Are you saying you chose specifically to pick a fight with me because you have some past history of disagreement with my views (which I've actually forgotten, whatever it was)? Why do you feel the need? All of this because of the use of a single word that you believe is trite?
Not seeing this like a fight and pls don't try to rewrite the sequence of this thread. I reacted on the word "exotic", cited facts about the Maldives and then my opinion on the destinations. To one's each and that's OK.
But no... as well you could decide to entitle everybody his own opinion on our disagreement, you needed to nail your own, arguing about your own customers feedback (vs. personal opinion-cited in your post in italic in order to stress the point).
And now you're complaining I am replying !? Is there a hidden SB rule that you should always have the last word on any conversation and have better reasons for so?
Sorry I won't comment on your points above, I won't waste your time since you don't even seem to read what I wrote (for instance haven't I written "I am not saying europeans are ultimately right" before you start declaiming long forgotten latin) or you even cut my sentences wrongly (associated my stance on Seychelles which was refering to high end tourism with the start of the next paragraph - FYI, communication code implies that when you end a sentence with a "." and skip a line, it means you're refering to something else.).
You don't like thinking out of the box and prefer sticking strictly to the words. I prefer trying to figure out possibilities rather than sticking to plain words. I don't think the boards added value are limited to responding questions like they were search engines (ie. ask Maldives and Wakatobi/ retrieve Maldives and Wakatobi answer) just because when someone asks a question, in 99% of the cases, there are more factors behind than reading the plain words.
As I'm progressing through SB, I am pinning down some reference points on my mental map of the board... hence I'll just put one more a mark in my mind I'll try not to forget in the future.
So far that goes like :
Philippines board = too much fishing for clients around Malapascua.
Indonesia board / Bali = heavy fishing, been caught once until the guys realized on premise I'm a too big fish with very big teeth. Were very sorry that day :cool2:.
Thailand forum = same Phuket bunch, avoid reporting anything wrong on Racha Yai (their bread and butter), avoid posting at all.
Malaysia forum = avoid saying anything on Scubajunkie or on expat diveguides.
Quero = needs to make her point, do not reply.
At least one good thing done.
