Guest, 615, I agree that Shambles will not let the thread die. But I disagree about his needing entries from the rest of us to keep going. He has shown in the past that he is perfectly capable of keeping a thread going on his own, for days and weeks. He needs this - and if you close the thread down, he will surely start another. It feeds something in his character, it makes him feel good. Something like verbal masturbation, where reality is immaterial, it's the fantasy that's needed.

So one might as well keep this thread open - at least that way one localises the damage to the forum. And if people get frustrated with him, let them vent their frustration here too; it makes no difference to Shambles whether they do or not anyway. You will have noticed how selective he is in his responses and quotes, picking only those that serve his purpose in pushing for an apology from Joe and trying to blacken his name.