Roger - my point from the beginning has been that Joe is not answerable to you, me,or any poster. He is answerable to Max. that's the way the system works, because Max owns the site and appointed Joe to do what Joe does.

Period. That is a fact. He does not have to explain or justify any of his actions to any poster. They are between him and Max.

You apparently do not like this.

I don't like the fact that if I jump off a 30 foot tower I will not float gently to the ground. But that isn't going to change the facts of what will happen if I do so jump.

While you may not have ever doubted the honest good intentions of any of the participants, from the beginning the language and terms you have used certainly make it appear that you do indeed doubt the intentions of those participants.