Forum Censorship

[GarthB]

Mike:

1. This is where the trouble may begin. It is fine to disagree with anyone's opinion, even "authoritative" opinion. It is great to point out differences. It has been made clear, however, by the management of the Forum, that name calling, labeling and bringing personalities and personal issues into the mix will not be tolerated.

2. EWS use of "the Emperor" and whatever "he" wears is thinly disguised and known to management as a slur or personal comment on a poster. As such, it is not welcome here. The formation of and namming of EWS itself were, apparently, done for no other reason than to antagonize a poster. That may or may not be within the forum guidelines, but it does seem a little silly and "youthful" for mature umpires.

3. It is my understanding that Mr. Osborne has allegedly been the author a large number of posts that were deemed either offensive or beyond the bounds of Forum policy and that he ignored warnings to cease such posts. As Brad stipulated yesterday, in certain cases the deletion of registration will follow the deletion of posts and threads.

4. If certain posters chose not to participate here, it would be unfortunate. It has become apparent that there will be a level of discourse found here that is not often or readily found elsewhere on the internet.


GB