Isn't your discussion of derailment a derailment in itself? Shouldn't you have chosen a subforum to bring this up and maybe attached a link to this thread in your discussion as an example? I'm not here to start wars and I guarantee everyone who took this thread off the rails knew I wouldn't be opposed because they've come to know me. It's the same thing as me goofing on @RocAFella1 For Sale ads today. I know he doesn't care and gets a laugh at it. He knows its not going to affect his sales thread. An admin isn't going to step in unless asked. Same thing here. Your point has been made but I guarantee everyone who read it rolled their eyes.With all due respect, when has the originator of a thread ever had any authority over it on PCF?
You certainly don’t have any ability to edit it or shut it down, so what’s your point?
The fact that the derailing of it violates PCF rules isn’t even the point. My point is - why? Why not have respect for your fellow PCFers who are discussing a specific topic, and take the balls discussion elsewhere?
You can say you don’t care, and that’s fine. It might even be persuasive if the majority of the community joins in your opinion. But it doesn’t answer the question of why we’re derailing. Why should we bother having forums and sub forums and thread titles, if it’s all always going to come back to bergs balls?