Close call!!

[dbassa]

A few observations:

Why, when Wayne, one of our respected moderators, courageously posted about chomper and the mistakes made and what he learned from it, did no one flame him? In fact, apporpriately, members complimented him on his courage.

Why is it not okay to flame (bully) a child or teenager, but okay to flame (bully) an adult?

Treating people with disrespect is disrespectful whether child or adult. Public forum or face to face.

I suppose those of our members who have never made a mistake are entitled to judge.

Our reptiles are certainly very important. But if there were, God forbid, a fire in your home, you would certainly look after your significant other and child, if you had them, before your animals...so the excuse that your are looking after the animal, while having complete disregard for the human owner, just falls short somehow.

One of our members has a quote at the end of his signature, "ALWAYS judge a person by the way they treat someone who can be of NO POSSIBLE USE TO THEM !" comes to mind.

There are many experts on this forum with a wealth of knowledge which is why many of us chose to become members. But if we make mistakes taboo, no one learns. It becomes a playground for the elite keepers who "know it all" and the noobs are left to flounder. Not what this forum puts itself out to be.

Mistakes are how all the "experts" became experts. Don't forget that.

If you want to help someone, help them. If all you want to do is rebuke or judge, perhaps you should consider whether you have the animals and it's keepers best interests in mind or whether we are just bullying for the sake of bullying.