Well, yes, Shambles, I did refer to you as a buffoon.

I believe I said that if you act like an asshole, you'll be treated like an asshole. Is that calling somebody an asshole, or is that a "if the the shoe fits" situation? Same with loonies and idiots. If the shoe fits...

And yes, I threatened you - with deletion of your duplicate posts, not with bodily harm.

It wouldn't do to call Shambles a liar, but maybe one could say he plays peek-a-boo with the truth. He frequently makes mention of the "closure of the Affected by the Licensing Act 2003 thread." What he fails to mention is that the thread was reopened, honoring his request. The thread was closed because there was a more recent thread on the subject with almost the same title, and having two threads caused confusion. The second thread was a failed attempt, and didn't generate any discussion. Shambles requested that the first thread be reopened, and I reopened it and merged the one-message second thread with the first one.

Later on, Shambles posted a number of complaint messages about Mudcat editing in the Licensing Act thread. I moved those messages to another thread so that the Licensing Act discussion could continue unimpeded by squabbles about Mudcat editing. The Licensing Act thread remains open.

Now, THAT's the truth.

-Joe Offer, who has been a Mudcat editor since 1997-