Thanks for your on target, unsolicited comment.

In my opinion, “… dribbling endless posts no one reads … ” and “… of which I’m a regular reader too [sic]” were big clues in Leanne’s comment. Apparently, we are to consider her a no one. Meanwhile, Leanne is the kind of person who wants things both ways — that way she can choose what suits her at the time. That kind of person is always ethically swayable, and thus seems morally questionable to the rest of us. You picked right up on her own personal vendetta — but then, that’s rather easy to spot for those of us who have good reading comprehension!

Leanne’s logic also models Rick’s logic. He thinks if you can do something, then it is okay; he says that because he was able to purchase the original domain designsondemand.ORG (even though he knew at the time that designsondemand.COM was already taken — which was a humongous clue DKR all chose to ignore), then it belonged to him and there were no issues with his owning it. Not so at all. By Rick’s logic, just because I CAN put a pack of gum into my purse in almost any store and walk out with it without getting caught means I am not only entitled to that gum, but that I did the right thing by stealing it.

As for the fact that my posts have been far from endless since my husband went into the hospital in October, followed by my own stay in the hospital, (apparently, Leanne really cannot read all that well!), I am working on getting back into the groove, but it’s a lot harder than I thought it would be, for which I apologize to all of my readers.

I will stick to doing exactly what I have been doing, which is trying to live up to the name of the site: Independent Needlework News — with “News” being the most important word. As I mentioned, not all needlework news is positive. Sometimes, it is the negative news which is the most important to report, and reporting only positive news was never my goal. That is actually one of the main reasons I left CraftGossip — they were only interested in fluff, and not in real news. I wanted to provide a source for real news and the discussion of it.

In the interest of fairness and to show that I am actually willing to report any of the — apparently now very few — words of support for Needlework Designs on Demand, as well as any criticisms directed toward me, I printed Leanne’s comments. (In fact, I have never not approved a comment here because of its content, or for any reason so far … Although there are two comments on an entirely different issue I have yet to approve because I need to remember to write a post — a positive one! — that they remind me to do.) Leanne is certainly entitled to her opinion, even though it shows she is unable to comprehend what she reads, and especially as it was in support of NDOD, I printed it.

Heather

“I ordered several charts from their site and it was without problem”

As long as you get what you want then everything is ok?? What a great attitude!

If I steal something from you but don’t get caught - i.e ‘without problem’ for me does this make it morally right?

The fact that Heather has tried to show the lying and cheating that has gone on here to let the folks who read the posts make an informed choice should be given a big yee-haa.

You talk about ‘bitter’? have you re-read your post? You dont think is sounds like the attack of someone with a vendetta?

P.S. - about your comment about publishing an email you have been SENT, try reading the post!!! These were not SENT to Heather they were made PUBLIC by the authors. Sheesh!!! How do you get in such a hoo-ha about something you obviously have not bothered to even read properly???

And yes, frankly, if I’d send you an email you would have no right to publish it. So stop doing what you think others aren’t allowed to do. Since you left Craft gossip, of which I’m a regular reader too, they have some peace and quiet and informative posts.

While it was just a guess, I am not afraid to admit my mistakes. (I also would not be surprised if Rick were lying again, at this point.) Why is DKR so afraid to do the same?