Oh dear!
Bob,
First and foremost, I have no wish to see you, or anyone else for that matter leave FM.
Now, the reason that I placed you on my Ignore list is that, to my mind, your contributions to the Unity Threads were becoming time-consumingly repetetive and wholly predictable in their content, coupled to the fact that I doubt that we could ever agree on this subject.
At no time did I accuse you of sending any of the less-than-complimentary PM's or E-Mails, neither did I 'imply' that you had. However, I cannot apologise for your reading of the matter.
The reason that I declined your suggestion to name and shame is that I consider that the "P" in a "PM" stands for <u>Private.</u> If the originator(s) had intended their comments for public consumption then I am sure that they would have made them on the thread itself.
I hope this clarifies the problem but believe me I will not be responding to any further correspondence on this topic.
That said, I will repeat; I have no wish to see you, or anyone else for that matter leave FM.
It is a little sad that we had two threads running at the same time, otherwise a lot more people might have read Mike Heylin's reply posted yesterday at 13:10 from which I quote the main points. with added emphasis from myself:
"Guys, at the end of the day each of you will decide whether to support Angling Trust or not. <u>Just what is the point of being at each other?s throats over the issue?</u> If the five organisations had started from there it would never have happened.
I have always taken the view that unity at a national level would be much easier to achieve than unity at a local level, where we need game fishers, coarse anglers and sea anglers all working together to deliver better fisheries and more fish. The sooner anglers realise that they all share a common goal and that what joins them is greater than what separates them, the sooner this great sport will start to make real progress in the modern world.
The groups behind Angling Trust realised some time ago that we are stronger together than apart. <u>You chose whether to join or not</u>."