It has been suggested that we, as a group, ignore posts from Guests and those which are racist etc.

Problem is, we have some members who find it impossible, for one reason or another, to ignore those posts. IMHO that is never going to change. I can understand it because I have got angry at some of the things that get posted here. I've just trained myself to sit back and reflect for a few moments before even thinking of whether I want to reply, let alone doing it. For those who have passionate feelings about a particular subject I can see how that course of action could be well nigh impossible.

Consequently we either have to accept that there will be 'flame wars' on some threads and just avoid those that have become pissing contests or we must have some way of regulating the content of the threads. As I said earlier I'm on the fence about that one - there are advantages and disadvantages both ways.

I know at least four clones personally and know that they and Joe are not attempting to exert more power over the rest of us. What they are doing WITH MAX'S APPROVAL, is trying to make the forum a more pleasant place to visit as well as making it easier to negotiate, by tidying up thread titles etc.

We are all free to use or not use the forum as we wish. Contributions to the upkeep of the site are voluntary so, if you don't agree with the system you don't have to pay for it. This site is not even a democracy, although if it were I'm pretty certain that the majority would not vote to change the system in any real way. As has been said many many times before - if you disagree with the way in which the site owner has set up his site you don't have to come in here.