I happen to think that one of the greatest strengths of this forum community is the fact that we are free to discuss whatever we want. It's self correcting to a degree. Very rare that any sort of administrative action is required.

So what are you suggesting then? We start censoring topics that don't fit in with your model of what this forum should be? Maybe I'll start with your post... in my opinion your whining is far more offensive than the trolls or any bigotted "political" views here in this thread. It detracts from the freedom we all enjoy here.

>The reason I posted is that although you want PC911 to
>develop naturally, I (as a recent member) think that it is
>damaging to the forum & detracts from cultivating the
>comradeship that makes PC911 unique from all the other
>forums that you suggest. The topic posted "Brace youself"
>doesn't indicate the subject matter until you start to read
>it, anyone having opened a post is likely to want to scroll
>down & scan the contents at which point a reader will decide
>whether to post or not. I chose to post a satement which
>you are perfectly entitled to disagree with, as I disagee
>with the topic being posted in the first place. In
>hindsight the topic heading should have alerted me to the
>fact that someone was trying to stir up some comment & start
>a "hot topic" presumably to see how much angst he could stir
>up. This was never intended to be a calm & rational
>discussion but rather the opposite & it seems that he has
>won this round, sometimes a "living thing" can turn around &
>bite us!