Post #516986 by Swanky on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 7:16 AM

I gotta say one more thing as well.

swizzle, your opinion matters and you should feel free to express it here. Even if you disagree with Sven! I do on some things. That's cool. That's great actually!

TC has evolved over it's life and I think the internet has too. In the last year here, I have seen little of the "flame wars" that seemed to define it a while back. We're sharing again. With the exception of this thread and Ahu who came out of nowhere to revisit his own problem, we have been having a good time. That and those who flame you in PMs without the guts to say what they think in public.

And if Ahu had wanted to discuss his ideas and didn't come here calling people "pretentious" and basically being a jerk, we would have talked. Like adults. I mean, I'd have to add that Dr. Cocktail's Vintage Spirits book had a gigantic hand in the term "mixology" coming into use as well. We can talk about these things.

So, I think this is an unusual case for TC of late and it was caused by someone who has not participated on TC for over 2 years and wants to make it a flame war place again.

I have been excited to see the likes of boutiki, kalua geoff, otto, sabu, bosko, kohalacharms, and others posting great stuff here again.

Those crappy times are behind us. This thread is not an example of what TC is today. Or maybe it is. Because a few years ago when the flaming was more common, not many people had very good, thoughtful responses to the flamers like I see here.