Many of our great sleuthers of old aren't here anymore, don't know what or why. They were good at placing reasonable common sense theories out. In order to have a theory worth posting, it ought to have some sense to it, or at least a good reasoning behind the thinking. Even far fetched theories offered up in the past were good reading if it was delivered with the right intentions which was to solve the questions, and seek the truth for the crime victims. When that focus is lost on other agendas, the quality becomes poor, participation and interest wanes.
Warning this post is OT to TN in particular, read no further if you are not interested in an OT post please.
I snipped Kool Look's post simply for clarity, I did so respectfully.
Bolded words and Italics by me also.
Before comments are made that argue that the only agenda on Haleigh's threads are to bring her home, I want to say first that your post is insightful as to why we do not have a lot of the more seasoned posters posting here, and also the ones that followed WS for up to years before they joined to post.
Why did I (although I'm not such a seasoned poster) step away from these threads? Well, because I will call it as I saw it~ baiting and flaming and down right ranting over and over, and personal agendas that forbid any exploration of alternative theories and ideas to many posters.
Before it is argued that I am speaking out of turn, consider this: Tricia
the owner of WS had to actually step in
with the Admin and Mods of the Haleigh threads and give a clear message of stop the rudeness. IMHO that is ridiculous that they had to do that and we are lucky that they didn't just pull the subforum altogether as has been done in the McCain case. Yet even after that sticky was posted it continues.
So, today I spent quite a bit of time, scrolling through post after post of arguments about how statements from those involved directly with this case was worded. What each word means, what it "really" means defined by what "wasn't" said... and on to actual pages of posts that discuss the subtle differences in "manners" in North Vs. South Vs. Midwest, with personal anecdotes that are applicable to each region. I don't skip over anyone's posts because I never know if someone is going to also post something insightful and important.
All I'll say is I think if there is no more news forthcoming in this case, I'll go back to working on other missing persons cases where there aren't so many personal convictions and there is a shared sense of accomplishment expressed through just plain courtesy to other posters. Sorry for the OT post and thank you to our Mods that do all this for free. God Bless ya!