I have come to accept moderation as a necessity to the reasonably fair treatment of individuals with a point of view or opinion on a subject thread. The consequences can be seen on other forums where rampart vexatious attacks go unchecked and public “outings” are common and serve no purpose but to ridicule and stifle opposing debate.
Since this post on a Dick Smith bashing thread on one such other forum on 29 December last year: [quote] Hey yawl. Another pissed off ppruner here. (Hey ya wally, Kappy, Chuckles, ned, Jaba, Doc........Et al)/QUOTE]
There have been 11 posts by 6 individuals, 3 of whom are persona non gratis here. At least 2 others feature on this thread.
What does that tell you?