In response to the question, I can offer this. WHen I've had one biting my ass, I've found it helpful to remember that 99% of Catters, whether they've told me lately or not, do really know me, see my better side more often than not, and know the difference between the crap a troll posts and the Real Deal. That lets me breathe, in peace, during the time it takes before the mateial is removed. I usually find myself occupying some of that time by reassuring inflamed PMers that I'm fine, that it's going to be handled, and to please leave it alone in the thread.

Some REALLY skilled Catters put jokes into their PMs instead, and simply draw my attention off the upset. They just have a gift for putting the loony at the disposal of the temporarily unbalanced. :~)

It IS awkward to get help on these matters without a Help forum. Sometimes email and/or PMs are just the way to go. You can always PM a couple of mods and copy it to email to Joe to let him know what you requested. If you know who some of the mods are, you can look at posting history to see which are online at that time of day/timezone.

~S~