For the moment, I'm an MVP. And I truly am proud of the honor. What I am not
proud of is the direction the program has taken in the persons it awards and
their activities. So call me a member of the Opposition. If my Lead and the
rest who decide these things find that my behavior no longer meets current
MVP standards, then I will not expect the Award to be renewed.
Until then, I believe I AM doing the "work" of an MVP, assisting numerous
persons with their Windows problems. But I won't be treated as some flunkie,
I WILL call out jerks on their stupid, rude, behavior, especially when it's
aimed at others who are totally innocent. I am also tired of being
"politically correct" in my life in general. The world is descending into a
morass of incompetence and that pisses me off every where I go, and I've
come to the conclusion that it's my place to call them out on it. And, yes,
I consider language a weapon, suitable for smacking jerks upside the head in
the vain hope that it will somehow impart just the slightest hint of doubt
on the smackee's part about their own behavior, cause them to review the
facts and, if they have any balls whatsoever, cop to the fact that their own
sloppiness with the English language, and their totally rude and pompous
behavior is what led to all this misunderstanding.
If that somehow does not meet MVP standards, so be it. I've grown tired of
meekly accepting such behavior, so I simply don't, anymore. If you're a
jerk, I'm gonna say so. And if you graduate to ungrateful, lying a**s hole,
I'm going to say that, too. This thread is a perfect example. And if you
read it in its entirety, along with the insult the OP hurled at another
innocent user, to get the full picture.
But my sig is my "uniform", and until I'm mustered out, I will wear it
proudly. And even in that event, I will continue to contribute to these
groups as I see fit. It's just that I've grown extremely ambivalent about
whether my membership in the ranks is renewed or not. There are some
incredibly dishonest and dishonorable people amongst the ranks, but there
are also some of the finest people in the world also amongst those ranks.
So, I've decided to be the person I feel I should be, do and say the things
that I think need saying, help others as I can, but with honesty and
forthrightness, whichever way that goes, and let the chips fall where they
may.