while I don't (in many respects) share (most) of the arguments against moderation in the Miles Buzz (and I am also all for letting this Forum where it is now, at the top), I don't look at any of the recent points raised by those who argue here for a possible change as being critcs of Randy.

The personal attacks and constant 'recommendations' to leave this board and to not contribute here anymore, are, in my opinion, much more directed against the policy that Randy constantly follows and recommends here with his own posts and what also shows in his faq as a guideline how to 'behave' here.

I was a 'co-founder' of that 'other' board too (a board that Randy was constantly informed about by some of us personally), and I did follow the being questioned moderation policy at the now again discussed critical time closely. I thought than (and still do so now) that moderation was done there to best of the moderators knowledge and as fair as possible (that's my personal judgement and insider-knowledge from then). One moderator, that in a post above now is still criticised, wasn't even enabled to moderate the main forum that became the most critic one at that time. But if you go on to not believe me, what can I do?

[This message has been edited by Rudi (edited 09-19-2003).]