Shambles, you admit it's Max's site. Face the fact it's also his prerogative to delegate authority/responsibility. You don't like that, but you're stuck with it.

You can keep on trying to make Mudcat over into the image of what YOU think it should be, you can keep writing editorials and calling them 'questions', you can keep mis-paraphrasing, blowing things out of proporion, defending those who wish you'd mind your own business, twisting facts to fit your agenda, etc, post nauseum, and none of it will accomplish anything, except for ensuring people will likely avoid discussing these things with you. My guess is that you've alienated everyone who could change things.

It doesn't mean people won't occasionally enjoy the debate, just that it's highly unlikely anything will change because of it.