Post #362665 by GatorRob on Thu, Feb 21, 2008 9:09 AM

On 2008-02-21 08:37, TikiLaLe wrote:
Maybe ne need 'you' to clean up this place ... Start with Tiki Marketplace... any body not selling 'poly-pop' out they f@cking go.. They you can hit Creating Tiki.. any schmuck with a chiesel that's not conforming out they f&cking go !!!!
etc. etc. etc.

Ugh. Again? TikiLaLe, what you need to understand is that Tiki Central is NOT an open forum where you can post anything you want, sell anything you want and say anything you want. This is a private forum owned by Hanford and he has invited you in to participate in his forum. Via the link at the top of the page, right under the Tiki Central logo, he has told you what is expected of you (and when I say "you", I mean all of us) and he has told you what the focus of Tiki Central is and what its focus is not. What Sven is doing is defending the definition of the style that he defined in the Book of Tiki. He has every right to do that. You may not agree with him, and that's fine. However, and this is the important part, the creator and owner of Tiki Central (Hanford) has subscribed to Sven's definition of tiki and has stated that celebrating and preserving tiki as defined in the Book of Tiki is the mission of Tiki Central. It doesn't mean discussing just vintage tiki. New tiki is included too, but new tiki that has roots in Poly Pop.

If there is any "cleaning up" of Tiki Central, it would be the responsibility of Hanford, not Sven. And Hanford would have every right to do it if he so chose. This is, after all, HIS site. Not yours and not mine. We don't get to define what Tiki Central is about. If we don't like it, we should go start our own Tiki Central. We should not fault Tiki Central for being what it is, nor should we fault people like Sven (and many others) who are trying to keep it on track. I simply don't understand the constant Sven bashing that is going on. If you don't subscribe to the mission statement of Tiki Central, then maybe this site isn't for you.