Apology

[3X00-Modified]

I'm now aware that this is not a business related issue but a personal one that involved some in this group... But once again I'm not going to lock and or delete this thread. If you disagree with this and don't want to see it then DON'T READ IT AND DON'T REPLY TO IT. Ron has every right to make this public and he has every right to further explain things if he so desires. Which will also raise questions if he does not and I don't see a problem with that. If he chooses to clam up after this very public apology then that may alter peoples view of Ron and to be honest it's up to him now on how he wants to be viewed.

[ronaconda]

Jeeze. I never thought this would go the direction it did or get the attention that it did. I would have replied sooner but never got a notification of replies to this and I haven’t been on here in a few days.

If any one of you have been through any kind of therapy or rehab, an apology to the person or people that has been offended is a step that needs to be taken in order for the offender to heal. Steps have been taken to apologize to specific people directly through PM’s and other venues. Some were delivered; some were not able to be delivered. A sincere public apology was my way of completing this step. Whether or not the apology is accepted is up to the person that has been offended. When I wrote the original post, three people were in mind, but, through replies to this, I can see two more that this should be directed at. For those of you that this raises more questions than it answers, that should be a sign that I have not offended you because you have no idea what I am talking about. For people like Mindy, this doesn’t raise any questions and obviously knows at least part of what I am talking about. Should I have been more specific??? Perhaps. Are the people I have offended “better off” after cutting some ties??? That is up to them to decide. I will not go into specific details about what happened out of respect to those that I have offended, but I will say specifically to Mindy, Mike (SGR), Geoff (90GTZHO), Chad (lmnjlo), and Jha, I sincerely apologize for my actions. I wish I could go back in time and change my actions and take back words that were said, but I unfortunately do not get that luxury.

Thank you for speaking your mind Mindy – it’s one of the things that I respect about you. To you, I apologize for my actions several years ago and for the things that have been said both on and off this forum. You are a great person and definitely are “better off”.

Mike (SGR)…I won’t be surprised if this apology isn’t accepted, but please know that it is sincere. I don’t remember how we did it, but we somehow got into a war that escalated very quickly. I apologize for what was said to you – you are a good, knowledgeable guy that didn’t deserve what I said to you. No one does.

Geoff (90GTZHO) I have contacted via PM but I will still offer a public apology. I still don’t know what I did to offend you, but it is obvious that I have.

To Chad (lmnjlo) and Jha I offer the most sincere apology. My actions were totally unacceptable. My actions caused me to lose two great friends and I know that both of you will ever speak to me again. That is a consequence I will have to learn to accept.

For those of you reading this that cause you to think differently about me, so be it. This is something that I felt needed to be done for my own sanity. If this makes you think differently about doing business with me, I will let my feedback thread speak for itself: http://www.beretta.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=14200

[Ozzwoman9]

I said I wouldn't reply, but I will...

There is no need to apologize to me. What was done is done, I knew there were other things going on and I'm glad things ended when they did. Just another step along the broken road that led me to where I am today.

Honesty is my best (and worst) quality. So here it goes...I think it's nice that you directed this to a few people individually. Not saying it hasn't already been done before or that anyone will forgive you though. We're all leaving this Earth the same way, and it's all about the impact we make upon it and how we sacrifice and treat and help others. When I read this post the subject line could have read "another pity party". Harsh but true. I think as a therapy/rehab step the #1 thing you should be more concerned with is being honest and forgiving yourself because you have to heal within in order to bring change about. Actions speak louder than words.

[Money pit Beretta]

I have never bought anything from you ronaconda as you know. I've never had a problem with you. All the times we have talked have been nothing but good.

Get better and hang in there. You have started down a long road that will tough at times. Small changes end up as big ones later. Time will feel like it stops, but it is still on going(just in a more positive way that may be strange to you at first).

[SuzukiGhostRider]

Ah, I see Ron. I gotcha now. I thought about our incident when I saw this but it was some time ago and figured there was something else afoot that I was missing....

Apology accepted. No worries man. Takes a man to apologize , especially publicly, and I'll not ever kick a guy when he's down or when he's man enough to offer an apology. We're good dude.

Good luck with your program.

Mike

[3X00-Modified]

This is what I wanted to see SGR and Eric do you now understand why I left this thread open? He has/had every right to post it and I'm glad he did and was able to get this off his chest.

Best of luck to you Ron.