Guest who deleted your cookie, I'm sorry that you feel the level of freedom and trust on Mudcat has dropped to a level that forces you to post anonymously.

That said, Mike and Grouch/Lou have dictated NOTHING. All either of them has done is state an opinion: Mike that the term 'nazi' is not one to be used lightly and Groucho that he feels the present atmosphere at MC requires his abstinence from the forum for a time. The truth of the situation is that no one, excepting those that have the power to edit, delete or otherwise censor posts, can dictate anything on Mudcat. And there've been a pretty explicit policy statements to the effect that very little will ever be edited or deleted.

My hope is that the content of this thread will make us all a little more reluctant to apply labels to other people. As I stated in an earlier post, a counterargument to someone's view can be much more effective than a negative label and doesn't carry the added baggage of being hurtful.