Point taken misslou:,Anyone that is pushing for FF to return might want to have a go at trying to do what he was doing for a time and see how long they last.
He is exceptional at using facts to express his conviction gained from his research while always urging readers to fact check for themselves and draw their own conclusions. Never misleading but always encouraging, explaining and providing valuable leads.
When we get overrun with users with manipulative, deceitful intentions, he is the one who takes large amounts of time out of his own day at his own expense, to use his skill set to expose the flaws in their statements and we lazily benefit by simply reading his response to the original post we ignored.
I don’t know how bad it still is because I now have so many users on ignore and I’m not sure if they work on the weekends.
But he had enough and quite rightly so, we would have to if we’d been putting in half as much effort, and should be respected to take as much time as he wants before he returns, should he ever decide to do so.
However, FF would not be stressed about any posters comments I don't think. He may be somewhat annoyed by a posters attitude perhaps, aren't we all on occasions. Look, FF is retired from the legal spheres, I understand, Lawyer of note I would suggest, and would be very hard skinned IMO. I also should state, that, there could be some other reasoning behind FF's absence, that has nothing to do with this forum, who knows ?, He, just like myself is not in the primetime of his existence, I have ailments that crop up, some quite serious, but are being managed as well as is possible and practical.
Anyway. I'm sure we all would like to express our gratitude for the time and energies that FF has contributed to this " Akida Ballista " forum, which has been immense over a long period of time. FF's exit was very sudden and unexplained, which concerns myself and many other contributors I'm suggesting.
I hope all is well with FF and all of his family, it would be useful though, to know of his situation currently and that everything is hunky-dory, so to speak
It wouldn't hurt much, I don't think, ( I may be mistaken ) for FF to join the group again ( toe in the water, so to speak, providing he is able) just to keep in contact, It's a bit of a dilemma.
Just about all of us miss his outstanding/detailed commentary I would suggest, along with many other knowledgeable and outstanding contributors.
All the best FF and family, assuming you're still following the discussion here, I/we really are concerned about your absence. Stay well and stay safe. I hope I'm speaking for many other followers as well.
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