[Darkwolf377]

I think that's an interesting way of looking at it but that's all. Like it or not, dice it any way you like, it's not our site, and no matter how much we donate of our own free will, we can be kicked out the door at the owner's will.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[Stu Cohen]

I think that's an interesting way of looking at it but that's all. Like it or not, dice it any way you like, it's not our site, and no matter how much we donate of our own free will, we can be kicked out the door at the owner's will.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Agreed. But really, very really of anything is owned by one person any more. ISP's can kick website owners off their servers at will (though they have been sued and lost for doing so on occasion), people who "own" homes can get kicked off if they don't pay rent to the local government (I believe they call it "personal property tax" or some other nicety), etc, etc.

When it comes down to it, everything we do is really at the pleasure of someone else, and whatever it is we are doing can be yanked at anytime by someone or another. It kind of goes without saying.

Now, does that mean that we should give up all expectations to fair and reasonable treatment, especialy if one has helped to financially support an entity? Maybe we should. Maybe we shouldn't. It's hard to say, and will always be some wierd shad of grey.

We just have to hope that people who wield any power, however small, uses it responsibly, maturily, fairly, without bias, and does the righ thing.

As we all know, sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.

And a cigar is always a cigar. Some cigars are just better than others.