pay or free...

Why do you have to always be so contrary? I think some people are afraid of being attacked if they make some kind of out of the ordinary suggestion. I know that Merb has 1/2 as many users as Terb. I can see it right there when I get to the web site. This doesn't mean that they should have...

I think of everyone that uses the board as a mini-Mod. There's no reason why this can't be mostly self-regulating. I would rather see the wild west than today's reality, which is, when you go to the board, page one has posts back to three days ago. On Terb, page one has posts back to three...

I certainly don't want to turn this into a war. I've seen discussions that descend into childishness & don't want to see that happen. As far as what I've based my suggestion on, I've based it on the fact that no agency girls ever post here (except Aspen, as EB has pointed out.) I didn't mean...

It seems a little antispetic. I think what I'm saying is that I would rather see a wild free-for-all than a dull board. It's too bad I wasn't around for that old fight.

Okay. I'm not sure that I understand why you're so vehemently defending these rules now if you fought against them so strenuously in the past.

Maybe one or more of the Moderators would like to chime in, then...?

Okay, Lily. I really think that it would liven up the board a bit. Sometimes Merb goes days with nothing interesting happening on it, despite BookerL introducing some crazy new topic. I really don't think that it would descend into nothing but self-promotion because people are far too cynical...