>>>>>>People are funny that way. Juries are funny that way. They want to be convinced, not just take someone's word for it.
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>>>>>>I don't think my entreaties or others like them have changed your view, so I will shut up. You view yourself as a beneficent dictator and that's just the way it is.
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>>>>>Outch!
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>>>>Not to worry, BDFL is not generally seen as a bad thing, regardless of how Mike might have meant it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_For_Life
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>>>That's the way I meant it. I have never said or thought there is anything malicious about the way Michel runs this site. I often sympathize with some of the crap he has to put up with and he has without question provided a valuable resource to this community. He just insists on having complete personal control, answerable to no one. That is of course his prerogative. It just rubs me a little the wrong way, that's all.
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>>As I'm a free user I have no rights here, its really up to Michel.
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>>I imagine if I paid it would be slightly different as I would have bought some sort of service and I'd be expecting that to be delivered under whatever the T&C where.
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>Accountability has to be paid for?
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>I must say I am disappointed by the docility with which many members are viewing this.

I wouldn't call it docility.

The decision is Michels' and his alone. He runs this site and makes it available for the public.

Whether we agree with it (and I don't - I absolutely do not believe Kevin would pull such a stunt) is a moot point.