membership refund?

Obama has to approve the request...

 

There is no refund

 

Travis, no denying that you've rubbed some people a little wrong here, and probably have been treated a little harshly for your actions/comments.


However, the recent thread that got closed even raised an eyebrow with me, and I am pretty mild-mannered. I am fairly sure that it was in jest, so I didn't respond to it, but please understand that this society (G.I.R.S.) needs to look at all discussions and comments and make judgements as to how to proceed with those comments and the people that made them.


Taking a friendly discussion on firearms and then commenting on going to a frag fest and nowing who to shoot first? Not cool.


As someone with almost 1000 posts, you've gotten value out of the society, and I wouldn't expect the board to give a refund, even if someone decided to leave on good terms. Maybe talk to your tax advisor and see if your "donation" to GIRS is tax deductable, not that will mean much if anything on your tax refund, but that is about all you have should you choose to leave.


Now, with all of that said, I hope that you sitck around... I really do. You obviously interact with a lot of people here, and that dynamic would be missing if you left.


Now, as for the no benefits thing. I got into Fall Fest for free for being a member, and can do the same at the Spring Fest. I also just went on a tank tour that was open to members. That was pretty fun too. Being a member also allowed me to do a successful group purchase through Live Aquaria to same on shipping. So being a paying member does have its benefits. It is up to each of us to utilize them.

 

Dude I don't know you but from what I see you are always in the middle of some "ISH".

 

You wont find anyone more pro gun then myself.

But when you start making stupid comments, what do you expect?

You need to realize the society we live in and realize this is not a gun forum, it is a reef forum. Many many people are offended by talk like that, and I can realistically see a handful of people not attending the fest now because they think some crazy guy just might show up and shoot the place up.

Maybe you should start thinking before you post. No one is out to get you, take the tin foil hat off. You bring it all on yourself.

 

How do they know it was sarcasm?


How about the colorado movie theatre people, or workplace shootings?





The point is, in this day and age, you cannot say anything like that. Someone that is such a gun lover should realize that. Again, realize the society that you live in now.

 

Hey Travis, I am not even sure that someone was "calling you out" about open carry. However, I get what they are saying too. You can easily find a lot of videos on YouTube about someone being confronted by police because they are legally open carrying. They may have the legal right, but it is scaring the crap out of people, and with the camera rolling, you know darn well that they are doing it to stir things up and to get into a legal dispute with the cops. I think that was the intent of those comments, maybe not.


Like I said, I am not against you. I certainly don't have a whole lot in common with your discussions, but I'm cool with you staying around here. I just wanted that said (about you staying arond) before this thread gets closed down too (Probably my fault for bring up the gun thread. Sorry).

 

Even the slightest threat of talking about shooting someone will get you arrested. I love guns too but it wasn't right.