>I have been a member of the UT since around 1995-96. I've had opportunities to chat with JVP and talk to him on the telephone. He was always polite and extremely well-ofinformed and went out of his way to be helpful. In all the years I've been reading his posts, he has never, IMO, gone directly out of his way to intentionally harm anyone.

If you try to review the old threads which were reasons why he was banned here in UT before, that speaks contrary of your claim.

>If anyone has been harmed in all of this it was JVP. He strikes me as the type of person who needs for things to be orderly and truthful.

Orderly and Truthful? He has no one word, how comes he is truthful and orderly? He hasn't been set free of his old habit or character. He needs the TRUTH and the TRUTH will set him free.

>Most of the scuffles here have occurred because of John's attempts to set the record straight and the offending party could not handle the arguments put forth by JVP.

If purely TECHNICAL minus personal attacks I would agree with you.