>The thought that I had readers -- a significant percentage of that readership if the reactions last night were any indication of the larger whole -- that, the way I saw things, did not feel I should be extended this courtesy, got me seriously rethinking just what the hell I'm doing busting my gut to make RinkWorks as good as it is.
>At any rate, in summation, I am *still* very distraught about the lack of benefit of doubt I have been shown in any of this, and I am *still* rethinking my commitment to RinkWorks. I don't get why I should bust my gut and try so hard when the first real failure is met with such uncompromising criticism.

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Sam, know this: I know you well enough to know that you would never purposefully try to hurt anyone here. I'm sure that many of us feel the same. And now, a day after the event, you can see that the anger and frustration has worn off and we do, in fact, give you a benifit of a doubt. Much more, in fact. I, like others, overreacted immediatly after the event. But still, even in the peak of emotion, I never once contemplated leaving Rinkchat permanently, let alone Rinkworks. Why? Because Rinkworks is, perhaps, the greatest site that I've ever come across. Talking with the people who come here, yourself included, and sometimes just laughing at some of the features on this page has done so much good for me that now I find it hard to think about what I would be doing /without/ Rinkworks.

So, maybe you made a mistake last night with the frat boys. So what? We all make mistake; to err is human. But as we make mistakes, we grow and learn.

So, I'm sorry if you took my negative reaction to the incident as not giving you the benifit of a doubt. But, well, you asked how I felt about what happened and I answered as honestly as I could. And yes, I guess it was critisim on my part. However, if you asked me if I lost any respect for you, I think that my response right at that time would have been "Maybe a little for a second, but only a second. After all, I believe that your intent was good, even though this whole incident got really messed up".

So now, you have to think of what Rinkworks is for you, and I hope that the many fond memories that I know you have here are not lost by a single incident. I sure it won't take you long to figure out just why you made a commitment to Rinkworks in the first place, and why one small incident in the scheme of things should not break it.

-Kaz!