You’re right that the world doesn’t need any more lawyers….but does it really need General Electrics minions any less?

Obligatory jokes aside, quick congratulations (because from the sound of things this is an upgrade in your private life) and I personally want to gratefully recognize and appreciate your fine work here.  For me, this mostly means your tolerance of - and even sometimes interest in - my (unintentionally) incendiary posts and their temperamental tone.  This past summer I wrote dozens (hundreds?) of posts that were often emphatically opposed to the sentiments of the masses and had lots of references to “conspiracy theories” and other issues that usually cause modern Americans to break into hysterics.  Many (most?) message boards have power-tripping (and obsessively politicized) moderators and hive-minded, groupthinking posters.  But Shysterball was much more dynamic and fun than the vast majority of those because (a) you participated in them and, more importantly, (b) you let people offer ideas without being oppressive and fearful of people who offered unique info or ideas.  I know that I said some intensely politically incorrect things, but only one of my posts was deleted, and that deletion came with a full explanation (which I didn’t agree with, but nevermind!) 

(Quick plug for my blog.)

I don’t really know if too many other people here have the same sort of negative experience at message boards that I do, but I can definitely say that my memories of Shysterball are fond ones, and “fond” isn’t a word I personally associate with the internet too often!