"...If the admin/mods here decide to delete something they don't HAVE to tell anyone...."

?? I believe Joe said that any deletions should be reported to him...or Jeff. Minor editing is another matter. I have seen Joe replace deletions made by a clone, so I gather HE can see them all. Thus I assume that genuine deletions do remain deletions for a reason, whether anyone else agrees or not.

Further...*IF* explanations were posted, the explanations would simply become a springboard for more acrimonious argument.


(I once was stepfather to two boys in their early teens..they asked if they could go downtown and splash in the fountain in front of the courthouse. I said "No!"....they, of course asked "Why NOT?"....I replied "Because turnips won't grow in the attic!"..(something like that). They said "What kind of dumb reason is that?"

"Well," I said, "You didn't really want a reason, you wanted approval, and nothing I could say would really satisfy you, so a dumb reason about turnips is as good as a long explanation. The ultimate answer is 'because I say so'."

I have watched Shambles for 5-6 YEARS reply to 'official' long explanations with more & more tedious objections...NOTHING will satisfy him except getting his way. And that's how it all appears to me. Joe 'sometimes' answers "Why?", wen it will really clarify something...but all he is required to answer (until Max changes it) is "because I decided".

I am comfortable enough with this...Joe (and Jeff) do a fine job, and I see no benefit in giving 'explanations', except in unusual cases...or encouraging clones to do so.