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Offline Ted

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Re: Forum Scaremongering
« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2014, 07:28:06 pm »
Thanks David, I respect your answer. Thank you.
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« Reply #46 on: July 14, 2014, 07:29:21 pm »
Do you want me to start trawling for threads where it is abundantly clear that nobody had a freaking clue about your interpretation of the Evo rules?

Playing dumb (Essentially: "oh gosh, there is a problem with the Evo rules?! Why didn't anyone tell me before?") is beyond insulting.
It may seem like a way out of the hole you've been digging for the last 9+ years, but if you succeed in convincing us that you genuinely were ignorant, then you'll also succeed in convincing us that you are incompetent. It's a shitty position for you to be in, but you've spent nearly a decade putting yourself there, so you'll forgive my lack of sympathy.


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« Reply #47 on: July 14, 2014, 08:33:38 pm »
Dave it is a pity that you should feel like you have had the shit kicked out of you,
Just like any sport the ref should be above reproach if there is an appeals process in place
As a promoter of almost all forms of motorcycle races I well and truly know No Officials No Racing
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« Reply #48 on: July 15, 2014, 05:21:43 am »
Nathan, One question please. Have you ever written to David as a concerned member of MA about the rules of the Evo class? Not on this forum an actual written letter addressed to the commissioner?

Bill, arr yes the 09 crash I still DON'T remember that one ??? :-X


Offline Graeme M

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« Reply #49 on: July 15, 2014, 08:50:44 am »
Thanks Shane, that goes to the heart of it. The forum is not a courtroom where people are on trial. By all means thrash out the issues and then use the appropriate channels. If you have a problem with the commission or MA or a club; take it up with them. Thats not the role of this forym.

Offline Nathan S

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« Reply #50 on: July 15, 2014, 09:33:47 am »
Shane, if the chair of the commission knew there was a problem - as he surely did - then demanding official correspondence is simply hiding behind a technicality. If you want to pretend everything is rosy, you can do that.
If you want to improve the sport, then you address problems as you become aware of them.

Same goes for the RM-B swingarm. 

So the answer to your question is "No, I didn't send a letter because the appropriate person was well aware of the concerns raised".
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Offline bigk

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Re: Forum Scaremongering
« Reply #51 on: July 15, 2014, 10:49:52 am »
FFS, give it a rest!!!!

Offline brent j

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« Reply #52 on: July 15, 2014, 11:11:55 am »
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« Reply #53 on: July 15, 2014, 11:15:24 am »
People with Asperger syndrome become over-focused or obsessed on a single object or topic, ignoring all others. They want to know everything about this topic, and often talk about little else.
•   Children with Asperger syndrome will present many facts about their subject of interest, but there will seem to be no point or conclusion.
•   They often do not recognize that the other person has lost interest in the topic.

Offline Nathan S

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« Reply #54 on: July 15, 2014, 11:20:37 am »
Virtually everyone descended from my maternal grandfather scores just outside the "go and see a doctor" range on the Aspergers test.
This is not news, nor do I find it insulting - I am well aware of my own personality defects. ;)

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Offline Mick D

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« Reply #55 on: July 15, 2014, 11:26:59 am »
F#$6 me dead,,, so  Iam a Maico retard :o :o :o and loving it 8)

A great # of leading Scientific minds, Musicians, Mathematicians  etc etc, are accredited with Asperger syndrome,
It is the ability to single minded focus that makes them shine above your average Dumb k*&T. 
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« Reply #56 on: July 15, 2014, 12:04:54 pm »
Maico lovers aren't retarded it is everyone else who is out of step. :) ;) :D ;D :o 8) ::) :P

Sorry Bill I changed the subject.
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« Reply #57 on: July 15, 2014, 02:54:19 pm »
Mates daughter has aspergers syndrome, she is also 100 times more intelligent than some people on here!
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« Reply #58 on: July 15, 2014, 03:30:30 pm »
I too know people with aspergers and they are totally switched on.     I don't think the post was questioning the intelligence of people with aspergers but pointing out their symptoms.
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« Reply #59 on: July 15, 2014, 03:38:58 pm »
This thread, along with a few others is why people leave this forum.