"Blasphemy"
      Here is our basic list of grievances:
      Oh by the way, it's good to see some levelheadedness Surfacing and Kaimana! I want only to see this end.
      Oh my, where to start? Okay, First of all, these forums were not started out of the goodheartedness of a regular Oddworld Fan. Sydney, past member of the "Exoddus Club" (a private Yahoo club) had some unpleasantness with the admin of that group. It got so bad, that Sydney's vengeance lead him to create an Oddworld Community of his own... Oddworldian and the accompannying forums are not as much a symbol of Oddworld as they are of Sydney's own vengeance. I am not trying to badmouth or persuade you here; I simply tell you the ugly truth. Over the past few months... you are aware of course that these forums are run on my server. I own the computer itself, along with the supporting internet connection which, alone, is 175.00 a month. I gave the space to him, as well as Peter and Kristen out of the Kindness of my heart. It pains me to live in a world in which nobody cares for their fellow man. You could say I feel spiritually fulfilled... You most likely know from personal experience that life can get you down and depressed sometimes. Well, Sydney, coupled with his already paranoid attitude, began coming depressed. Almost needless to say, he started thinking he needed to stomp on the little people in order to make himself feel better. I saw this happenning, and despite all he's done to us (which I will tell you in a minute) I offered all of my help and support. Really, I felt bad for the poor guy. I still do. If it's anything that can clear this mess up, it's understanding and compassion. I fear... I fear that these people involved do not know how to get in touch with that inside themselves, though it is there. Call me and the others revolutionaries.. call us terrorists, call us whatever. We are only standing up for ourselves and the equal treatment of our fellow forumers!! Depsite all that has been thrown around, my intentions were never to "take over" these forums. I am deeply saddened that people would think so, though I expected to create waves with what I did. Anyway, I spoke truths in that original announcement that people just don't want to believe because it is outside the boundaries of their comfortable little world. It's the truth.
      After the Odd Tour, he found that we were nearby his house in Sydney, Australia. OH! We can't have that!! His paranoia automatically kicks in and assumes that we are "after him." I sent him many PMs offerring my true help and explaining how sorry we were about driving briefly near his house (which it turned out wasn't even the right house). He took what I said in the PMs, reworded my sentences, and sent them to Kristen and Peter without my knowledge in a vain attempt to turn them against me... to turn us against each other.
      He has even spoken of plans of leaving the Forums anyway!! Can you believe that? Life goes on... and the lesson is: No matter how hard you try and no matter what you do, you're always going to have people who hate you. End of discussion.
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That was lame.
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