This is a great forum where all of us are welcome to share our mutual love and enjoyment of St. Martin/St. Maarten, along with our knowledge of it, or our persuit of specific island knowledge or information.
But what it's not, IMO, is an English class and most of us will, upon occasion, make a spelling, punctuation or a grammatical error, or a keying misstroke. And as if that isn't enough, there are even times when our "i"whatevers will make corrections where sometimes the end product is light years removed from what we were trying to say in the first place. I've had this happen to me on more than one occasion and sometimes the auto correct is hysterically funny but other times its left me saying, "What the heck?!" And there are also those who aren't as fluent in English as we might be but they still have a point to pose.
This forum is meant to be a friendly place where we can share our knowledge but sometimes we may state something as fact only to discover after the fact we were wrong. It happens......or at least, it has to me. But our intentions are good and well-meant!
What it's not is a place to discuss morals and values, politics and/or religious perspectives or the merit and the value of different lifestyles. It's a place to share our island and our love of same, putting all that other stuff aside.
Sometimes we write things and without rereading, we post them and realize after the fact, perhaps our choice of words wasn't the best or perhaps the tone of our words wasn't the best and maybe it was a little harsh. It happens but it's usually not meant to be taken in a negative light.
Please don't take offense or get our collective backs up about these little mishaps or better yet, misspeaks. It's usually not personal though on the rare occasion it is, there's generally no mistaking the fact. But the truth is, we can always disagree but hopefully without being disagreeable.
Let's continue to keep this a friendly place to share our love of our favorite friendly island..... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
