I've not been on this site for a while as I've been snowed under at work. And oh how I wish I had been here when the "Are Moderators taking control", or whatever the hell it was called, thread was posted. I am disgusted at how the mod's have been attacked. Calling them "facist swines" is completely out of order, if not redundantly childish that you feel the need to use a cliché to express your "feelings". Just because they may seem like a faceless entity on that "controls" the site, doesnt mean they arent there to do a job that they are supposed to do. For those of you who have a problem with certain topics being blocked, locked or deleted, who the hell do you think you are to abuse the members of staff. Isnt there enough pathetic angst in the real word without letting it creep onto here? While I may agree with, Emu, i believe it was, that closing a thread that relates to a topic about who the negative presences in the music industry are, as being a bit much, I can also see the whole thing from the moderators point of view. Saying something derogatory about someone in the industry, especially on a discussion forum, can be constrewed as liable. And while you may think you've gotten away with it, the possibilities of someone getting pissed about it, especially one of the representatives of said "popstar", are huge. And who gets it in the neck? You? The bigmouth gobsheen at home? HAH! You dont get anything except the rantings of fellow members to either substantiate or stand against your 2 cents worth of posting. Meanwhile, the moderators, or even the person who owns the site, may get into trouble, because you MORONS cant keep your mouth shut. Making general comments, I'm sure, is less antagonistic, and therefore, a live and let live policy is probably in use. But naming names and expressing VERY negative views about those people can cause an awful lot of problems for the site you so dearly care about and continue to visit every day. Short sightedness is something that the majority of society has in abundance these days. Not worrying about the repurcussions of something that can be done or said. Well you should f**king worry, because if something happens to this site because of something YOU'VE said, it'll be YOUR f**king fault. And with regards to Roseanne Barrs Armpit's afore-mentioned insult, I'd expect nothing less from someone with a screen name like yours. If you dont like how things are done on this site, go somewhere else. Do you think you'll be missed? Do you think that your contributions to this site are special? Who cares if you come or go? You yourself are faceless and I'd question your "bravery" of attacking the people who keep this site running so that YOU can come on here and abuse them, and wonder if you'd be half as cocky in person as you are while remaining firmly hidden in your little room where you are safe from the real world. I'm not saying I'm innocent. Anyone who knows me on this site knows that I'm very vocal and quite negative about things. However, I like to think that I'm mature enough to maintain a level of decency that wont effect the reputation of the site, even though I embarass myself by slipping into old ways every now and then. If you dont respect other people or their views, then you shouldnt be on a discussion forum. This however, goes for the Moderators also. The purpose of a discussion forum is to offer a haven for free speech. Keep that in mind next time you decide to close a thread. However that is all I will say to the mods. Mostly because at the end of the day, Moderators are there to keep the peace. Police the site if you will. Thats their job. Every website does it. And if you have a problem with that than you're either one of two things: 1> An idiot with a chip on their shoulder and therefore a troublemaker. OR 2> A student with a problem with authority, like every other che guevara wearing, marxist loving, walking cliché that possibly sits in and around the central bank area on a saturday. The time to grow up is now my friends. And if you dont like it, then go to some other website where you can peddle your negative wares to the applause of other like minded people, and sleep safely in the knowledge that you're still a numbnut! This isnt the place for it because it will control situations that potentially can and often do swing out of control. And thats just the way it is.