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In reply to the discussion: Somewhere a bridge has gained its Troll back. [View all]IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)I read the edited and non-edited versions, and since he said "I have the WORD (my emphasis) wcgreen and no idea why" I am fairly confident the original person did not remember WCGreen is/was a fellow DU'er. Depending who one has on ignore, things slip by. (And I wish the best to WCGreen and his family; my comment was meant to illustrate that even long time posters aren't always known to each other - and I've been here since 2004.)
Reading insult into an innocuous statement is fairly common on message boards. Starting a flame fest about what should have been a simple "hey, dude, you might not remember, since you put the topic on ignore, but...." would have been (in my opinion) a polite and courteous way of handling things.
Unfortunately, things were not handled this way, and insults/innuendos were flying in a very inappropriate way (in my opinion).