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So you think that there were promises made when you joined GSC? I'm not sure who or what you're referring to as "snooty." Justify what with logic? Perhaps you should stick to your own words and let everyone else speak for themselves.

Yeah, rough day. As if you've never ever had one of those days where you've had a burr up your butt and ranted for no reason that anyone else can determine. You know - like the opening post of this thread. A few of us are trying to look past the rants and see what's going on behind the words.

you're a poopyhead, Rum :B) We lived in VA at the time, and were busy getting ready for a rotation to AK the next month. The talk of it possibly being a communist thing made our move a little more intimidating. All I knew about Alaska was that some part of it was 20 miles from Russia. A few months after we got there, the big Alaska earthquake hit. My first thought as the ground shook and rolled on that army base, was that we were under attack by the guys that shot Kennedy. Thanks Paw for the thread.

No, not really. The phrase is immaterial, as far as I'm concerned. What makes me bristle is the concept that something (or someone) is supposed to be the magic potion to fixing problems. We signed a green card because of that mentality. People make all sorts of poor choices due to that mentality - from buying a car based on the promise that it will make you sexier to following some guy who promises health and prosperity (after he gets his, of course.) So back to the beginning of the thread... If a person really needs to find their voice and GSC isn't helpful, well then, that person should find what helps him or her find his or her voice - GSC or not. I'd say that GSC is a place where folks can use their voices - but even a cursory reading before signing up told me that I had better go get my armor. Is that bad? I don't think so. All it means is that I wanted to enter a community where others were used to disagreeing with each other - rather rambunctiously, I might add. BUT - the freedom they exercised in expressing themselves was ...invigorating, funny, witty, and thought-provoking all at the same time. The moment I rely on someone or something to meet a need for me - I offer the possibility that someone or something else can control me. I dunno... Wanna' find your voice? Do what helps. Wanna use your voice? Come to GSC and speak your mind, without fear of your "needs" being withheld like some ransom.

"Meet needs?" WTF? I left the mentality of something (or someone) meeting my needs long ago. That seems like a recipe for inviting someone else's control. Sites might serve a purpose in my life - for a period of time, but never meet my needs. Perhaps the concept of should be considered suspect. Afterall, it was TWI that instilled in us the concept of something meeting our needs: a class, an advance, a program, a MOG.... Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and turned it into a dusting rag, Thank you very much.