Hello Riley, I hope that you still monitor this thread. I found it this morning but had to go to work. Now I'm back home and I wanted to say this to you. If for whatever reason, you decide to go ,which is entirely up to you, everything that you left behind, every unfinished business will catch up with you sooner or later, and you'll have to deal with it until you find a way to stand your ground and have the strong feeling that you were fair at the same time. You are not responsible for people who are looking out for problems but it is not the case here, the Fender forum is a very cool place and it diserves to stay this way.
There is no damage to fix in the recent posts. They were simply locked because sometimes, when the road is too close to a ravine, it is safer and wiser to step back and consider another path. Now when nobody wants to steer away, the guy in charge has to do it and sometimes it can lead to more frustration and incomprehension.
Time can cure a lot of things but with a little help from your friends it could be faster.
You don't have to leave and I am not telling you to behave, what I'm saying is that nobody has total control of the twisted ways a forum can lead to when religion and politics are fuelling the debate. We all learned something today. It is up to us to reflect that in our attitude between us. Peace and reconsider your choice.
Claude.

Pfew, I sincerely hope that I offended no one with this rant. Let's talk music and gear.

Very, Very, Very Well Said.........

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Final Assembly Date: July 30th, 2008
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