08-19-2009, 12:39 AM
RAMd®d wrote:
Things grew unsettled and the milk curdled for good after 9/11 and that was that.
As tragic as September 11 was, I was also saddened at what happened to dm and the way some posters responded. It was no small shock, and it was a moment of clarity, a curtain lifting letting one see beneath the facades that some maintained.
Today I tell myself that none of those aberrated (new word) personalities are here today, and wonder what became of some that apparently didn't chose to come. There were several, Charlie chief among them.
Seems like a whole different millennium back then.
Huh? The forum was actually more cohesive after 9/11-- it was the run-up to the 2000 election that cast the forum out of Eden and into contentiousness.
Also, are you saying Charlie was someone who surprised/disappointed you with what was underneath the facade?