I don't think MG has a cause, in particular, or that he IS one, either. He sure doesn't need championing. People can and do make up their own minds. I sure don't post my opinion or view with the expectation of anyone agreeing.

Now if one WAS presumed to have a 'cause' - it would be thought OK by some to accuse them of being on a 'crusade' and to be encouraged to make personal attacks upon them. It does rather depend on what the 'crusade' actually is. Many pedantic posters are 'championed' when pedants (as we know) generally need no encouragement to mind everyone else's business. And even some valued memmbers, who intentionally post to make what they even state in their post are offensive personal attacks, are championed and congratulated by other members on their 'crusade' (or counter-attack) against the perceived 'crusade'.

Martin Gibson is here because he is a member and he wishes to post. We all have the choice to read or not read his post. We all have the choice to be upset or not to be upset by his posts. We all have the choice to respond or not to respond.
We all draw the line of what we think is acceptable in different places. If Mudcat is to remain a broad church, we should include the Martin Gibsons of this world.

I think I would go along with this too but it does not happen does it?

The current practice of moving, closing and of deleting entire threads that contain posts that are judged by our volunteers, to be too offensive to remain - results in the loss of many invited and more positive contibutions. Perhaps there is a better way than to keep throwing the baby out with the bathwater?