[don-o]

I feel we need moderators, have they sanatized FR, or nutered it into a tame boring site, did our activism bite the dust?

As a 199'er - I saw the absolute need for Mods to be added. As we grew, we attracted all sorts of vermin and drive-by shooters.

Plus good folks who had a problem with tempering their rhetoric.

I have yet to be banned, but I have had my moments with the Mods and with JimRob.

It makes me sad that folks think bad of Jim, and by extension, all of us. But, all I can do is what I do; toss a dollar or two to keep the best site on the net up and going.

[MissAmericanPie]

Anyone that thinks that FR can grow without growing pains is not being very realistic. Like I said, the chance to make a difference, realized or not, is worth laying down the dough to me.

[Joe Hadenuf]

I have yet to be banned, but I have had my moments with the Mods and with JimRob.

I was banned once and warned by Jim once or twice.

I admit, I have been involved in some brutal, roll in the mud, punchfest with a few here. Some of the exchanges got graphic and ugly. And I honestly felt I was being labeled, attacked and accused of things (by a few individuals) that were not true.

Jim had a very frank talk with me and I told him if he believed what a *few* others claimed or alleged, to go ahead and pull my ticket and I would go my own way with no hard feelings. He apparently made up his own mind. And I am still here....So far.

So I can say first hand, that he was fair to me personally.

Actually, the way things were going for a while, I am a little surprised I'm still here.

I see this as a good sign....LOL!

Or maybe they just swung the axe and just missed.....Hehehe..