i see nothing wrong with anything you have said Ken,speaking from a neutral point of View.
Although this is more of a laid back sight compared to YB i personally still encourage for each member to speak their mind but just have some respect and as Topsportsman said don't be argumentive.i ts annoying if anything. This is also phrased as " its ok to disagree but not to be disagreeable".
i think its a great thing to disagree and hash it out..its makes this Forum thing worth While..IMO.
Now i agree 200% in what you said ken about juding people By appearance...Just beacuse someone has long hair or tatoo's doesn't conclude one thing about that person in regards to what they have between the ears,in their heart or wallet...
i am Friends with a few ( local 81 members )..some of these guys have full body tats full beards and some are clean shaven and flat tops..some of these same guys i am sepaking of range from welders to mehanical engineers and i can assure you that you cannot tell one from the other if a million Dollars depended on it..
so its all good..lets laugh,lets disagree,lets agree and most of all lets debate...but at the end of the day lets walk away shaking hands.
Just my take on it.
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