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This all boils down to ONE simple thing.....well let me restate that. One subject. I know, as I was one of the people that was involved in the informal "S3 Rally" at Cheaps place last month. I took over a month off and toured around the States and part of Canada. During the trip I made a point to stop in and meet a bunch of Triumph owners. They were from different forums, from different areas of the country. We all had a wonderful time and I can say that there isn't a more friendly, generous, honest person out there. Cheap went out of his and his family's way to invite us to his home.
We all had a unforgettable time, we rode 250 miles the first day, 350 the next day. I took MY camera and video recorder and saved the event for MY trip and to share with the guys. We knew that this was an event that LOTS of S3 owners wanted to attend, and see pictures of. There is no denying that, people from all over the globe wanted to come meet the Cheap. So after I left the event and continued my trip, I sent Cheap some of the pictures to have from my camera.
So to my point..... He was nice enough to host the event at his place. He decided to post some pictures of the event to show how much fun we all had. One of the pictures contained ALL of us flipping the bird. with SMILES. I cant recall, but I dont think there was cussing involved in the thread. It all revolves around the picture, remember this.
So the picture get deleted and that causes a whole debacle. Fine. Its understood, your sandbox, your rules. we move on.
I like sport touring and read a lot of ride reports from different sites. I came across on in THIS forum of TRIUMPHRAT.NET and found Numerous finger, the bird shots in it. Well it kind chaps me that there is a uneven application of justice here. I told Cheap of the thread here and all heck broke loose after that.
Now how is it that one thread can stay, and a moderator EVEN comments on the thread about the use of the finger, others tell the story writer that he needs "anger management because of the amount of finger shots" or something like that. And my photo that I am in of the Cheap's Rally is deleted?
Where is the fairness? I even went back and looked after you banned Cheap after he posted all the cussing to draw attention to that thread in the Ride Reports. Cheap was banned, and rightfully so, but the fingers still remained. they might be gone now....I dont know, I haven't looked in a few days.
His whole purpose was to show the unfair standards to him.......its not a "this site vs another site" problem...He is happy where he is at, and is involved in multiple forums, involving different bike manufactures, and groups. He knows that it was time for him to move on from this site. He does want everyone to have a good time here at TRAT and he has no hard feeling about anyone here. It is this "picture" vs "all the other pictures" that broke the cart. That's all......He honestly sends his best wishes through me, and hope everyone will accept that and move on.
And thats it.....
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