Dick, and others,

The problem I see with simply not posting after someone has laid out some bait is that such a person could effectively kill numerous threads that would have otherwise continued amicably. To continue to do that could have even more of a disruptive effect. So I see no better way to deal with such a situation than to nip it before it blossoms. The larger problem here was that this person didn't just stop at disrupting threads. There were many other nastinesses done by other means. For this reason, (and perhaps more for this than the other) I fully support Max's action and resultant policy. I have more to say but there's a thunderstorm brewing and I want to send this before it blows out the power.