i made a promise that i wouldn't get involved in this jag crap anymore but lets get one thing straight....
while i personally never said, nor do i believe ari is "in bed" with jag... there is one thing for certain.... Aristotle is no longer posting on UG and is now posting up a storm on jag. i also can assure you that ari won't be walking thru julies door anytime soon. now.. having said that, i don't believe he is jag staff nor does he have any SYSOP powers over there. what he has done is.... he's re-incarnated several old threads, taken to making “virtual mr pitiful” posts (re-posting old mr P threads) and passed along some idea's to jag staff which they are most certainly entertaining. does that mean he's "in bed" with them.... certainly not. but is he in some way a consultant for them now... it apparently looks that way. i have no beef with ari, i consider him a friend and wish him the best in his endeavors. i spent the better part of 3 years conversing with him privately (and still do) and I learned a lot. if he helps to resurrect jag from where it is now back to it's former glory (or close to it)... than more power to him. if he accomplishes that (if that’s what he’s doing) than maybe you and some others who are starting this shit will take in all that (that) jag can offer you and stop harassing other boards (namely UG). frankly i don't think he nor jag will succeed simply because by tossing you trouble makers free memberships (as jag is apparently doing) they basically condone what you do elsewhere. at UG slinky and allen have little choice in who posts here since it is a free and public board, and every time they ban one of you, you just come back under a new name. jag doesn't have that misfortune since they had out membership to the private site.... and for every day they continue to grant you trouble makers access, it cheapens that board. I’ve heard all about jag banning people in the past and how they don’t want to get into that again… well they banned the guy they shouldn’t have and want back the most (they want him back so bad that they’ve taken reposting his 3 year old posts in order to spark discussion over there), yet they welcome someone like tank commander in who adds nothing but trouble to any board he’s apart of. they also allow people like mopar to spew his rhetoric and baseless accusations about anything that remotely involves UG, slinky, april and ozzy. even his own fellow members request that he shut his yap occasionally. there are some sensible guys there who know he and others are not helping the situation.... especially when people like myself and others are watching and waiting for them to make bone head mistakes that are totally reprehensible (like tanks posting of personal info). They talk about all the fights on UG… but then they invite in (for free) the two or three people most responsible for a majority of those fights. Well there’s my jag rant for today. Anyone with access and a good eye can read it for themselves and see whats going on.