Pornographic references to people as fecal matter or using descriptions that are abusive and directly insulting serves no one.
In this case, someone such as Joe has the right to intervene.

With the greatest of respect Frank.

Has is escaped your attention that the Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team has often set the example of indulging in such posts as you describe toward easy targets and incited other to follow this example? Has deleted such posts from certain posters and completely ignored many from certain favoured ones?

I can dig some examples of them out again - if I really must. The most recent name he has publicly called me is a buffoon - but there are worse.

Would you consider that this would still entitle the Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team to intervene when others followed this example? And if he did could this be seen to have any credibility?