This whole free speech issue is a crock.....and that's from a card carrying member of the ACLU. There is a responsibility that goes with "rights"........You don't yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater.

I think we need to let things alone for the most part, but take action immediately against those who are simply being disruptive for the sake of theur own amusement. Flush 'em. I get weary reading the back and forth BS over how this place works or how it should. Any answer given can be trounced easily by even the dumbest troll and then we go along and try to explain his next objection....and the next...and the next. Just delete the post and if it becomes a regular thing, flush the membership. Sure they come back but simply do it again......flush 'em. They need a reason? Act like NASCAR. NASCAR has rules somewhere but the always use only one....."Actions detrimental to stock car racing" and THEY decide what actions ARE detrimental to stock car racing. People argue about it, but NASCAR doesn't play.

Why do we play with these idiots? Just say their actions are dtrimental to The Mudcat Cafe Forum and flush 'em. Anyone logging on as a member must have a legit e-mail....no yahoo crap. We can still alooow Guests but if the post is out of line or over the top, delete it as detrimental to the Forum with no further explanation.

That happens ALL the time at another place I hang out. Threads disappear with no explanation as well as posts. ANd if you start a thread to question the decision, it disappears as well. The mods just don't play. Members get flushed and if they come back and try again, fine. They get out of line again and they're gone again!!! They get a warning by PM and often 2 or 3, but there is NO arguing with the moderators....period. Oddly enough, the site has tremendous traffic and everyone stays inline and pretty happy.

Think about it.....We're spending all this time talking and writing about it and why? There are but a few who cause problems! Flush 'em and let's move on. Quit trying to explain. This place has grown past the point where we can all just get along......Time to deal with the issues that growth has created and bring the place back to a site where we can argue issues and not about the workings of the site itself!!!

Let's just stop the crap now and move on....no other explanations needed and no argument will be answered.....just the way it is. Play nice or play elsewhere.

Spaw