The Simkin Spectacle

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Simkin is closing the JFK forum down. See [URL="http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=20284"]HERE
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John Simkin

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Posted Today, 07:09 AM
On 9th June I started a thread on the Future of the JFK Forum. I explained the reasons why I established the JFK Forum in March, 2003 and why I was so concerned about the way it had deteriorated into a Forum of bullying and personal abuse. I said I would make one last effort to make it work.

http://educationforu...showtopic=20259

However, it soon became clear that I did not have the full support of my moderators. One of them, Gary Loughran, actually used the thread to carry out an attack on me.

In real life, I have surrounded myself with kind and supportive friends. They know who I am and act accordingly. My life is good and it is virtually without conflict. Yet on the Forum I have to take this abuse. I can no longer endure the stress this creates. Nor do I have the time or energy to try to keep people under control.

My original vision of JFK researchers coming together to share information in a collaborative and friendly way does not appear to be favoured by enough members to make it work. I have therefore decided to close it down and let members form the kind of Forum that is more to their liking.

Mr. Simkin has described perfectly what happens when WC defenders are allowed on your board. I am NOT for banning anyone as I believe in the right to voice your opinion, but if you have been a member of any board that allows WC defenders (for me it was ACJ and JFKAssassination Forum) this is eventually the kind of situation that will develop. By far the worse is ACJ where you can be attacked personally and slandered to the extreme. The message of the assassination is lost eventually and it becomes nothing but a contest of wills regarding who can insult better. Of course that is the goal of the WC defender since the evidence does NOT support the conclusions of the WC.

I understand the desire to be fair and allow WC defenders on your board, but you need rules for them. Unfortunately, they seem to be the ones that get the protection on some boards when they are causing the vast majority of the issues.

David Von Pein is like the WC Report--at first he sounds good, but once you check out and compare what he is saying with the actual evidence in this case then you quickly realize he is blowing nothing but hot air.

I have tried to join EF over the years, but they never seem to be accepting members, so how did you all become members?