I do agree with you all, in certain regards, and I think I disagree with most of you, in certain regards.
Personally, my big issue with it is the handling of it, it's actively driving members away from our board, and as Ne'os said, it appears when you google our name - a great deal of our members have come from doing something just like that. If I saw a site's name and just below it a blog entry saying it sucks, I probably would read the blog entry, laugh, then think that if someone hates the site so much then it mustn't be that good.
I also think that use of our name in that manner is actually illegal, as is the criticism of Khaat like that, it mightn't use her RL name, but it is a defamatory comment nontheless, and would fall under torts law - in that a wrong was done to her. Khaat now has the right to sue Selwyn. Or Liss (In RL)
But I doubt she would, too much effort, too few results.
Yes I personally would take it constructively, but we all know (Or at least I do) that Khaat and the person in question (If any doubt as to who it is remains, I shall leave it that way) have a running background, and I fail to see how "Kill it dead" is in anyway constructive. No, this was not written with the intention of being constructive, this is written with the sole intention to attack. (That section at least)
Other points I can agree with, and they are things I've brought up in the past, so I wont touch on them again. Personally I think that the content itself (Other than the attack on Khaat) is intended to be constructive, or at least just sharing a view, i believe in being entitled to your opinion, I just believe that some opinions are not suitable for sharing with others. You wouldn't walk up to a holocaust survivor and shout heil hitler, it's just insensitive, and while I dare not comparing that event and this one, I think it's enough to put my opinions out.
But the question I ask is if you hate us so much, and you think we're all rubbish, why not just leave? I don't want any member on this site to feel unwelcome here, and I'm not implying that you should in any way. But I think that if this is a chore for you, or it's something you dread facing in the mornings, maybe this isn't the site for you.
Your most recent post is a valid one. Why do we care? Well, it's a good question. I think it's simply human nature, maybe it's because we (Or at least I) Don't naturally see everyone as just another person, or as an enemy of some sort. Every stranger has a backstory, and every one deserves the same respect you would expect to be given to yourself, so perhaps it comes down to personal beliefs. If you're someone who is naturally disposed to like people I think that having an attack set against you by someone (Whether that's what it is or not) is going to upset you. I'm not sure, I don't think anyone can really explain why people as individuals care, but that's about as close as I can get to explaining it. If it's not very close, or makes no sense, well like I said, it's as close as I could get.
All of the above was said in my personal opinion, the views of the administrators, or of anyone else on this site were not shared in it, nor is there any more weight behind my arguments than those above mine, it's just solely the way I feel, as I sit here in my robe in front of the telly.