And yes MOL is a moderator by proxy as when he sees something he doesn't like he throws the dummy out of the pram and scares the bejesus out of forum moderators who come from a country where they have two amendments concerning the right to bear arms and free speech, only they ignore the latter one from time to time.
Nonsense.
The overwhelming majority of moderators are British.
There are very few American mods on the open forums. (There are some on the closed 'airline specific' forums.)
except I'm not afraid one bit
It's very easy to be brave when posting anonymously.