[iceman (Mike)]

Arthur noone is treated like school children. We are all adults here, but Dennis expressed my feelings very well. I'll try not to repeat what he said.

I've run this forum for over 2 years and i've seen a lot of people come and go, i've seen a lot of fights start over what seem like innocent comments, and sometimes people get offended even when there is no intent to offend.

I've also seen different personality types and where some people shrug things off, others will keep replying having to get the last say and won't let a matter rest - that's where moderators make a judgement call and sometimes they lock a thread.

Of course those participating in the thread sometimes take offence to the thread being locked, and start another thread asking why it was locked. This doesn't help the situation and will ultimately result in that thread being locked as well.

Airing dirty laundry in public isn't what this forum is about - and I find that most matters resolve themselves quite amicably in private without others jumping on one bandwagon or the other.

I fully support RB's actions in locking the thread - moderators are human and make judgement calls to protect the integrity and reputation of the forum. For better or worse, that's the (thankless) job they do and I appreciate their fine work in this.

Please email me if you wish to discuss it further.