Shambles actually does full-frontally what we all do, which is to work away at any perceived weaknesses in others.

This is more what is done in response to me simply trying to demonstrate the true picture of what is happening in practice on our forum. When our our 'moderators' are seen to assure you and compromise our forum in the pretence that it something else.

I can see little point in any poster joining in the pretence that our emperors (no matter how well-intentioned thay may be) are clothed in the finest silks - when their naked flesh is clearly exposed for all to see.

But I really care very little about working away on or judging any individual poster's personal weaknesses. All this judgement of each other's worth, has become just a distraction to real discussion. And it matters little anyway - as currently, all are invited to contribute to our forum. For anything that is not of interest can be easily ignored.

What does matter - is what ALL posters are trying to say and encouraging as many as possible to feel safe to post their views.

However, it is not possible to simply ignore so-called 'moderators' when they 'silently delete' posts and entire threads. This (and the petty reasons provided to justify most of it) can only serve to inhibit discussion.