>>>>And, like I said, I guess the intolerant ones may have left (and left the moderators saddled with a rule nobody knows or cares about),
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>>Is that what you said? I'm afraid that the Reds under the Bed must have modified your message in that case- no doubt to provoke the Puritans at the keyhole.
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>>As for me, I'm sorry for this post, but it's not my fault: the Devil made me do it.
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>I'm not even deurinated at the whole issue... just wanted to know whether there's sufficient support for the proposal to suggest the removal of the rule.
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>What irks me is that the message itself, with the stunning revelations about how the housing crisis works, remains practically forgotten.

Not surprised. Periodically I've posted thumbs up and thumbs down messages (the latest thumbs down was the same day as your message) and I've received not a single response to most of them. Folks are just not paying attention or intentionally avoiding some chatter messages. Can't say as I blame them :o)

Surprisingly though, I could swear that I had responded to your message. Every now and then my messages disappear but I think it is a weird keyboard combination I am accidentally hitting. I think it posted, and all that happens is the refresh happens or something and I'm back at the previous message. This also occurs periodically while I'm typing a response to someone else's message. If I don't pay attention (and frankly I often don't), then I don't catch that the message that just displayed is not in fact the one I just posted (or thought I posted).