Roger- you pride yourself on not stooping to name-calling and personal insults, as you note has happened to you at times, but that quoted sentence IS an insult to most of the folks who have tried to discuss this for the last few months or years!

You are welcome to your view and unlike me - you can still express this view in any thread you wish.

My view is the quoted sentence would not be judged an insult to anyone who is not scratching around trying to find one. Sadly some posters do not have to scratch around looking for insults they can own - these are only now too evidently encouraged on our forum.

Bill -I can show you what an real insult is in PMs - if you wish? In fact I would take great pleasure in being able to restore the balance.

No it it is not an insult. It remains a simple basic fact, if one, as a proud defender of the double standard of posting behaviour on our forum, you do not wish to accept.

Any new poster will assume from one of Micks best posts - containing only his self-confressed 'intolerant comments' - that if it is seen to be good enough for our 'moderators' on our forum - such posting is good enough for them also. Despite posts like the following.

Subject: RE: BS: Closed threads & deleted posts.
From: Big Mick - PM
Date: 22 Sep 06 - 04:14 PM

I agree that if one uses personal attacks on Shambles, they will be eliminated. If they are responding to him, silly though I believe that to be, that will be allowed.

And if our 'moderators' are seen to take no action when favoured posters like Catspaw is in full scatological personal insult mode - a new poster could safely assume that no action will be taken and that it would be safe for them to follow this posting example.

And many have. But have not been eliminated........

Subject: RE: BS: Closed threads & deleted posts.
From: GUEST,jOhn - PM
Date: 09 Aug 06 - 11:06 AM

Shambles-you piss me off.