I just read this whole thread from start to here.
***Here is what I posted about Walt on the "Walt Frazier = Bernie Friend" thread...
Walt had...let's say an inauspicious debut here, identity trickeration and all, but he's morphed into a funny and somewhat creative poster, in my opinion. Last night, I hadn't seen any of his musings for a while, so I checked his recent posts and found that he did post in the last 36 hours.
He's become so prolific that I missed seeing his name among us when he took the afternoon off to practice his free throws...
The "Locksmith" does come up with some original posts though. His enthusiasm is contagious.
As for Bernie, I've also posted several times that I liked him as well. He was like our 10th planet (waaaay out there at times) but I really did enjoy his pontifications on the injustices that he was compeled to commiserate about.
I often wonder what ever became of Bernie...Perhaps we should check the forums over at Marbles.com.
These two are differnt though. Walt likes to gamble, has a great sense of self-deprecating humor and enjoys good natured woofing. When a thread gets a response by someone who starts to flame him, Walt responds with some levity and giggles and neatly defuses a potential spat. I have not seen him lose his cool here and post something he regretted.
Bernie was more of a one trick pony, i.e., IPT ad nauseum. And he seemed to relish the abasement that rained down upon him.
I put that in here so Walt would remember that I formerly had a nice opinion of him.
But after reading this thread, even though it's NONE OF MY BUSINESS, I feel strongly that I have to say that all the posters that WF insulted on this thread are people I like and respect. Especially Hu, BVal and jimmyleggs. I can't imagine them, or anyone else, ever posting the vile, obscene and racist comments that I've read here. The PM that included references to a black body part in an orifice was the most ignorant thing that I have ever seen posted on this forum. The rest of that stuff about cross dressing, etc was not far behind. If a white guy said that to somebody, it would make CNN, and the NAACP would have a field day. But it's ok when a black guy says it to white people???
Here's my point. I am ashamed that our moderators (??) have not stepped in thus far. For them to have ever banned anybody else from these forums and not to have acted here is amazing. It's hard to believe that our hollowed forum has sunk so low.