Hi Bonnie,
Here's my take on the twit filter and JVP's messages.

It seems that all the people that gripe about trolls spend a great deal of time feeding them (Dennis, Jim, Walter and some others) Well if you dont want the threads to continue it's simple. Dont engage John. John is a good debater and can discuss a lot of these issues with some authority.

As for the twit filter. If michel really wanted to make this the collegial "lets all get along" environment he is shooting for... then make the twit filter free. Real simple solution.

What michel has done is begun a campaign of censorship. He says he doesnt censor but he really does. It was he and he alone that made the decision to ban JVP for no good reason. As a matter of fact there are quite a few major contributors on this forum that disagree with Michel's banishment of JVP.

But michel won't answer anyone who asks him why JVP was banned. I think as an owner of a public forum he should let people know exactly why he was banned. Otherwise people may face the same fate without ever knowing why.

It seems like 1984 to me.

Rodman