Pgupta011, I guess, your question is our question.

What is the guideline, the bar by which we can measure ourselves on Flyertalk.

Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, and lord knows we don't all agree on anything, but knowing the standard is important.

For example, I (and I know some others) were quite offended by one of our contributors posting an offensive comment in response to a bad situation. We understand that that would have had to be removed (though some mention / warning of it would have been nice) and accept it.

However, I've come to believe that some posts were removed for fear of offending an airline. That's a totally different story, and honestly has had a chilling effect. I had never before considered if a topic or response I was considering would be "offensive" to an airline or other company. I now wind up saving some of my best tips for private e-mails, and this board never sees them. I would never even have thought of this before. I know I'm not the only one.

I guess that some of the "tennants" of this board just want a "lease" from the "landlord". And a "mission statement" would not hurt either.