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i don't think so Barry, it's just that some are reading someting in the question that isn't there to be read!

no his younger brother michael. guess they both like having a pop at me, a family thing?

touche

don't think 'hell' was designed for laughs!

sorry steve, i am just asking a question, really i am. i want to know why a person would do this, what's to be gained. what may be gained in the short term may be lost in the long term. i have used an example, it is a vehicle to explain the scenario, many people may know who it is, many may not but that's NOT the question at hand. it's not up to me to name names, if everybody is going to get hung up on WHO and not WHY then the thread IS irrelivent because i ain't asking who.

i respect yours and petes opinions and thank you for taking the time to air them here giving this thread a certain balance, they just don't match mine.

i disagree there pete, all behaviour has meaning, everything we do we do for a reason, sometimes the reason is more important than the behaviour because unless that's addressed the behaviour pattern will continue. may sound a bit deep but that's how life is at times. i think these actions are out of order, amoral and immoral. i am not the one to out a person but i think people should be aware that things like this are happening, when a person is armed with this information he, or she can make his or her own mind up as to whetehr to support a person capable of such actions. i find that a bit more appropriate than if the beers cheap or cold or will i hear one record three times in an evening but, i guess that's just me then!.

it's not saying that i think this person is suffering from a mental health ilness it's saying that these actions are outside the boundaries of normal/acceptable behaviour, also that i have worked with many people who do have a mental health condition of which i have understood and understood how that has influenced that persons' actions but..... i can't for the life of me get a handle on why a person would do what this person has done! as i say i'm not saying he's 'crazy' just asking a question in the context of perceived normal behaviour.

i'll not delete it doug, it's a question, a valid question. i will not name names but often we tend to be the sum of our actions in others' eyes. this may be a chance for said person to post his side of 'the story' adding to the clarification of the situation, therefore standing tall and naming himself along side the reasons for his reported actions.

it was a generalisation and not meant to cause offence, i go to that area to get my fix of oldies very often and have nothing but respect for the paying public there. their commitment to northern soul is second to none so i apologise if i have offended yourself or anyone else who misstook that statement as a slurr, sorry. but the original question is still relevent.

if that was the pay-off we'd all (well most of us) be up for it

I was, until just recently retiring a Governor of the Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust (the part of the NHS in Lincolnshire that is resposible for the care of people within the County who have a diagnosed mental health contition). Also an Associate Hospital Manager, one of a group of people who travel the County and sit on trbunals and reviews to check that a persons' mental health section is correct and within the policies of the NHS and laws of the Country. I have also worked with many individuals with a mental health condition but a recent matter has totally perplexed me and I hope someone can shed some light on this: Why would a promoter of events walk go to the Management Committee of a Hall that is the venue of a 'rival' event and inform the Committee that the 'rival' promoter is standing down and that He (the person in question) would like to take over the booking of the Hall for the following year? In itself, fair enough except the 'rival' promoter had NO intention of stepping down and this person had walked into this meeting and told a blatent lie with the intent to destroy an event and then take it over himself! My question is, what would make a person do this? There isn't enough money in promoting Northern venues to make a living, even the likes of KR have other strings to their bows. I just can't understand how a person would think he or she could get away with this but more important WHY would he or she even try. Is promoting a venue such an addictive action, does it bring material wealth, respect, hordes of nubile young ladies thrashing about in admiration just for one's attention, I think not. Please tell me, WTF is this all about. I won't name this person, I will say it's in the Mansfield area where there seems to be more promoters than punters and I'll even say Forest town is a close proximity. Some may guess correctly who he is, others may guess wrongly but either way, it will still be but a guess. Perhaps he might like to come on here and explain his actions. Sorry it's such a long post but human behaviour most certainly interests me, none more than that which is guided by thoughts outside the 'normal' parameters of psychology.

go pauly, go pauly, go pauly go ran out of christians to burn paul?