As another thought you already have a warning on the anything goes section so i suppose if the topic that is being discussed is going wayward or it should be moved there by choice or the one that is mahatma... as well as the fact that most of the girls n guys on here are fairly self regulating
......................i wish my fingers worked !!!!!!
If the reference to "mahatma" is to me - I have no more say in the running of this forum than you do. I will accept the due to my longevity (on the forum) a lot of peeps have seen the way that I act - and realise that there is no personal animosity in my posts - unlike others. It is also true that several peeps have actually met me and know me for who I am, not for some false "Forum persona".
This forum has always been self regulating (apart from one brief interlude). If anyone, and yes, i DO mean
anyone, steps out of line, they are soon put straight, abeit usually by PM from several of the "establishment".
Yes - there is a hierarchy on this forum, as on most forums, but, Mods excluded, that is by accepted practice. I for one, have been chastised in the past, albeit unfairly (I am never wrong
) and I do take notice of what others say. I have a lot of respect for some of the other long timers, Trewy, Willo, Ming, NI, etc. It is never a good idea to join a forum and tell the other members that they are all dickheads, or that the forum sucks. That is a quick way to get all of the regulars to come out of the woodwork. We are only long term members because we have taken, and yes, given, abuse in equal measures over the years. This is the way this forum has and, apparently, continues to be run. I quote one old Sage - Trewy " If you dont like it - **** off" - it is unlikely that it will change, except if the members wish it to.