Indecision for teh win

Okay, yeah, I know what the site has said for the last few days. I meant it, too. The site, as it existed before, was not what I'd hoped it would become. A lot of ranting on my part, which while always justified, was not at all productive. I also got quite a few e-mails from people I'd responded to and was told, among other things, that I was a coward hiding behind the anonymity of the internet, which is, frankly, somewhat true. I published the names of the letter writers, but not my own. Shame on me. Full names from letters will never be posted here again unless the writer asks me to do so.

A lot of the content from past entries has been deleted, and most of the rest has been pared down to some extent. I think a lot of it is pretty good, and I stand behind it, but some of it was unjustifiably hostile, and that's gone. I don't wish to contribute to the kind of behavior that's really causing all the trouble we're in as a nation and culture. I may hate someone's opinion, but I refuse to hate someone for their opinions, and I resolve to bear that distinction in mind from now on.

I'm not entirely sure where things will go from here, but I figured a better explanation was in order, and not just a one-line shrug-off. To those I may have personally offended, I appologize. It wasn't my intent. To those I just generally offended, I do not appologize. To those who've enjoyed reading this blog, I hope I can continue to provide content worth a peek or two a week while changing my tone to be less directly confrontational.

I definitely invite anyone with concerns or opinions to contribute here. My original goal here was to engender discussion, and if anything can be salvaged, I hope that can be it. At very least, do drop me an e-mail; as you can see, I can handle and employ constructive criticism, even if my initial reaction is a bit overdramatic.