Maybe so, then again as crazy as things have been over the years I can't recall ever seeing the "patient" quite this sick before either, tp.
"And has been flatly rejected by JR ~every~ time. -- Usually without even a reason"
People often go to outrageous lengths to ignore what's before their very own eyes, based on who's pointing.
Has everything to do with pride & a sure sign of it is silence.
Usually works for a while too, up to & until *a* point is reached whereby circumstances force one to see.
Everyone's entitled to their point, aren't they?
"So it goes..."
If there's a sincere desire to make things right, anything could happen.
Any kind of [positive] change -- whatsoever -- around here will have to be done without emasculating the one individual who had the guts to start it all to begin with; which, is exactly what I *sense* is really motivating many (not all) of those who're feigning discontent with the way the place is operated.
What the incredibaly spiteful SOBs would really like to see is the man hung on a cross to slowly & painfully bleed as he atones for some supposed act of disresct [he] inflicted upon them; &, to hell with "the good" of this or any other forum.
So let's not kid ourselves about the real underlying motives, OK?
We'll all get our chance to see who really wants things righted & exactly who's content seeing everyone at each others throats soon enough, by what they do & not what they say.
...the direction of the forum speaks the only real story worth hearing.
Dittoes...there is still only one person ultimately in charge of this Forum, and nothing I've suggested--or would ever suggest--would alter that reality.
FReegards...MUD