Point well taken, Rudi [and others].
However, the one minor flaw in tigger's well reasoned post is this paragraph:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">As for "the usual suspects", they also need to be counseled privately to "shoot the message, and not the messanger". Debunking the views of avek00 with factual, knowledgeable, and intelligent replies is far more effective than calling him names.</font>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but as Tigger himself clearly outlines,
we've already tried the debunking. I tried it weeks and months ago constantly. Tigger tried it as well. So have countless others.
So my entire point for the last few weeks has been this: We've all tried to deal with Avek reasonably. We've all tried to post reasonable contrary opinions. He continuously ignores them, instead choosing to continue his provocative tone. Why are the moderators ignoring his behavior, while constantly locking threads which contain
rebuttals to his constant drivel? Granted, some of the rebuttals might have an edge to them, yes. An edge that only Avek himself is to blame for. But today's locks did not contain any personal attacks.
This is why this is getting out of control - Moderators are locking threads which should not be locked. This is why I question their impartiality in this matter.