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The questionable post has been removed from public viewing.
I’m sorry that it offended some of you.
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Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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I want everyone to know that what Matt or Christy posted was not what I must have made it sound like in my comment. It was something that I should have said to them by phone not by internet. They were not making fun in anyway. They have a serious problem there and any suggestions would be greatly accepted I am sure. They were just venting and they need to be able to to that or it could get out of hand some day. Please forgive me and don’t blame the the people who this effects the most.
Thank you
David Ooley
No worries
As I have learned, we don’t communicate in type the same way we do face-to-face. It’s all good, Dave. No need to apologize!
Also – please remember that Christy has nothing to do with this Journal! Thanks.
questionable post? possible offensiveness?
DAMN IT! I MISSED IT!!!
and. btw. i’m not sure what this was about (after reading that first comment, i am curious, however), but i DO want to remind you and ENCOURAGE you to believe that this is YOUR journal. you should be able to write whatever YOU want. someone doesn’t like what’s writen they don’t have to read it. this thing is for YOU, not your readers… you are NOT dear abby. you owe nothing to anyone.
my two cents.
Agreed
A public journal… but still a journal. I agree that you should feel free to post what you want to post.
This does raise questions about this topic.. I mean.. journals used to be private.. but yours is posted for literally the entire world to read. Do you have to adjust what you post, or do people get what they get?
Re: Agreed
me personally? i adjust nothing. you don’t like what you’re reading, you don’t have to read it. you can take me off your friend’s list. and as for what i read in other’s journals, i feel the same. if i don’t like it or don’t agree or don’t buy into what i’m reading, i skim past it and move on. i don’t expect ANYONE to post in such a manner as to make me happy. i respect most the people who say what they need to say, how they need to say it, when they need to say it.
the only exception for me, is when i post something that has an address or number or name specific to me… then i lock it. but whoever is on my friends list is still privy to it.
and again… that’s just my two cents. …okay, maybe three cents. 😉
Re: Agreed
The primary purpose of this Journal was to keep distant family and friends informed of stuff going on in our lives down here in Tennessee. Because of that, I do limit what I say from time to time.
It has grown much larger than that and that’s OK. I talk about stuff that has nothing to do with our family, school, and church. I know there are several people who don’t like it when I post about sports – especially the Hoosiers. My attitude is similar to yours – it’s my Journal and I’ll say what I want. If you don’t like it, skip over it.
The whole issue was about how I was treating a certain relative of mine in the words that I used. Some things were misunderstood and it somehow got bigger than the whole thing actually should be. And since it involved a family member, it seemed to make the most sense to remove it from the public forum. That way, people won’t keep misunderstanding what people were saying or people’s attitudes about the whole thing.
Does that make the issue clear as mud?
I really do appreciate your two cents…or three…or four 8{)}
Re: Agreed
clear as mud indeed.
and i back you regardless of what you write or what you decide to delete! 😉
Re: Agreed
I’ve got to agree with Liz and ianlyzu. It’s your journal and I don’t think you should feel as though you have to censor yourself. If I did that, mine would be blank. If it’s something that I wouldn’t want Jim Bob down the street reading, I make it friends only. For the most part though, it’s all hanging out there. It helps to be able to vent sometimes without fearing repercussions (I hacked that spelling but oh well). It just drives me nuts when people read way more into things or try to make something like a light hearted post seem like it’s something it’s not. People need to lighten up in my opinion. Take it for what it’s worth.
P.s. I was joking about the Hoosiers, Matt. Sheesh