Sorry, Carol. While you were gone, we cracked down on people who post combatively, and on people who don't use consistent user names. If you wish to post here, you will have to comply..

What is meant by the word 'we' is that the current Chief of the Mudcat Editing Team has decided on yet another restriction in his vain attempt to continue to chase and control shadows. Whatever the effect this will have on our forum and even though these shadows are best ignored and do far less harm than all the clumsy and counter-productive methods imposed to deal with them.

But this restriction does not apply if you are one of the favoured ones, who feel themselves qualified to impose their judgement on the rest of us - who are now expected to be known and stand by our words and actions with a consistent user name.

If you are favoured - you can not only post anonymously but also anonymously and silently delete the posts of others.

Perhaps it would be judged to be fair if the same expectations and accountabilty were seen to be expected from all posters and when the word 'we' once again would refer to us all?

For displays of power without responsibilty are not generally thought to be acceptable - as such things tend to lead to the abuse of that power. And even if they do not - it is difficult to defend from such accusations.

If there is nothing to hide - what is the point of our moderators acting like and giving the impression that there is?