Ignorance is bliss...apparently!

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So i was browsing through some other forums gathering info and just wasting some time reading.
Clicked on PM and went through a few posts, i mostly read the South Bend forum there since they seem like an okay bunch.

On the front page was a thread titled "PM and Non-American members"
Caught my attention and i read through the post.

I could not believe what i was reading!!!!:mad:
Narrow closed minded people who bash other countries and then ask why they do not post there???
How dim witted can you be???

Anyway i had to have my say since i cannot let something like that go!
Coming from a third world country myself and having been to many countries less fortunate then my home country i sympathize with those less fortunate than myself.

If you fancy reading it here is a link: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/manufacturing-america-europe/pm-non-american-members-243240/

I am ready to be bashed there again but that is okay!
I stand firm in my beliefs and if they kick me off it is no great loss!

Andrew
 
I won't click your link as I have no time for that place. How he actually get paid advertisers is beyond me. The owner is a narrow-minded control freak to be polite.
 
I do not blame you for not clicking the link.
I have no time for them anymore as well!

There are a few good guys over there, mainly in the smaller forums and they do not get involved in any of the other discussions.
For the majority they are a bunch of small, like minded individuals.

As for paid advertisers, that is beyond me!

That is another reason why i love this forum so much!
Does not matter who you are, where you come from or what machines you use!
All are welcomed here!

Thanks for a great, understanding forum!!!

Andrew
 
I also read that--and it made me mad to think of how narrow minded some are. There is a lot of it over there lots of narrow mindess--but I still read (skim) through the new posts trying to learn all I can. Don't much like the forum there but again I'm a newbie trying to learn. They really don't like newbies or home hobbyist there from what I've read.

FYI it's still going.
 
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Lazy,
That is why I am so glad that H-M is available. Level headed socially acceptable and decent bunch hang out here. PM is full of bigots and frauds. No since fooling with em since I have no faith in what any of them say. Everything from that site is subject. If they would allow country bashing, is the machinig info they pass around just as biased? So they are just better left alone. I'll stay in my nice, fair home site.
Bob
 
Mayhem said:
I was not aware that Canada was a 3rd world country.
Click to expand...

Is it even a country? :p :lmao: Sorry guys, you know us Americans. :rolleyes: (Hey, Red Green is supposed to be in nearby Lincoln, NE next week for a show! :thumbzup:)

Yeah, some of the guys over on PM are "wrapped a little tight" but there is still a lot of good people and information over there. Personally there are only a couple of forums there that I frequent and those seem to be relatively "friendly".

-Ron
 
I had a quick look at that thread and I have to agree with 1200rpm as that's the way the original poster in that thread came across to me.:)
 
Ok I clicked the link :banghead: The good thing about it is it reminds me why I like this group so much. I value the fact that we come from so many backgrounds and cultures. I think it would be supper cool if we had more people from even more diverse view points. I would love a chance to hear what people from all around the world that create and build things have to say. The big shock that I never knew is that Chinese (I guess all Asian) machines are band. :shocked: What that says to me is they don't want anyone in their club that doesn't have the right amount of money. Because its not about where a machine is built it is about how much it cost (in time rebuilding it or in up front payment). If there was a USA made mill for $2,000 it would be the same quality as the Chinese one. Lets face it it cost money to build quality. I have a long rant about this but it just makes me tired and the people here don't care. Which is why I love it here. So I am going to go read more great project post then go make some chips. :drink: Thanks to everyone here for making this a great place to be.

Jeff
 
To be quite honest, i have nothing against Gordon.
I do not eve know him.

But... the post has been changed.

This was removed from the post and he changed a lot of the wording to make it more acceptable...

Statements like this: "I'd rather compete with a foreigner on price and quality than send financial aid to stop them from starving."

I copied that from his original post and added it to mine.

Anyway it has been changed,

Still do not know why they would post something like that?

Andrew
 
Bliss?

I didn't read the mentioned post and won't but I will say that at least in THIS country(and a lot of others, I know) you have the right to your opinion. I can be a real a$$ sometime(OK, most of the time) but I have the right to my opinion and so does this guy. You may not like it, I may not like it. If you don't like it, don't read it. Or, if you know you don't like HIS comments about things, DON'T GO THERE! Simple. I like the people here, mostly nice guys. Very level headed but you KNOW, sooner or later, SOMEBODY is going to rub SOMEBODY the wrong way. It's the way of the world. That's what makes the world diverse. Many people, many opinions. Ok, I will now step away from the microphone! MIke.
 
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