The following is the thread that Bill D referred to.

Shambles whine about Mudcat thread

I repeat..."Nowhere was it ever decided that the BS area was fair game for any sort of spam, stalking, hate messages, personal insults and incoherent babbling!"

Not sure that I have ever suggested that is was - but we do manage to ignore, avoid or otherwise deal with all this stuff in the real world and elswhere on the internet - without the hysterical reactions here that threaten to throw the baby out with the bath-water. And that more importantly do not prevent any of this stuff from appearing here anyway - as much of it is coming from members and those who volunteer to judge and censor our contributions?

What I am suggesting is that perhaps the best way to deal with it here is just to ignore it and to encourage others to do this by setting a good example and just move on?