That's all fine, but it almost amounts to proscribing certain topics. I've seen that happen elsewhere with religion and abortion. Either you have an open forum or you don't. With respect, the wrong person has been driven away. At least two people "on Israel's side" who routinely troll these threads must be chortling into their cornflakes this morning. It was wonderful to see two dreadful individuals at long last being dealt with a little while ago. If you really want to raise the tone of the place, a bit more of that targeting would be far more effective than using blunt instruments that have the unintended effect of driving away passionate and knowledgeable people whose instincts are solidly humanitarian. If we can't get Jim to change his mind, this place will be a lot poorer.