BELOW IS THE EXACT MESSAGE I POSTED ON THE DELETED THREAD.
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I thought perhaps I should post here just to expand on Cluin's and Guest's and Fionn's posts above.

I have not been posting simply because that was what Max asked of ALL of us when he posted the "Shambles Has Been Asked to Leave" thread. No one including Jeff, Max, or Joe has communicated with me as to anything else. AND, yes, I had posted on New Year's Eve the following after someone asked why Spaw hadn't been censored:

Subject: RE: BS: Closed threads & deleted posts (2)
From: catspaw49 - PM
Date: 31 Dec 06 - 08:55 PM

Because the favoured poster is so lovable.

Ya' know Roger, the only reason I ever drop by here is just for fun and to take the piss out of you for no reason whatsoever. Well, I guess there is a reason...........I seem to annoy you and that's reason enough. You have been annoying this place for years. All your huffing and puffing don't mean a thing because there is only what is. At some point Max will take the piss out of you instead of me doing it. That might be a sad day because under the neurotic asshole persona, you're an otherwise intelligent being.

Maybe it will come to you in the new year though I doubt it. You're not saving Mudcat. It isn't yours to save. Back off and let Max take care of things in the best time frame that he and Jeff can. Make it a resolution for the new year huh? You've made all the points that you have to make and you can see that no one but you is too interested. "Our" forum, as you like to say, would be far better off for it. If you can't do that, then I'll be around just for the hell of it to screw with you. I'll post a lot of stupid, demeaning, and generally stupid, stuff to try and equal your stupid stuff.

Give it up Rog......Why waste the bandwidth? We can both stop now as the New Year arrives!!!!

I had not posted a word past this and when Max asked Roger to leave, I wasn't surprised. If you'll check back, for all of those posts some of you complain about and are so offended by (please grow up), there are also a considerable number like that one where I asked Roger to back off. Roger and I have both been here about the same length of time ('98 or so with a few months difference) and I remember well and often posted glowingly with words of admiration for his poetry and song.   But even in '99' he had begun to harp on his discontent with the 'Cat. At one point, amidst much fanfare he left. When he returned a few months later he began this crap with Max's decisions regarding the way the place worked.

He and I had some good fights back then but at one point we called a truce......and it held for a good while. Then he really got going on this bullshit "every word is precious" and that did me in. This is the internet. Our rights extend only as far as the site owner deems fitting. We all post at the pleasure and with the permission of the site owner on EVERY site for chrissakes. Max has let this go on because he's a good guy and likes to see things work out in the real world. I know of no other website that allows continual harping and complaining and generally berating words and attitudes as to the site administration. Most places would have ushered Roger to the door and kicked his ass off the planet.

Max isn't like that and now Roger has forced him into an untenable position. This was just a first step. Other things will change and happen and then other steps will be taken if Roger insists upon staying. That decision is still Roger's and if I were him, I'd take a break and think about it.   If you think Roger has some good points (personally I don't) then it might be good to keep in mind that Max DID NOT ask him to leave because of things he was saying. Most sites would, but Max didn't. Max asked him to go because he has been continually harping on the same crap for years. He has been given all the answers but because they aren't what Roger wants to hear, he keeps right on pissing and moaning. Enough is enough.

I just wanted to clarify Cluin's and the other posts a bit. I'll let my New Year's post stand for itself in its entirety. And btw, I have no idea where Mick is. If his first of the year has been anything like mine, he's been busy in the 3D world.

..........and fuck Florida.

Spaw
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THAT IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE POST.

Spaw