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With all due respect, Forum Moderators are a lot like Politicians.

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I stopped reading there.

Forum moderators are tasked by the owners of this private site with maintaining order and enforcing the rules. By posting here, you explicitly agree to both the rules and the moderation. That they frequently ask our opinion is wonderful, but not mandatory.

It is not a country, it is not a democracy. It is, for lack of a better political metaphor, a benevolent dictatorship.

Furthermore, the rules as stated (and as previously enforced via designated NC/stat threads) ARE clearly acceptable to the vast majority, as evidenced by the continued growth of these forums.

There is now a specific, special place to post on downswings. It makes sense. Downswing posts are generally well-read not because they are valuable, but because people here like to make smart-ass comments, while others like to read the smart-ass comments. That should not be confused with value.

In summation, I leave you with this...

<sigh>