Who exactly am I flaming? I never commented at all about Falc personally or anyone who wuvs him, to be honest I couldn't care less. That's not my concern. My concern was the message that Lute's post conveyed in general that a few hours of online watermelon chat is all it takes to make a definitive determination about the true character of a person (any person).
There are a lot of kids in this game and on these boards and they are all potential victims of online seduction in one form or another. Even more so than most kids, because the ones on here are more likely to substitute online relationships for real world interpersonal ones. I would have used any thread of this nature as a cautionary tale, no matter who it was about to try to enunciate this point. It seems like everynight on the evening news you hear of a women or a child that has fallen prey to an internet psychopath who "appeared" to be a wonderful person. Only an illiterate person would confuse this general, "Public service announcement" type message with some kind of fictional disparaging insinuation.
I disagree to an extent. I've met over 120+ total AH'ers. Not one bad one in the bunch so far. I have winged with the The Flying Circus, 80th, BoP's, AoM's (have to do that one soon), False Prophets (hell, we would spew so much crap at each other, but now, we're close friends), CH's and Silent Executioners (Nghtmre, badger8). They're all friends to me and they would probably come to the same conclusion.
I get a ribbing from my squadmates for switching at times. But, I sometimes get tired of being on the large stack and will switch to wing up with friends who are on the "short stack". This game to me after 6+ years of playing, is more about the cemented friendships. Hell, I've never met Hajo and offered to get him a ticket to see the Funk Brothers up here in Ann Arbor. I've never met Haj, but ANYONE who has met me at the 2003 or 3 weeks ago at Scott's, knows I treat folks with the respect they deserve. That respect is akin to treating them as a friend and it has been reciprocated. I never met DaPup in my life, but we clicked instantly and you would have swore we'd know each other our entire lives. Same with bmathis, same with SkyRock, same with Forker, same with the BoP's, Most Wanted and anyone I come across.
Why? It was the way I was raised. Treat others kindly and they will treat you kind.