I think some of you are being unfair to Shambles.
He hasn't done anything not permitted by Mudcat. He has never, to the best of my knowledge, abused another member or Guest.

Unlike some Members and Guests (two of whom have been banned), he has never indulged in vitriolic name-calling, even when some particularly vile insults were directed at him.

His posts are well-reasoned and cogent. Just because some of you disagree with them, does not make them less so.

Granted, he has been a bit repetitious, but is there a post count, a limit to the number of posts we may make?

Some of the moderators and elves emphasize the Mudcat credo of "do not feed the trolls and do not respond to flamers", but when it comes to Shambles' posts, they don't heed their own advice.

What kind of example is that for newcomers, and some old hands who refuse to think for themselves, but instead just parrot whatever the mods say about Shambles.

As I asked once before, what part of DO NOT RESPOND do you not understand?

Shambles has posted some very informative, well-written pieces in the past, and I hope he will continue to do so. I look forward very much to reading them.
And if I come across one of his posts with a lot of cut and paste stuff, and repetition of old grievances, I will ignore them.


Seamus