Without warning, Demolition News has been banned from demolitionforum.com
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I love America. I love its literature and its culture; its pride and patriotism. I love the fact that it can hold a World Series of Baseball and not invite the rest of the world. I love the fact that you can get a burger constructed almost entirely from cholesterol anytime, day or night, and that you can probably sue someone on the rare occasions that you can’t.
But most of all, I love the fact that Americans see freedom of speech and freedom of expression not so much as a constitutional right but as an item they have on temporary loan and must, therefore, use to its full potential each and every day. (This, after all, is a country where Charlie Sheen can demand a meeting with the President because he’s not entirely convinced by official explanations over the 9/11 attacks).
So I was saddened and more than a little disappointed when we received an email from the US-based demolitionforum.com to say that we have been effectively banned from their discussion area.
Rather than dwell upon the matter, I would like to take this opportunity merely to lay before you the email that we received and the one that we sent in response, purely to show our readers (and theirs) precisely why our comments have ceased without warning:
Hi Mark,
At this time, we have decided to discontinue our relationship with Demolition News as a member and contributor to Demolition Forum. Although this decision was not easy, we have come to this conclusion based on your site’s recent coverage of the US demolition market and your newest venture with Construction Equipment magazine, again cover [sic] the US market, we feel that Demolition News has become a competing site and that it is in our best interest that we sever ties. You will still have access to reading the forum, you just will not be able to post or relpy [sic].
We thank you for your insight and possibly look forward to working again in the future.
Thank you,
James Seligman
President
JMCA Media, Inc.
Hi James,
I am, of course, disappointed at your decision, and I do wonder if it is based purely upon my perceived competitiveness, or whether the nature of some of my recent posts have merely ruffled the wrong feathers.
Either way, I totally respect and understand your decision and wish you (and your members) well in the future.
Kind Regards
Mark
“Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member”.
Groucho Marx – 1959
It would be a terrible shame if someone posted a link to this article on demolitionforum, wouldn’t it…?
