Fighting

[Patrick]

This board is as valuble as the posters make it.  Whether it remains a good resource depends on all of you rather than me.  I simply provide some web space and a little moderating now and then.

I know tempers can flare, and sometimes with good reason, but let's please all try to get along with each other and respond to perceived insults with a rational argument rather than an attack.  Otherwise the place ends up resembling a school yard fight.  For that, I am definitely not providing web space and my time.

It's been so long that I've had to delete any posts on this particular board that I almost forgot the password.  Let's see if we can keep it that way please.

Thanks,  Patrick

[Alvin]

... in response to Fighting, posted by Patrick on Jun 4, 2002

Hello Pat
Excellent response.  You remind me of my former school principal.  He always chastized the children in a masterful manner.  I heard about the posts from my wife but did not bother to read them because of their nature. Some board members have run off worthy contributors like Carl/Velma and Jean because of unwarrented unnecessary personal attacks.

Alvin

[Ray]

... in response to Good response, posted by Alvin on Jun 7, 2002

You just had to use Patrick's post as another opportunity to throw some mud at this forum, didn't you?“Unwarranted and unnecessary personal attacks”? You mean something like this?-----I agree with the interviewer. She is not even mature enough to date. Posted by Alvin (registered user) on 04/15If she is 16 y/o,You are absolutely out of your mind. You are marrying a child. Your marriage will not even last a year. Why do you want to raise a young girl to be your wife. Excuse me for my honesty. This is absolutely rediculous. This child would be a 2nd year high school student in the USA. Wake up and smell the roses. You are being used to the Nth degree. She is too young for you even if you are over 19 y/o. She is willing to sacrafice herself just to come to the US so that she can sent her family your money. Situation like this make American men look like stupi!! pedophiles. Hope this is useful information!!!Alvin-----Now get down off of your high horse and quit accusing others of doing what you yourself are guilty of.

[Alvin]

... in response to Baloney!, posted by Ray on Jun 7, 2002

I am only dealing with the facts in this post, not your personal opinion.  

Alvin

[Alvin]

... in response to Baloney!, posted by Ray on Jun 7, 2002

Hello Ray
I am impressed with your memory and ability to pull up this old post.

I stand by that post but I wish I had stated it more diplomatically.

If you read the profile of the person addressed in the post: He became engaged in 1998 and applied for a visa in 2002 when his fiancee became 18y/o.  18 minus 4 equals 14.  

I do not think it is appropriate for a 28 yo man to date a 14 y/o.  Now I know that he said that she was 16y/o but the facts speak for themselves.  I can not find his profile so forgive me if my calculation are off by a year.  

Alvin

[Ray]

... in response to I object to a 28 y/o man becoming egaged..., posted by Alvin on Jun 8, 2002

Your facts were wrong then and they're still wrong now.

You not only attacked this guy personally, but you committed the worst crime there is on this board IMHO: You insulted another man's fiancée in front of the whole world.

No respect...

Ray

[Alvin]

... in response to Re: I object, posted by Ray on Jun 8, 2002

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[Alvin]

... in response to Give me his registered user name so I ca..., posted by Alvin on Jun 9, 2002

They were engaged in Feb 1999 when she was 15 y/o and he was 31 according to the information DavidWT provided.  She was 14 y/o when he started to write to her but he said she was 16 y/o but the time line that he gave puts her age at 14y/o.  As they said on Dragnet, "only the facts, Sir".  The Vietnamese gov't should have put him in jail for dating a 15 y/o.

Ray, you approve of this?

From post of April 13 to 15 archives
DavidWT
"She is Vietnamese, not a mahal. She is 18. She talked about the interview with her lawyer and he said it sounded like it went OK, but I'm not so sure.
I think it could be like you said, the woman might have been jealous (probably some Clinton hold over friend of "

Alvin

[outwest77]

... in response to Fighting, posted by Patrick on Jun 4, 2002

sory Patrick me and Hoda made peace but then a lot of other people jumped into the orignal fray, and it turned into
a big barfight. LOL
Hey Patrick, we dont do it often, we get bored you  know
especially the asian board needs livening up sometimes.
We will go to our room now for time out.
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