but I don't choose to spend my limited free time wallowing in it.

Well, sorry Noreen, but isn't that exactly what you are doing here? I do not believe for one minute that Micks actions will do anything to stop any nastiness and I have told him so. In fact, I think it could make matters a lot worse but I will be more than happy if I am proved wrong. Highly unlikely though and I would far more strongly support banning or timeouts if required.

I feel we know each other well enough to be frank and I think you, and others, are making Alps out of ant hills. The music section is still a generally peaceful place. The BS can be rocky but in the main it is inoffensive. It is a small minority of posts and contributors that are beyond the pale and, as has been pointed out, this has always happened.

Just my two pen'urth.

Dave.