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"This is good, yes."

Of course this is a most positive developement.

One thing, though?
I for one, never for an instant considered this to be a, "battle."
What happened between JPhillips & the Old Man was a family dispute.
I had faith they'd come to terms, with each other.
None of which, incidentally, was any of my damned business.

That several dozen agitators piled on & kept BadJoes's thread going for several thousand entries with THEIR petty interpersonal squabbles, personal likes & dislikes, and assorted personality [disorder] conflicts & all at the EXPENSE of Bad Joe AND the forum's founder????

I suppose those agitators found the chance too irresistable an opportunity to poison the waters (time & again) once they saw *who* it was speaking, & what was being said.

Nothing much more than a display by the forum's shameless opportunists & their runaway egos to feature the blatherings of their big mouths; &, from my POV, they were shameless in the extreme.

From the start this entire matter appeared to be simply a case of BadJoe reaching a point whereby he felt a need to state -- what *I* also just happened to think were -- a small handful of legitimate beefs & concerns.
That's it; no more & no less.

It needn't be said -- as far as I'm concerned -- that the Old Man needs HELP running this place, badly.
FR's grown to become a virtual monster that'll consume the most precious things there are like time & every cent one can throw at her.

The need for "moderators" to help with day to day site policing is a real & genuine necessity.
Those select "moderators" then, have a tough job & NEED our support, to that end; lest, we be overrun by people who're quite frankly, insane.

While just the same & having said that, first?
It's imperative all levels of management understands how inmportant it is we be able to trust the moderators will do the correct thing at the correct time, & act without prejudice.

Some would be correct to point out such a mission's a super-human expecation.
Be that as it may; therein, lies the challenge in direct proportion to the site's ability to survive & prosper.

...yes, this is good, sultan.