Peter,
>>Peter,
>>Your prior effort to 'adjust' the rules of conduct suggest that you have a stronger inclination than most to have a vanilla flavoured place.
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>>As a member you have an 'authority' (I called it vested as by right of membership) to "call" someone on the contents of their messages. By "call" I mean inform thread management of your 'hurt'.
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>>If you truly are 'hurt' by the words Houston used then I'd have to say bye to you in the Chatter forum. See you in the VFP forum.
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>Jeez' Jim... What are you doing! First, I do NOT try to 'adjust' the rules. I now think YOU are trying to do that. Read the T&C. It clearly says: NO POLITICAL ATTACKS.

I am not trying to 'adjust' anything. I am just commenting on how I perceive your "hurt" as you display it in this thread.
As for "no political attacks", I'd say that you are taking the words too literally. I have assumed these words to mean 'among members' and certainly not about world leaders. Man, if someone is not free to call some political figure an embecile then we have very serious problems here!!!

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>And I am NOT HURT. Why should I be. I was not called an imbecile, and even then I would not feel hurt! I would probably think "that person is an imbecile himself".

Well if you ar not "hurt" then what the hell are you making all this fuss about???? Did you always want to be a policeman and take the chance here to do it???
If you are not "hurt" then I can only conclude that you are being CHILDISH... Momma, Houston broke the rule about political attacks! Spank him, Momma, spank him hard!!! Or I could guess that you wish simply to add to the 'file' of Mr. Brennan at UT Management HQ (though for what purpose I cannot guess).
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>What I am trying to make clear is that if one person gets the right to use such words, then all persons here will implicitly be granted that right. And in that case, I'm out of here indeed. So, I'll await the FURTHER reaction of Houston (because I replied to the first reaction and have not had a reply on that one back) and, if it's not satisfactory, then I'll send a complaint to the moderator and the moderator's reaction will be decisive.

Let me let you in on a secret, Peter...All persons have the right to say whatever they want here. However, if the words used exceed limits in the eyes of one or more members then such members can lodge a complaint with the management.
It's that simple. Now I think we ALL expect that the management will review the case carefully and render any 'discipline' they deem to be appropriate.

loosen up, Peter. We don't need no stinkin policemen around here.

Jim