Any chance we could give the grave-dancing posts a rest, maybe?

[MADem]

12. OK, YOU win this thread! Hands down!!!!!

I think the best way to let things sink is to actually LET THEM SINK, rather than bringing them back up and telling people how they should feel about them...so threads that bob a fading issue right back up to the top normally don't move me, in fact, they irritate me because they are doing the opposite of what they claim to endorse (let's stop talking about this by talking about it some more), but that post of yours was just so damn flat-out hilarious and made the whole "Tsk, tsk...Let's not be dramatic about the drama, now, children--stop doing that!" exercise both amusing and worthwhile!

I'm quite sure if the people who left want to come back, they will do so under their own steam, regardless of how much or how little DUers snark about, or bemoan, their departure. They're doing what they feel is right and I don't think they're looking for permission to do anything from anyone here. And if they're really GONE, they won't be reading all these dramatic threads about their departure, anyway.

Maybe they'll return under an assumed name--it's not like THAT never happened here, now, after all! More power to them whatever they do...!