Re: A suggestion ... the intent of this board.

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I agree off-topic subjects may tangentially relate to solo
practice, but come on … Karl Marx? These guys should save
their preaching for the pulpit (or the street corner). I want
constructive ideas on how to succeed; I get enough input on
politics on talk radio. I respectfully disagree (notice I said
respectfully) that this type of discussion hinders the purpose
of the forum. There are plenty of Blogs and forums out in
cyberspace that cater to every type of discussion, politics,
religion, economics, you name it. I just want to know what
works for solos and what doesn’t. As you can see by one reply
to my comments a knee-jerk criticism is fired off because
somebody doesn’t want this forum to get back ON topic. If
someone wants to trade stocks, just go do it and find some
financial forum to blubber on. I used to really look forward
to seeing good information here, now I just read the topic’s
subject line and go to another website. Too bad, this forum
used to be really inspirational.
~Zephyr

On 4/04/06, Mr. Blue wrote:
> On 4/04/06, The Zephyr wrote:
>
>> I can appreciate the discourse on the pros and cons of
>> running a solo practice. I can even see how global
>> events/conditions can influence one�s decision to open
such
>> a practice. However, it seems the conversations on this
>> board need to pull back to what I imagine is the underlying
>> intent of such a forum � that is, relating to the
operation
>> of a solo practice.
>
> On-topic discussions often drift to other areas. Arguably,
> the current discussion is tangentially related to solo
> practice. I agree that we could definitely use more content
> on this forum, but I doubt the off-topic discussions have
> hindered that.
>
> I suspect that our largest problems is simply that few solos
> know that the forum exists (or that they're on the ABA's
> Solosez e-mail list--definitely check it out if you're
> practicing). Also, this "forum" software is antiquated and
> needs to be replaced by a pHp-styled discussion forum. Heck,
> I've even considered starting one myself.