One wonders if there would be all this discussion if Shambles had been the direct target of a Guest insult..... Been there, done that, got the printout. One also wonders how amicably it would have been sorted had Shambles been the one accused of anonymous and inflamatory guest postings. Again, been there, done that, found the piggybacker.

As mentioned above, it is the very nature of anonymous postings that hurt the most, not always the content of the post. My arse is fat, it was a lot fatter, but it wasn't Guests' public declaration of such that made me do something about it.

Sometimes people feel so strongly about a subject that they need to ask a question with a different or no name attached. There are many such threads archived here and almost all of them deal with very personal issues. Anonymity is chosen because this is a public forum and as also noted above, many people here, not just in the UK, know each other intimately, biblically and for considerable numbers of years. Those that are genuinely asking for help and advice, whether taken or not, usually have a psuedonym. Those that are making deliberate and personal attacks tend not to.

There are some very valid comments on this thread, from all sides, but the matter is old news and the issue is closed. Ranting here will not change the policing of this forum, a policing which it will always need, regardless of Guest or other status.


LTS