mv2005 wrote:
Unless you deleted some posts there didn’t appear to be anything of particular malice in that thread that warranted banning.
i don't believe i said that that thread is the cause of any actions i might have taken. in fact i think i said the opposite. there's been an accumulation of uncivil speech and behavior and i'm not going to host it any longer. nothing more complicated than that. i fully appreciate the freedom some folks want to have to write whatever they want. i am inviting them to write it elsewhere. i am showing them the door, graciously i hope, but the door nevertheless. i'm happy to leave a forwarding address. if anyone wants to go wherever it is that speech migrates to, i'll post that link here, and if we lose half our audience that'll be good for everyone: those who leave and those who don't. i don't know, i can't predict the future, but i suspect others might fill that open space if they feel they can post here without someone going out of his way to hurl an insult. i'm fine with whatever the outcome.
Dan Empfield
aka Slowman