THREATS:- I'll grant you that one. You do not threaten, but then again, the only threat you have received from Joe is the threat of post or thread deletion; quite reasonable IMO, and please don't bother to remind me about the "what if we were to link you with...etc". A hypothetical question to illustrate a point is not a threat, and you know that Joe did not mean it as such.

I am not totally inexcusable then? Don why do you think and how would you know the threat you go on to minimise - is the only such threat – as you incorrectly state?

And if it were the only such threat - is there really ever a need for one poster to judge and threaten another with anything? Or is it OK by you because it is me being threatened and told publicly by two so-called 'moderators' that I should be banned?

Tell me – do you think there anything nice about anyone who would feel themselves qualified and wish to impose their judgement on their fellow posters and do so anonymously?

And can anyone, (especially a 'moderator') ever be excused for indulging in and resorting to name-calling during any form of discussion? Whatever provocation may be claimed – it is generally accepted (if not by Mudlogic) that anyone who resorts to this has lost any credibility.

I am sure you would not find the excuses you use here for a traffic warden who 'lost it' and started calling you names. Even when this was in the heat of the moment. When these 'outburst' are indulged in by 'modertators' here – there is no such excuse – for thee is time to consider your words and their effect very carefully and time also to decide whether to send it………………