[ultima ratio]

I have never engaged in personal insults. I have deliberately and consistently kept cool when others have attacked me. Check those who have sparred with me and with other traditionalists. Review the posts of the thread you pulled previous to the Michael Davies piece. You will see the rudeness and insults are coming from one direction only. I kept my cool when called heretic or schismatic and worse.

In any case, I have just posted a Michael Davies article that was scholarly and fair-minded. I offered NO comments whatsoever, I just posted the article, a well-respected piece that could not possibly be considered offensive since it dealt with an important matter seriously and politely. Yet it was pulled.

It would seem the mere fact that such an article might attract intellectually stimulating discussion should be a reason to keep it posted, since that is the reason for the forum in the first place--as long as that discussion remains reasonable. What should be banned instead are those individuals who use such posts as the pretext to hurl insults.

[vox_freedom]

Michael Davies was the penultimate traditionalist Catholic and I never heard him utter a mean spirited sentence, or write a rude paragraph or personally attack folks without giving proper evidence and cause. He was almost-to-a-fault positive, without ever compromising on what he knew to be right. And, he challenged those who deserved it, including those in positions of power in the hierarchy. He was a scholar and his published works deserve study and consideration. Not to use a trite phrase, but I knew Michael Davies. He was a friend of mine.

BTW, for real personal insults one only needs to go to the Condi Rice FR thread at:
Condi Mildly Pro-Choice