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Edward Horton, Ireload2 and Alfred (who can read this if he ever returns from his own one month forced hiatus) ......
I have never met any of you folks personally and to be honest, on my best day I'm probably not as well read and academically gifted as any one of the three of you. In addition, in Ed's case, I have sincerely appreciated his many contributions and uploaded manuals, both here and across the Internet in several other forums. As I've done many times before, I'd like to publicly thank Ed on behalf of the entire community and note for everyone, that my comments here are distinct and separate from acknowledging those fine efforts.
Having said that, ALL of the moderators in both sets of forums and myself have finally run out of any patience whatsoever in attempting to have you guys collectively see the light as to how disrespectful, ignorant and destructive your Internet social manners and behavior becomes, when the three of you are permitted to interact within the same posts.
It's obvious that no form of penalties through an infraction system that was originally designed to be implemented in children's forums, nor any public and polite requests by any moderators, nor private begging and pleading by me or a few other system administrators through PM's and emails, is going to have the least bit impact on how any of you choose to converse with each other on our site.
It's been quiet and peaceful here with at least any two of you guys sitting out a month's penalty at any one given time, so perhaps the only answer to board civility and sanity, is to see which one of you can be polite enough to be the last man standing, after the other two are gone for life.
So, this is the plan going forward ...
If I read one more disrespectful comment to each other, or to any moderator in any of the forums, regardless of how minor or innocent it may seem, I will personally BAN that individual from this entire site for LIFE.
If I read any attempt at rebuttal to my comments here, or in any of the forums, regardless of how minor or innocent it may seem, I will personally BAN that individual from this entire site for LIFE.
Please print and paste this information on your computer screens and every time you commence any posts, I'd recommend you re-read my comments to see if you're about to drive off a cliff. To be honest, I'd really recommend you guys put each other on system "ignore" so you stop interacting with each other at all, which just might be the only way you guys can co-exist on the same Internet forums without getting banned.
Finally, do not doubt my resolve. I am so done with you guys, if we were meeting face to face, I'd probably have to be restrained.
All three of you have me right on the edge of my patience envelope and it wouldn't take much more provocation, or just one more ".. but mom..." comment to have me completely lose it.
Enough said and the clock starts now. Let's see which of you has enough self control to be that last man standing ...
Doug (Badger)