Raise the Hammer

mystoneycreek,

Where did you ever dream up this position?

But from my perspective, it's a sad development if participants afford RTH and other sites more 'power' than they've genuinely garnered.

from what Undustrial wrote,

"The internet connects each and every one of us...so if you produce a lemon of a car, your customers are going to tell each other about it" - Robert Young, explaining (unintentionally) why groups like RTH are now able to derail his stadium plans.

And from what I wrote,

Yes it is, is it not yours?

When did I or Undustrial ever state that RTH has some magical influence to steer and direct council? Why did you infer this? I stated my opinion that Jason Farr pulled an idea out of this web site, why is that so wild and unbelievable to you? Why are you so high and mighty and enlightened that you decide to mock me for my opinion?

(Using Mr. 'Greenhorn' Farr as an example actually tied me up in stitches for a spell, so I thank you for that.)

Do you not think these politicians are constantly looking not only for metrics but opinions to gage what is on the mind of the population? Are we too lowly a life form to be considered by your high and mighty councilors? I really don't know what the %#@$ you are talking about with these out of the blue esoteric considerations you throw out randomly on these threads.

I'll tell you something else I wrote about before.

Just an interesting side note. AFI is a security company whose specialty is to manage strike/lockouts for corporations; everything from food, logistics, security and also... blogging on community boards. AFI hires professional bloggers to manage and counteract any anti-corporation sentiments. I know this because I am one of the USW 1005 workers locked-out of US Steel, AFI has been retained by US Steel. The AFI professional bloggers were a huge problem in the very recent strike at Vale Inco in Sudbury.

Please explain to me why AFI offers this service and why Vale Inco and US Steel use this service? Is it because community web site have no influence on a community or it's leaders? People are reading, people are listening.