>There is one "little" point you forget to mention. After the last ejection, Michel eventually relented and let him back. Poor old Michel must be wishing he never did that- because then he wouldn't have to stay up late trawling messages to try to restore order, or field this latest furore.
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>Which is why I think this fuss is counterproductive- unless you are deliberately besieging UT management for some unspoken reason, in which case the only outcome I see is that as human beings they will become ever-more implacable about rules to ensure they never have to put up with this again. Which means you are making it worse.
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>It is all very well for you; you only ever pop into the VFP board occasionally for political reasons, but those of us who participate professionally are better served if UT management can start to relax and if everything goes back to normal. Manoevre all you like behind the scenes; and who knows, somebody so persuasive as "you know who" may be able to persuade Michel to take a risk and allow a second coming... but the longer the current wasps nest lasts, the less likely that seems. Think about it.

John, I am in complete agreement. I also took the liberty of scanning Rod's posts and noticed that typically there are only 3 or 4 a month, unless you look at November / December 2003, when suddenly, guess who Rod is once again defending. Fear of offending the lilies prevents me stating exactly how I feel about it, so rather than diluting my post to point of becoming gaseous I will simply button my lip.