Shambles makes a good point. It should be very obvious to anyone who reads these threads that this type of behavior is allowed to flourish and in fact encouraged by support of the moderators and by the lack of action from the owner of this site.

If there were any interest in truly respecting the so-called "values" of this website, then this thread would not exist, Shambles would either be banned or have no restrictions, and some of the vile comments would have been deleted as well. If Catspaw and I were sitting at a bar and talked to me with that tone and those insults, I guarantee Spaw would leave in a stretcher - and I am not a violent man. Not to single out Spaw, who is really a puppy dog at heart, but people are saying things - often under the cloak of anonymity - that they would never think of saying to someones face.   People tend to get brave when they post on these sites, and by allowing anonymous posts you encourage this sort of behavior.   

What we are witnessing is the moderators and owners failure to live up to their own expectations. It appears they are letting Shambles be the easy scapegoat in an attempt to mask the problems. Shambles, because of his nature, is an easy target. I don't approve of his tactics, and I think he if full of himself when he attempts to make analogy to violent attacks in the street or likens himself to characters in Animal Farm. This is just a website and these issues are truly trivial.

What it boils down to is that this site is privately owned and they can do as they wish, but be honest about it. Don't lie to us - there is enough of that in the world.

As the saying goes - shit or get off the pot.