My personal opinion as to something they should add to BP.net

[wolfy-hound]

To the original purpose of the thread...
No, I don't thinkt hat anyone should be allowed to delete their posts.

Why not? Some time back(not regarding you), there was a member that I saw in other places on the net posting argumentive nasty stuff, then once she got the "boot to the head" from people instead of them thinking she was cool for posting stupid garbage, she would delete the posts, and claim she never ever posted it. Even when people showed screen shots of what she posted, she tried to deny it. She's still a tool but she doesn't tend to post stupid stuff on the major sites... that happen to NOT allow deleting posts.

People post all kinds of garbage on the net. Then they want to just go back and delete it and think that THAT action will mean they didn't ever do it. Sorry, but you can't erase history. You did it. You posted all the stuff that you posted. Instead of wanting to have someone hide what you did... use it. Own up to what you said, how you acted, learn from it.

Apologizing for things you regret actually gain you way more respect than trying to erase it from view and deny it happened. Apologizing can show that you did learn, that you understand what people were trying to say, or just that you can see their point of view, even if you still don't think you were wrong in what you plan to do. Maybe it's apologizing for how you said something, if you think what you said wasn't bad, but it was taken the wrong way.

Insisting that a site alter the way they do things, just because you NOW regret spouting off before is childish. The fact that you can't delete your posts is in the stuff before you signed up. If you don't think you are in the wrong, why would you want the thread deleted? Do you think that other people's opinions should be allowed on here?

Just think it over. A lot of folks start out on the wrong foot... but they gain a lot by talking with folks on here. Looking for a shortcut to a controversial practice(even within the herp-keeping hobby, keeping hots is still cause for discussion), that's just asking for lots of opinions. And being around a burm isn't the same as keeping a retic, but there's plenty of giant keepers on here that CAN advise you.. once you're showing you aren't just baiting people or not willing to listen to information.

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If only people near me like snakes like I do.. to them the only good snake is a dead snake.

The truth is, there's probably people nearer to you than you are aware. But they don't run about advertising that they keep hots. In general, the experienced people who keep hots properly keep them quietly and don't brag about it. Talking on sites like these is a good way to possibly gain knowledge about how to go about locating possible mentors. Shortcutting and wanting to jump in without any training from a knowledgeable person is a bad bad bad impression to give though.