Let’s get this straight. I am most certainly not against free speech and I’m perfectly open to debates on Ryanair. I have agreed that TheBeak’s views on Ryanair and, for example, WWW’s opinions about the state of the economy are worth listening to even though they don’t match my own opinions or experiences. Furthermore, even though some people have an abrasive, unkind or deliberately unhelpful attitude I wouldn’t disregard their right to be heard.
This is not about free speech; It’s all about time and place! On a thread started by a Wannabe asking about the virtues of joining Ryanair, let slip the dogs of war and let the debate rage because someone contemplating joining a controversial company ought to hear both sides of the argument, but where someone asks a clear cut, closed loop question, why do we have to see the whole thread become a 5 page argument between the Ryanair haters and those who have a different point of view?
I cling to my view that the Moderators are not doing their job in this instance. There’s nothing ‘moderate’ about their behaviour. Contrast the moderator’s action on this thread with the thread on Integrated v Modular which recently closed by Halfwayback.