the finest of lines...people are all different, some angry, some crazy, some illogical, some way to sensible and some rude (and now we say, etc). That's whats good about humanity.
Any moderated forum must abide by, or, try and change the owners AUP. I think PFM is fairly and well run, but Tony also isn't going to be everyone's cup of tea. The point is, we are here, and if we want to stay, we can't always have things our way. My 'lets suggest a change' contribution, is that I'd prefer 'offenders' to be warned . I think some are, but those sailing close to the wind are not if I understand correctly. This does take more moderation effort but I think it would help prevent the kind of downward spiral that occurred here last week. What about a traffic light system? If a mod finds a post is pushing too far, an amber light comes on in ones 'alert' box with a link to the post. If the poster continues, he gets a red and amber, and if a third time, someone hits him/her over the head with a large mallet (preferably) or a red light starts an automatic week's ban. A second red light, whenever, means a month away, a third is goodbye.
As to cables and cyclical arguments, as I said somewhere now lost in the mists of the thread bin, a, not everyone here IS an old cycnic, and if posts are started asking obvious questions, then there is the proof that this is true, and b, some of us get passionate and not all of us are perfect at staying calm and logical. And since this snake has now swallowed it's tail, I'm away to find Ynwoans new exciting thread!
