Yes, yes and yes. Abuse buttons aren't utilized enough on FR, IMO. This is our forum and we must take responsibility for it.
I think we try to avoid feeling like tattletales....when actually the situation may be very appropriate to bring to the attention of the mods. Sometimes people have hit abuse and the posts are left up though, which frustrates people.
Jim and the mods walk a fine line between allowing free speech and discussion and policing the threads for varmints. We know the left is adept at it's domineering tactics and won't stop. We can let them win or we can keep the mods busy. I vote for the latter.
/ramble :^)
But, my question regarding this site and the abuse button is: Do we, the regulars at ATRW, have the right to expect every post we hit the abuse button on to be removed?
Somehow, as much as I'd like to police our little community, I'm not sure WE have a right to that expectation.
It would be nice if the jerks stayed on the otherside and left us alone. But jerks being jerks seem to enjoy jerkhood and work to impose their annoying behavior on everyone.
I find 'thread hijacking' distasteful. I wish it didn't happen. But I don't know how it can be fairly policed.
There are many times when threads innocently drift off topic. Asking our Mods to become mind readers to determine people's intent is asking a bit too much, IMHO.
I so seldom go to the other side to read an entire thread, I probably shouldn't even offer an opinion on this. My habit is to go to the other side, read the article, skip the replys, and then move one. I think more and more people are doing this.