AGREED.
However, I'm not worried, I'm quite sure Daniel is smart enough to keep the mod on a short leash.

agreed. Its always funny no matter who it is.

The way things have gone lately that might be the only thing that might not irritate someone.

could not have said it better

agree

nice going Dan! people that just try to start crap do not belong here.

God did have justice on those few....................or maybe his bu**hole did grow together..............lol :>0

You have my email.......oops. I just changed ISPs so perhaps you do not! As a married man, were it not for porn related stories I'd have to watch women play Twister to see them contort their bodies into positions Olympic gymnasts have difficulties performing.


On a less humorous note, I cannot see how this event represents progress. AHEM said it very well--South Bend most be a very different place then all others in Indiana since you make so much sense so often. You most explain how you do not support the local semi-professional football team, however. I do not see how "tough moderation" is a good thing. I so much preferred market forces to Big Government and I am bemused that so many small government types have finally come out of the closet and shown themselves to be big brother, big government ideologues.

Alan

Thank you Alan. That's the nicest thing that you've ever said to me. I'm truly flattered


That's another subject for another day.

Hey now!

I'm a strong believer in "arguments can eventually work themselves out amongst mature adults". And for a decade it has worked [mostly] without issue. I just looked at the accounts database, and there has only been 2 other suspended members with more than 10 posts.

However, lately, too many people have been playing keyboard commando, and on the flip side of the coin too many people have been flying off the handle at the drop of a hat.

If people can remain calm enough so that when they see something that irks them, instead of firing off an even more inflammatory response, instead take a deep breath, go make a cup of coffee or have fun with the family, and then later come back and perhaps if they still feel its warranted, post a reasoned and intelligent response.

I hope that with "the great cleaning" we can return to the type of helpful and friendly forum membership that I've been proud to talk about at Expo - one that doesn't actually *need* AVS-style moderation. It may have become necessary in this circumstance, but let's not make it necessary again.

In future,

1) If you have a concern about the direction that a thread is taking, don't post about it - PM or email me and I'll take a look at it. Soon enough there will be additional moderators you can also contact.

2) If you have a problem with a member, again don't post - PM or email me. Include specifics of what the problem is. Throughout this recent event I heard privately from only 3 members about a certain other member. Smoke makes it easier to find the fire.

Finally, anyone marked as "suspended" is not permanently banned, but must request reinstatement privately.

I vote for the Great Kerfuffle.

Hey now... I've been good....?....haven't I?

What the hell happened? I've just spent the last few days moving into my new house (and first I might add), and I come back to find this place is under marshall law..?

Is Indiana a Red or Blue state?

Aren't all states blue bleeding red????

If you don't understand that post I dare say Alan or I could start a Politcal Discussion Forum..

Wait a second, I guess we don't need WWIV, Daniel just had to mop up WWIII..

lol...Remotes+Politics+Religion= something nobody can control....ha ha

I recently posted a pic for Mr. Stanley and said that if he didn't like it to just say the word and I would remove it. Shortly there after Stanley chimed in with "THE WORD" and I immediately removed it. Mr. Stanley PM'd me and stated that he LOVED the pic but was concerned that others here might be offended. No problemo. However, it got stuck in a quote and I had to ask for Daniel's help to remove it. I oppoligized for not showing more discretion and assured him that I PROBABLY wouldn't do it again. Daniel never got back to me but he did take care of it quickly. I can only hope that Daniel at least got a little chuckle out of it before cussing me out (to himself). For those that didn't see it, the pic was of a guy with a large belly that had a tattoo of a house cat on it. The guys belly button was strategically placed as the cats rearend. The problem was that this guys belly button was not an inny or an outty. It was a droopy.
In Stanley's PM he stated that "OMG that looks exactly like my cat".

My name is mitch, I was a maroon.