Why are we here (at Bring4th)?

[Monica]

By the way, what did happen to Taha? One week I check in here and he's everywhere and the next week almost all traces of him are gone.

Taha decided to leave, and sent a very nice, gracious message to the mods explaining that he had just decided to move on...was spending too much time here so felt it was best to just leave. Taha deleted his own posts. We were sad to see that happen. We told him we respected his decision, but would have preferred that he not take all traces of his existence with him. He hadn't quite seen it that way, and thanked us for our viewpoint. We told him he would be missed and would be welcome back at any time.

(Or is that off topic, too?)

With all this talk about keeping threads on-topic, and especially since there are different viewpoints about it (some think we are too loose and others think we're too strict), I hope no one ever holds back from participating for fear of being off-topic! All threads have tangents scattered throughout...I don't think there is anything wrong with an occasional 'aside' comment or question! We don't want to get really anal about it! But if something triggers a whole new discussion, that's when it deserves its own thread.