Apart from having a target publicly pinned on me by the current Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team - could someone tell me what rules I am supposed to have broken and for which I should be further punished?

For unlike many of my fellow posters who would feel themselves qualified to publicly judge my worth in this thread and see Max's request for me to leave as some reason for rejoicing:

I have tried to post my views on our forum - openly using my own name.

I have not tried 'fun' ways or any other ways of preventing others from posting their views or ever felt encouraged that my membership gave me any right to do this.

I have never posted only to abuse or call another poster names, used foul language, made scatological references or ever responded in kind to the many such post I been seen to be subjected to. A practice and example set which has been seen to be openly indulged in and encouraged by the current Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team and some of the anonymous members of his team.

No one has ever been forced to read my posts and in fact in the many years I have been a member and keen supporter of our forum - I have done nothing but try to post my honest views and encourage others to do this - which I was under the impression was the object of our forum.

Perhaps the above would not be the case for some of those who appear to feel themselves qualified to judge me as being guilty of some form of rule-breaking.

If it were against the rules to be judged an irritation or a pain in the arse - perhaps many more posters than me should be being asked to leave.

When some of these go first - I may follow their example.