<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by kokonutz:

Than ban me first, as I certainly did post in FT public forums the allegedly slanderous comments that cigarman made about me to the original talkboard. Both for confirmation and also for confrontation.

And as I said, the original emails came unsolicited from insiders.

And if you think that I am going to name names or blame the whitle-blowers then you are more nutz than I am!

I have acutally been on both sides of this disaster. I basically quit moderating duties on mmiles when I felt that the moderators began taking and reacting personally to moderation issues. There also developed a sort of short-hand for dealing with perceived trouble-makers with which I was not comfortable. So I left. I know moderating can be a frustrating and seemingly thankless task and I know that I do not have a thick enough skin or a stong enough sense of fair-mindedness to do it properly. As I admit above, were I in that star-chamber (my term!) I would have behaved similarly.

Look, there is no sense in:
1) any more blame game or
2) any more hurt feelings/egos/pride.

For one thing, that is not what this COMMUNITY is supposed to be about. Second, it is JAFIBB.

How about this: I propose that whether I am banned or not for my year-old revelations, all parties, anonymous or not, involved in this mess gather together at a central location, and I will host an open bar so we can lubricate relationships and start the healing process (and, of course, give little-needed fodder to the 'boy does that koko drink too much' rumor mill ).

Such a gathering would be, IMHO, not only in the true spirit of flyertalk, it would also provide an opportunity for a much-needed group hug.</font>