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>More good points, most of which I agree with. To me the nut of it is that with KG evicted for reason(s) that are not apparent to anyone, we are left to think anyone else might be banned equally capriciously. People will tolerate harsh sanctions if they think it was fair. If they think it was capricious, that's another story. I'm not sure your Voltaire reference applies, at least not in a good way. People certainly have taken notice that a prominent member was banned and doesn't know why.
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>At this point we should probably all accept that Michel isn't going to give us a reason. That doesn't mean it shouldn't leave a sour taste in our mouths.

This is not to you Mike, just a general observation.

Is anyone really, genuinely worried about being banned suddenly without knowing why? I don't even consider it for a millisecond. If I thought for an instant that this forum was managed like that I would have been long gone.

How many people have ever been banned here? 5 maybe? Out of, what, tens of thousands of members over the years? Com'n, how stupid do people think the UT management are? Do they get no credit at all for having run this place more or less without incident for 10+ years?