As the admin for the site, I was planning to address Jellyman and Rich Frye individually via pm, but after careful consideration, I decided there was value for the rest of the members of the community to hear what I have to say.
First.....If this entire thread is a friendly "jokey joke" between friends, then stop reading now. And I will butt out.
However, if you feel like I do, and it's a little more than that, read on.
Now, to share your views and express your opinions here on the site is one thing, to debate your perspective is another, but to flat out insult someone for what they believe, in my opinion, crosses the line here. There are too many examples throughout history that depicts how people have been mistreated and outcast for their beliefs. I won't allow that here. So, whether we like it or not, SOCIETY EVOLVES and CHANGE IS INEVITABLE!
We SHOULD all be able to express ourselves in an online community. Sometimes we "throw jabs" at each other, but we cannot get carried away. I wonder if you were in the same room, would this "come to blows." I created these forums so that members of the Dart Frog community we could "Teach, Learn, and Share" their experiences with each other. Not to bash, insult, or degrade each other because of their beliefs! Whether the same of different.
I think as adults, with different views on a specific topic, at some point you have to "agree to disagree". If you haven't realized it yet, many folks are polarized on a wide variety of subjects, and now, if someone were to read this entire thread, it would appear that interbreeding of dart frogs ranks right up there with the seriousness of the "Health Care" debate.
One of my first threads I created when I started the site back in May of last year was "How do you feel about hybridizing dart frogs " That was my attempt to allow anyone who read the thread to know the climate of "This forum" when the topic of dart frog hybridization or interbreeding came up. It would have been just as easy for either of you to post your opinion or share you view with the person who created this thread, then refer them to the earlier thread, for them to post their view on the topic. Instead, you chose to argue your point and prove who was right, and who was wrong.
I will end by saying, "the hardest thing to change, is the human mind." I hope no one here is trying to change the other person's mind. You probably won't!
To Kermit, if you haven't realized it by now, it is crystal clear that the dart frog community is divided on the topic of hybridization/ interbreeding of dart frogs. I hope there is enough information here to derive your own opinion about the topic. When and if you do, please feel free to post your view
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Regards,
Marc Knox