tigertiger,
I understand what the rules are. Yet this thread was not found under another topic and could not have been found under any other topics by use of the search engine. Atleast in any way I have been able to use it.

The reason I even brought it up was that there was no indication (contrary to what people had stated in this thread) that it had been moved only that it was closed. No matter what the intention, I was upset that a topic would be just closed that had been considered OK before. I had originally brought this subject forward because significant changes had occured since last discussed. I answered by email the questions that had been posed to me prior to closure.

So tigertiger maybe you have the ability to change what topic a thread can be pulled forward to when it starts in another. Unfortunately I do not so I was not able to as you say 'follow the rules.'

I do feel that not even considering other options is a mistake and I would have thought, as I assume Punki did, that this was an appropriate place to have this discussion. Of course this is Randy's choice and after this I will not comment or argue about it any further.

I can assure you that the community loses out when things become this confrontational and dogmatic. I have watched several online communities that support bands wither because of these types of arguements and the decision not to accept input. In both main cases it was the singer or band deciding they wanted to change it for future growth that ruptured the community feel. The sad part is that neither of them were ever damaged by flame wars that stretched over months or even the discussions of homosexuality, religion or politics. Yet the attempt to regulate it destroyed one and gutted the other.

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Robert