Hi Mark,

While an "off ramp" may well work out as needed, I hope that there would be something to indicate that such a move was made for a thread.

For the record:

a) I suspect that *most* would keep a private chastizing from a SysOp as private. I have, even when I thought the chastizing was *not* merited.

b) I would rather see rules enforced and members become 'dis-membered' (meaning kicked-out, not torn apart) according to the rules regardless of who that member is. I get this feeling that rules are so hard to devise because they could quickly result in the banishment of some particular member(s).

Rgeards,

Jim N

>>Mark,
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>>>The beauty of OR is ...
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>>Quite a paradox, depending I guess on each person's definition of "beauty" :-)
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>Irony can be such a beautiful thing. One of my favorite John Malcovich [sp?] lines came from ConAir about a bunch of felon hijackers dancing to a song [Sweet Home Alabama] made famous by a group killed in a plane crash.
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>>> ... that the thread could be moved there to be continued by whoever wants to without cluttering up the technical forums. No censorship either.
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>>An analogy: Instead of telling people to "shut up", you escort them outside the room to continue the fight.
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>Bingo!