Is the .NOT/MS Partner contingent making rules as we go along?

Why was Claude banned? Have the batista's taken over the UT? I read his threads and they were not any more abrasive or contentious as the other messages - so please cite his sin!

It seems that being rude is Okay if we agree with the MS/NOT Partner participants - but when we don't - and rudeness is perceived - we get banned?

Help me out - I am missing something? Should I buy a NOT T-Shirt for pennance? Somebody point me to the candles and beg for my demons to be exorcised!

Whats the story with Claude?