Dorian, i answered your e mail hoping that you haven't interpreted my comments as pertaining to you. My muzzled comments were focues on the person in question in the incident - this BamaDave person. Trust me, like you i would have liked to rip in to his person in public, but didn't feel it appropriate to do so in public. I too am subject to the TOC of FlyerTalk and that is to not flame another member, even a BamaDave character. As for you, my opinion of you is the same as your opinion of yourself - and that's very good. You have tried both in public and private to hold high the goals of FT. Thank you again for that.

Now, let me address what i think your comment was about. What to do when someone like BamaDave comes along. I think the wrong thing to do is make a topic out of people like that. I think the right thing to do is to follow the guidelines for incidents like this as established in the current TOC which every posting members would have agreed to. Here's the direct passage from the TOC:

Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

Hope this helps everyone, though i hope I'm like all of you in wishing that you never had to put up with a BamaDave again. The bright side is that given the population and traffic on this board, these are truly minor incidents though not taken lightly by us.

Cheers to all and again, thanks to Tom for helping get this BamaDave character part of our history and for Dorian for providing a topic that allows us to remind members of the TOC guidelines for what to do.

As for moderators.....I may surprise you.