Dear So and So

[indysteel]

As for Crankin's post and the response thereto: IMO, when people share something on a public forum, they invite comments. Sometimes, the comments aren't what they anticipated or wanted, but that's the risk you run when you share something with people of divergent views and backgrounds. I imagine each of us has posted something that drew a bit of criticism or dissent at one point or another. Of coures, we're also free to defend ourselves, share additonal information or ignore what others say. Mudmucker's comment didn't strike me as terribly unsupportive. Crankin shared that she doesn't always care for the people she tours with. If that's the case, then Mud's suggestion that she rethink the tours isn't really off base IMO. Certainly, Crankin generally speaks her mind, so I don't know that any of us needs to intervene on her behalf (although I could say the same for Muck, and here I am intervening). As for my own comment, it wasn't intended to be supportive. In truth, I bristled a bit at Crankin's "Virginia, you're in the northeast now." It sounded a bit elitist to me. Now that may have not been her intent, but either way, I felt within my rights as a forum member to commment on it.