First of all, my reply is trying to address your issues and to do so, I will have to use you as an example. no offense meant, but you posted the topic and you addressed it to me for an answer.

I'm a little confused to begin with. Your premise seems to be: "It would be nice to consider that all members conduct themselves as adults and certainly with civility but that is simply not the case." Correct? The reason I am confused is that it seems to be coming from the very same member who posted this "Omni Forum. I think Omni sucks. That's all, it does. It is not what it once was and some of the people there are narrow minded f...... A.......!" in the CommunityBuzz! forum just days ago which is described as "The official get-together page for the FlyerTalk community..."

Honestly, I'm not so sure i'd describe this post of yours in Community (which BTW was closed because it was not relevant to the forum in which it was posted) as conduct of an adult and certainly not one of civility. Beyond the content of your post, was it necessary to use this: "f...... A......."?

As well, I happened to look at your last 25 posts on FlyerTalk: OMNI: 18; ORP: 4 (this thread); CommunityBuzz!: 3 (all related the your above post there). Might your problem with OMNI be that you are spending too much time there?

OK, I'm done picking on you with some facts relevant to your request. So, let's look at OMNI. OMNI is one of the busiest forums on FlyerTalk and yet I really don't see an overwhelming outcry for what you are talking about here. Sure, there are some uncivil members who get carried away with the topics of drugs, sex and rock-n-roll – oh wait, that's another forum I was thinking about, I meant the topic of religion and politics. But frankly those are topical and typical at virtually all other forums as well, FlyerTalk is really not an exception. What I liked, actually loved is the level-headed comment by chex above. The exchanges I've seen among members are basically a small well-defined group. They will never change their opinion and some are willing to lose their posting privileges for the sake of the last word. But FlyerTalk has available for some time, a tool for you to enjoy OMNI at the level in which you wish to engage other members - the Ignore User tool. When someone complains about another user, I have come to default with the understanding that typically they want to engage with that member, no matter the outcome. Should you have used this tool with a small group of members you have had differences with, it's likely this conversation would not have come up.

But you are right, there are some members that need to be addressed. And we have plans for that. In the new version of FlyerTalk which will soon be coming up, it may be difficult for some members to engage with others to the degree in which i think you are referring. It is likely that Rule 28 will become a reality in a technical sense and a group of our members who have given up FlyerTalk for OMNI will be limited to only 3 posts a day in that forum, something we' like to do now but just don't have the capability to do. As a moderator, I really hate to have to monitor and read everything posted in that forum and frankly can't, which is why I rely so much on the Report Posts feature. Based on the volume of posts in that forum on a daily basis, there's really nothing wrong with OMNI and while I respect that your intent seems to be to rid OMNI of the topics of political and ideological discussions, there are some very smart and influential members on FlyerTalk who have provided many a member with a thoughtful discussion in this area I personally think the membership at large would be harmed if your suggestions were followed.

Use the tools provided for you and maybe spend less time in OMNI than your current stats seem to indicate and maybe OMNI will seem a bit different to you - just like our good friend chex says above.

And again, i had no malice in using your own words and activity on FlyerTalk to support a few points.

Thanks for allowing me to exchange a few of my thoughts on this matter.