Well, can I ask you to adopt an approach that I have and am particularly proud of. I NEVER press the abuse button and NEVER bump a moderator. It doesn't matter how vile a name I am called or even in the case of that earlier call for murder. I just don't do it. Stand here and defend your ground. If your side adopted the same approach I could almost guarantee that the threads would stay in the place you put them and would not be deleted. Correct me if I'm wrong, but my suspicion all along has been that because those that disagree with you do it politely and without the name calling, you get frustrated because you can't report them. If you just delete the abuse button from your mind and defend when challenged, it will be a much more positive experience for us all.
I hit the abuse button when someone uses an overtly racist phrase or word, calls for violence, or has just joined to post a hit and run ... which means that I am more than likely to hit abuse on someone much less subtle than you.
I don't believe I have ever pinged a mod to a thread ... it is obvious that they are on the ball anyway.
As to defending my ground ... I have spent the better part of this thread defending myself against things I have never said, positions I have never taken, and dynamics I have never embraced than I have any position that truly reflects me.
That is why I am so fed up with the baiting.