thechenman
No One of Consequence
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- Jan 30, 2009
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Before I get down to the business at hand, I would just like to offer my gratitude to Rod (admin) for allowing me to open up this new thread, especially after he had already locked the original CHENMAN! thread earlier today. now...let's get back to business...
Wow…a post about me…never thought I would live to see the day!
But seriously, Ladies (I know there are some of you out there) and Gentlemen, I never intended for, nor anticipated that my actions would create such a stir. I’ve been whiling away the working hours over the past several weeks as August, per the norm, has been slow on the trading desk (oh, who are we kidding here, the whole damn summer has been pretty slow). My intentions were not to do any harm, but rather to fight my boredom during this lull in business, and to use the time to enhance my knowledge about our shared passion (in this case cigars), while posting my thoughts (as I can be rather opinionated on certain matters – don’t even get me started here). Apparently, it would seem that I got carried away.
I’d like to take this opportunity to address all of you who have posted on this thread and those of you who have taken issue with my actions, but haven’t posted your $0.02, and express my apologies if I have in any way offended you, or your sensibilities, as it pertains to CP and my “excessive” posting. I don’t wish to turn this into one of the many “He Said/She Said” threads that I have seen many of these posts come down to. Therefore, I will not offer up any excuses or justifications for my actions. Suffice it to say, there are those of you who have taken issue with my actions, and to those aggrieved parties I would like to say that I am sorry for the aggravation that I have caused you. Hopefully, each of you will be willing to accept my apology, and we can move forward from this point. Please note that I have taken the time to read each and every post on this thread as well as the kind PM sent to me this past Friday, and the message you have sent has been received and understood. Many of you have addressed specific issues that you have taken me to task on. If you are so inclined, please PM me and I will be happy to address these issues with you; however, I don’t feel that this post is the proper forum for that.
While we all have our own reasons or purpose for being on CP, I understand that this is ultimately a community of disparate individuals who share a common interest. It is hard enough in life to get along with the people we all deal with on a day to day basis – I don’t wish to add to that in a place where many of us go for a small bit of a respite from the “real world” to indulge in our passion. With that, I would like to say thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to offer me support in this thread or via PM. While I truly do appreciate your words of support and kindness, I don’t like putting all of you in the position of having to suffer criticism, or of having to defend your own comments through your support of me and my actions. While everyone is entitled to speak their mind, I don’t wish for my behavior to create any disharmony for any of you among our fellow BOTLs here on CP. At the same time, I don’t wish to be presumptuous…so, if you are speaking out of your own volition and expressing your own opinions, without my situation having any bearing on the issue, please don’t let me get in your way.
I’m sorry about my verbosity here, but let me just close by saying that I enjoy CP and am a big proponent of its purpose for being (as I am of FOH, as some of you were kind enough to point out in this thread). I consider the time I have spent here to be well spent. This site is truly a great repository of information on cigars and cigar culture, and I for one have been lucky enough to be able to benefit from it. I hope to be able to continue in my effort to give back some measure of what I have gleaned from the BOTLs that are far more knowledgeable than I. That said, I look forward to continuing to post my thoughts and reviews to CP, albeit in a much more reserved fashion, at least until I get banned. Thank you all for taking the time to read this post.
Wow…a post about me…never thought I would live to see the day!
But seriously, Ladies (I know there are some of you out there) and Gentlemen, I never intended for, nor anticipated that my actions would create such a stir. I’ve been whiling away the working hours over the past several weeks as August, per the norm, has been slow on the trading desk (oh, who are we kidding here, the whole damn summer has been pretty slow). My intentions were not to do any harm, but rather to fight my boredom during this lull in business, and to use the time to enhance my knowledge about our shared passion (in this case cigars), while posting my thoughts (as I can be rather opinionated on certain matters – don’t even get me started here). Apparently, it would seem that I got carried away.
I’d like to take this opportunity to address all of you who have posted on this thread and those of you who have taken issue with my actions, but haven’t posted your $0.02, and express my apologies if I have in any way offended you, or your sensibilities, as it pertains to CP and my “excessive” posting. I don’t wish to turn this into one of the many “He Said/She Said” threads that I have seen many of these posts come down to. Therefore, I will not offer up any excuses or justifications for my actions. Suffice it to say, there are those of you who have taken issue with my actions, and to those aggrieved parties I would like to say that I am sorry for the aggravation that I have caused you. Hopefully, each of you will be willing to accept my apology, and we can move forward from this point. Please note that I have taken the time to read each and every post on this thread as well as the kind PM sent to me this past Friday, and the message you have sent has been received and understood. Many of you have addressed specific issues that you have taken me to task on. If you are so inclined, please PM me and I will be happy to address these issues with you; however, I don’t feel that this post is the proper forum for that.
While we all have our own reasons or purpose for being on CP, I understand that this is ultimately a community of disparate individuals who share a common interest. It is hard enough in life to get along with the people we all deal with on a day to day basis – I don’t wish to add to that in a place where many of us go for a small bit of a respite from the “real world” to indulge in our passion. With that, I would like to say thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to offer me support in this thread or via PM. While I truly do appreciate your words of support and kindness, I don’t like putting all of you in the position of having to suffer criticism, or of having to defend your own comments through your support of me and my actions. While everyone is entitled to speak their mind, I don’t wish for my behavior to create any disharmony for any of you among our fellow BOTLs here on CP. At the same time, I don’t wish to be presumptuous…so, if you are speaking out of your own volition and expressing your own opinions, without my situation having any bearing on the issue, please don’t let me get in your way.
I’m sorry about my verbosity here, but let me just close by saying that I enjoy CP and am a big proponent of its purpose for being (as I am of FOH, as some of you were kind enough to point out in this thread). I consider the time I have spent here to be well spent. This site is truly a great repository of information on cigars and cigar culture, and I for one have been lucky enough to be able to benefit from it. I hope to be able to continue in my effort to give back some measure of what I have gleaned from the BOTLs that are far more knowledgeable than I. That said, I look forward to continuing to post my thoughts and reviews to CP, albeit in a much more reserved fashion, at least until I get banned. Thank you all for taking the time to read this post.
