Post #166222 by mrs. pineapple on Thu, Jun 16, 2005 10:09 AM

I'm curious, as someone who has obviously given their life over to such charitable deeds, why are you wasting SO much time defending yourself and trying to shame the lot of us at TC into, what exactly? What are your motives for keeping us posted on the horror you see every day? Are we supposed to feel so horrible that we questioned your motives for logging on as 2 different people, and having a little circle jerk over your parrot bar? So far we have a double amputee cancer survivor, a child who drowned and elder abuse. When do you have time to log on to TC? in between running the computer literacy program at the church, visiting nursing homes, organizing charity auctions, running a business and making tiki bars? Why, oh why are you wasting your time with us? Seriously, we're holding you back from curing all the worlds ills and misfortunes. I'm setting you free, I BELIEVE the story of the donated computer, the donated bars, the charitable works, and I repent for my cynicism and I command you to give up on this sordid bunch of drunkards at TC and go forth and continue your mission. We're not worthy of your time, really!

On the other hand, do you know anything about the way the internet works? About how computers have unique IP addresses? Because I don't, but I know enough about them to know that Hanford knows a lot more than most people on this board. After all, he built the web site, and he maintains the web site and my general impression of him is that he's smarter than the average bear. I have also been on this board for about 2+ years, and I've noticed in my time here, how RARELY he makes a public announcement like the one he made about SoB and OT being the same person. It's happened about, twice, I think in my time here, you being the second. NOW, knowing how things get handled around here, threads being locked, instigators being scolded and whatnot, we ALL know that Hanford wouldn't have outed you unless he was about 99.9% percent certain you were scamming the TC community, and even if you had multiple identities, no one would have cared, but you're using these identities to jerk yourself off in a forum that is designed to give sellers a place to honestly conduct their business. You are sullying the inherent trust of the Tiki Central marketplace, and we want you stop. Just stop with the stories and lies and go away already. Do you honestly think telling us of smelly bed pans and drowned children is going to make us forget your history? You're deluded, and the longer you rant about it, the more damage you do to your future as a legitimate tiki artist. You sell on eBay, everyone here buys on eBAy, it would be SO easy to tear your seller rating to shreds, and dishonesty on any level is not a trait people value when conducting business over the internet.