... to answer a question that was asked on the NEW MUSIC thread:

This is exactly how it happens. Most of the time, it begins with an innocent (or sometimes not-so-innocent) comment similar to this:

I would LOVE to respond, in kind, to this cute comment. But if I did, other people would invariably respond to my cute comment with their side of the debate regarding "Richie's methods" (aka Cancellations: The Real Reason or Just an Excuse to Cover Poor Sales). Before you know it, we'd have yet another thread that would slowly get turned into a "Still Going in Circles About Richie Five Years Later" thread.

So since I wouldn't want to contribute, in any way, to creating further problems for our moderators, or make it more difficult for people to find information they may be looking for in "mucked up" threads, I'll resist the urge to respond.


@Walleris, this isn't directed towards you at all. Your post is just a "real time" example of what I tried to explain in response to Becky's question and the follow-up comments from other mods (which actually turned into an OT discussion in and of itself).

I don't think you were in class the day we were given a crash course in "Forum Etiquette 101: The Importance of Having Different Threads and Why We Should Remain On-Topic." So, you may be unaware that the ancient history of someone who is no longer in the band should not be discussed on any unrelated threads. You also may have missed this tip for staying on topic: