CameraGuy, I am not unhappy with FT. In fact I really enjoy it and think that it is one of the best sites on the internet. I do think that we are over moderated today just as we were under moderated three years ago. If a large group were to agree with me, then maybe we can effect a change in the process of moderating that would ease some of the thread closure and create more courtious debate. I am not arguing that personal attacts or grossly inflamitory statement shouldn't be moderated. I am feeling that we now preemptively moderate so that nothing bad gets started. I think that when we do it that way alot of good posts don't get started. The statement that I don't think this is going anywhere is becoming more and more common. If it is not going anywhere then why close it? It will just go away. If you have a true TOS violation then act on that, not on the possibility of problems. I again am not critisizing anyone, I am just trying to find out if more members feel that we are over moderated and if we could then change our process to allow more free discourse as long as it is civil. FT should be and for me is a source of entertainment as well as a source for knowledge.

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dallasflyer