Bob: Congratulations on your choice of moderators and your bold decision to be decisive. In college one of my Economics professors used to say that Democracy exists everywhere in America except in his classroom. He ruled it and made decisions such as who got A, etc. No one got to vote on their grade. In the same respect I do not think a forum bought, administered and paid for by a private company (Pond Boss) is a democracy in the sense of Freedom Of Speech. Unlike those who might urge restraint in editing, etc. it is my opinion that if your moderators think a discussion is going in the wrong direction then they should feel free to do something about it immediately. I would much rather your site be somewhat autocratic than to see it degrade or go out of existence because it became too much of a problem for Pond Boss to worry about.
If the two or three people who were going to lay low (I believe it was Cecil, Debra and perhaps Robinson) were to back away from the excellent pond related posts they have made it would be a great loss to this site. I hope each of them has made the decision that continuing to add their site related comments is a great asset. However, can we please stop talking about stacked frogs?
FB
