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Originally Posted by DC1983
Downtown Update
Since the "Downtown Update" section of a certain website has been missing for a while, I thought I would start one here!
We could dedicate this thread to new food / drink / retail shops in the core and inner-city.
I always like checking out new places as they open so I have something to suggest to friends and family when they visit me (and others) downtown.
So update away!!!
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I came back to check on this site after a long absence, and this is what I come back to?!?
THIS is exactly why I (and others) left this forum in the first place; ppl like 'Mark Barbera' derailing every thread with 'his' opinions -- which btw is 100% clear and obvious 'trolling'.
It's time markbarbera is BANNED! Once banned, I may return with what everyone on this forum comes here for; UPDATES (and photo-updates).
Mr 'Barbera' contributes ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to this forum but 'his' opinions (no updates, no 'rumours', no photos, etc), which again are clearly not his opinions at all but rather nothing more than trolling measures.
So let's start with getting the Downtown Update thread back to what it was meant for (read red text above)!!
Side Note: Until markbarbera is banned, please DO NOT use my photo updates from UrbanToronto on this site. I do not give permission to use them.
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DC1983, first and foremost, I want to sincerely apologize that this thread has moved away from your original intention for it. I have not been contacted by any forum moderator about this, and am responding on my own initiative. The content indeed has moved away from its original intent to become a general conversation about what is happening downtown in a picture much bigger than that of what is new downtown in the form of food, drink and shopping. Perhaps this happened mainly because specific threads for dining and shopping have been created in the "Culture, Dining, Sports and Recreation" sub section of this forum.
With regards to my overall contribution to the forum as a whole, I don't think you are painting it very fairly. I do not just place opinion here, I do bring forward discussions about items of interest that have not been recorded here recently, and I have posted photos and rumours as I have heard them in the past.
I do have a tendency to engage in lively debate when opinions are posted. That is what a thread discussion is supposed to be about. The fact that I may not agree with someone's opinion does not make me a troll. I do not disagree just for the sake of disagreement, I always bring forth information to support my opinion. I may voice disagreement, but I never attack anyone personally on this forum and always post based on the forum guidelines
I am sorry you feel so strongly about my posting here. I will make an effort to dial down my participation here, and will resist the temptation to post counter-arguments to other forum participants who do challenge my posts here simply for the sake of argument. I will resist the temptation to derail threads, and will redirect those who wish to discuss sidebar issues to threads more appropriate for that discussion. I am hoping that commitment from me, which is being posted of my volition and not at the prompting of any moderator, will be enough to make you reconsider your personal withdraw from participation in this forum.