While I respect your decision to do as you see most fit, Randy, by censoring FQTV you raise the very serious issue of censorship and its effect on the value of free expression in the marketplace of ideas.

IMHO, by eliminating FQTV's posts you have eliminated the ability of others to judge them and him on their and his own merit. His posts spoke loudly as to FQTV's ideas' merit, and you have eliminated everyone's ability to judge him and his ideas by them.

Private e-mail asking him to respect your forum? Yes absolutely!!!

Censoring his posts thereby denying us the ability to judge FQTV based on FQTV's ideas? Bad precedent.

Just my 2 miles...