Thirdworld and Chi_trecker,
As for as I know neither one of you really know me thou I did meet Chi one time. Since I am the one that has been the most critical of and out spoken concerning this thread and the way Chi was obviously trying to reflame an old flame war with Prostoner, I also will asume you (thirdworld) are aiming your posts at me. You could not possible be any futher from the truth about me with your comments and if you knew me or had read many of my posts, you would know that.
My problem with Chi is that to me and many others, this was strickly an attempt to start the conflict with Prostoner up again. If this was not his intent, I apologize. But if it wasn't, what was the need to even mention Prostoner after the problems they had before. I, and many others just do not buy that it was not intentional and think it was UNNECESSARY!!
I have no anger nor anamasity towards anyone, and solely was pointing out what is obvious to a lot of guys. Prostoner has chosen to not respond to the inventation to a new war of words and is, I am sure, of the same feeling as a lot of us--relationships, no matter with who, are a personal thing and should only be hashed out in public if, and only if, the people involved choose to make their priviate lives public.
As for my comments about Chi's negativity about everything Costa Rica; yes, in the distant past he did post several valuable posts, but in the past 18 months or so, everything he has written has been extremely negative, derogatory, and argumentative. Go back and look at his threads over the past few months--everyone has resulted in a flame war, WHY

In my post above, I merely asked why, if he is so miserable and unhappy with everything here (and I reached that conclussion from reading his posts as has many others), why would anyone that is so negative about a place continue to live here

We all are very aware of how bad he thinks any relationship with a puta is (wonder why he feels sooo strongly about this and feels the need to lead the war against this

) Many of us feel such relationships, in most cases, are a mistake, BUT there are exceptions to everything; and more importantly putting out the information that such relationships seldom work out in the long run is one thing. BUT to constantantly condemn anyone who does fall for a puta is IMO, uncalled for. Just as is implying or saying that if you walk anywhere in Costa Rica, you are going to get mugged is asinine, Yes there is a crime problem here just as there is in every city in the USA. Now if you are from smalltown 1950s USA, yes it is more dangerous here, but realistically, and in fact, it is less dangerous than many cities in the USA. Warning people of the possible dangers is one thing, but to tell people to not do this or don't do that or you WILL be mugged is just fear tactics that is IMHO going over board. Telling people it is very very dangerous here and if you go out alone, you WILL be mugged because you did something stupid and got mugged is just not right.
Like I said, if I am wrong about all this, I apologize, but it is just the way I see it.
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