"I am in complete shock that I have been treated so poorly and that curezone allows such a person to continually insult people who are seeking help and trusting that the forums are a place to receive guidance and support."
So am I. It appears that you have had committed the cardinal sin of having the audacity to question the Liver Tonic God - he of questionable background and poor people skills who was somehow allowed to set up shop here on CureZone to hawk his outrageously expensive tonics and consultations with advice and wisdom such as:
Perhaps a better name for that forum would be Charlie's Cult - where anyone who dares question what is highly questionable is castigated and insulted, where posts are altered, private information revealed and all that matters to have good health is to pay up and take Charlie's Liver Tonic.
It well may be a very good tonic, and I might even recommend it if not for the mistreatment and ill advice they might be subject to (and the price). There is no excuse for that kind of behavior, and I am frankly amazed to see it be allowed to continue. I was really hoping that maybe Charlie would get the message and change his abrasive and abusive ways, not to mention some of his bad advice that flies in the face of good natural health practices.
Someone has a serious problem, and it isn't you.
DQ
Who's the loser in all of this? It ain't Charlie. He'll go right on making his tonics and helping folks. It's the people here.
I consider DQ to be my buddy and I'm sorry to see him involved in this...
SELAH, Tony!!!!!!!!!
And I am sorry to see you taking up for someone who has abused CureZone members the way Charlie has - and I might note that I am far from alone in my opinion. It is great that Charlie's tonic has helped you, though I could recommend a number of others I believe would accomplish every bit as much at a fraction of the price but just because you may have been helped or some others may have been helped does not justify one single member of CureZone being abused.
Even at the price, if he would stop the abuse and the bad advice I would have little or no problem with Charlie. As it is, his homophobia (calling HIV sufferers "fudgepackers" was the classic), saying that tap water was fine for a natural health product, arguing against minerals or organic produce, basically rejecting any treatment that did not include his liver tonic (and making the rediculous claim that other tonics would be dangerous), banning and rediculing anyone who disagreed with him, changing members posts to alter their meaning, publishing private information about members true names, addresses and phone numbers, bashing and name calling . . . the list goes on and on.
I consider you my buddy too, but I thought you had better judgment than that.
DQ
I don't have to agree with a man's behavior to appreciate his herbology.
He and I are going to have a LONG talk about his one, BELIEVE ME! (he's probably praying that I be gentle ... he knows me pretty well by now ... and I know him, and I'm hitting HARD ... and I KNOW where his buttons are, BUT it WILL be in private ... Charlie...hey CHARLIE, when's my next consultation call??????)
I have no vendetta against Charlie and I hardly take every opportunity to attack him - after all, he gives so many of them. I wanted to support him until he proceeded to abuse other members, make an arse of himself and continue to give bad advice. As it is, I simply feel compelled to speak up when I see yet another CZ member who has been abused.
You are right about Charlie also giving good advice. That is why I continue to hold out hope that he will change his behavior and stop giving bad advice. Until he does, I will continue to give my opinions about such advice and behavior because I think it is not in keeping with the mission and concept of CureZone. If I am too much of an idealist, then so be it.
Selective healing based on a CZ forum mod's perception of their behavior - what a concept!
DQ
*hands on hips, glaring at Tony Isaacs*
I don't eat meat, I don't DO dairy, I have never consumed one drop of silver and doubt I ever do.
All that to say this:
I send people from all over the internet to your websites and your forum without saying "don't listen to his advice on this-that-and-the-other."
What is right for each of us is ours to make! Do I think Charlie is missing the mark in places ... yeah, lots of 'em according to plzchuckle's holistic lifestyle!!
Point taken?
No, point not taken - bad advice aside, there is no excusing his abuse of other CZ members or his selective healing. Hopefully when you finish your emotional response this morning, you will take a more reasoned look at the problems he created for himself, regardless of your own personal experience with Charlie.
DQ
plzchuckle was probably one of the first to jump the man's butt at cz.
liver/herbs ... he probably started here in a forum that i moderate and i jumped on him HARD ... like when i use to be 300 pounds of me!!!!!!!
should anybody online post the private info of anybody else? having been the victim of that very thing, let me sound a resounding HELL NOOOOO!!!!!!! was mia pushing his buttons a good excuse? nope, he had a banbutton at his disposal!
i found his posts funny ... i think he did it to be funny.
hidding message that are bad for the contituity in a room you find BAD? i'm guilty as charged. you come selling products or going on and on in a negative manner in one of my rooms... i promise you, i'll take my eraser to you!!!!!!!!! (not you in particular, tony, i'm talking about anybody)
i not only recognize your scappiness, i appreciate it, BUT you are a forum owner. are you allowed to do this?? or should i ask WHY are you allowed when others aren't?
maybe i'll approach Spirit about fixing things where forum owners have to stay PUT :D *grumble* forum owners always running around here starting trouble......grrrrrrrr
Owner's stay put? Having a forum is not the same as being in jail. By the rules, forum owners are allowed two ID's. Their forum ID must not post in debate forums. Why do you feel a forum owner should be muzzled about speaking up for what they believe is in the best interest of CureZone? I happen to care about CureZone and its members and I bring a lot of folks to CureZone because of my regard for it. I don't want them to come over here and get abused.
If I had a friend who bought a used car he was pleased with, I would still get angered if another friend went to the same dealership and the salesman refused to sell him a car, urinated on him and made him the subject of ridicule with his carlot gang, before banishing him from the property. And then continued to make him the butt of jokes after he left. I might very well go tell the guy off and warn others to stay away.
Even if I owned another lot down the street.
I might add that I did not ask for a forum here - I was asked to have one. I came here to contribute and to learn. And I only agreed to have a forum several months later after I felt I had established enough credibility and gained enough know-how to do so. I was also given the option of having a second ID without ever bringing up the subject - so I would have to say Spirit's intentions are pretty plain.
Where have you ever seen me abuse anyone or refuse advice on my forum? I have also never charged for advice and I recommend more things I have no affiliation with than things I do. I am still here to contribute and learn, and I say that such a forum owner just may have some valuable contributions to make regarding complaints about the ill behavior of another forum owner. Such bad behavior reflects badly on all of us.
DQ