Guest, if people thought you were a troll, you'd have a 200+ post thread.

'Peace': "Let's ignore the nazis and racists. That will make them go away." Well, that's one thing nobody's tried yet. Or do you think getting predictably upset when someone's trying to upset you might eventually be effective in making them stop? Would you please explain how you see that happening?

Usenet mostly works because people have learned to not see it as a personal responsibility to be vigilantes. Otherewise, it would have collapsed under the weight of constant fighting a long time ago. Mudcat mostly has, for me anyway.

How do you imagine that fighting with those who come here to start fights will end?

What's the worst thing that could happen if most people ignored them?

I would support members only and non-members under certain circumstances. If Max goes that way, I'd want the few people who have tried their damndest to force his hand to not be allowed here, at least for a while. I don't think they should be allowed to post here now. It seems to me that 'Peace', at least, seems to be trying to make things worse so Max will be forced to step in.

If membership is not going to be required... Joe, I don't know how you feel about it, but if folks want to post message after message out of hate and anger, I say let them. No deletion of anything anyone who might be a member has replied to. It's just too much to expect anyone to clean up.