Just as when you are on private property the owner has the right to ask you to leave - and anyone who thinks differently is kidding themselves. makes sense to me..

Not sure if many would argue that. However, if the owner issues an open invitation to the public - with no dress codes - do fellow guests have the right (half-way through the evening) to introduce a dress code of their own and judge who comes and goes?

Max did not impose rules or decide on matters of his personal taste and that is why so many good, strange and creative people came to the party and shaped the forum the fine place it just about remains - by their contributions.

Reserving the right of the owner to ask you to leave is not the same as fellow posters NOW imposing their personal taste as a matter of routine and shaping our forum by what is closed, deleted or imposed without a poster's knowledge or permission.

This shaping is done under the cover of protecting us all from abusive personal attacks - whilst our volunteers set the example of indulging themselves in abusive personal attacks - responding in kind to them and inciting others to do this whilst finding it funny. All this has no effect on preventing abusive personal attacks from being posted.

It could be argued that defending such obvious hypocrisy - actually encourages such things. While the forum that Max opened for the ALL public - is stolen from - them by a few who refuse to consider even the smallest change suggested by the public.