[sanddrag]

I'm taking a risk that you all will bash me but you all should have the sense not to.

The "I" in FIRST stands for Inspiration. How inspiring is it to have your ideas, skills, and character bashed by hoped-to-be-friends on the Chief Delphi boards. You all need to ask yourself that.

You all need to make bold that "I" in FIRST. The point of FIRST, these boards and the whole community of FIRST is to be INSPIRED, not discouraged.

So what if you don't think his ideas are not good? Let him at least TRY! Don't even quote this and say you were just speaking "realistically" because quite frankly I don't care. You all have potentially ruined what could have been another enlightened Chief Delphi user who runs home to reload the browser window.

Tytus Gerrish deserves to be encouraged, not shot down. If he is going to be discouraged at all, let him get discouraged on his own.

I am baffled as to where the friendship and INSPIRATION has gone from these boards.

Tytus, I hope you stay. And the rest of you, I hope you are ashamed of yourselves.