alecsandros wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:17 am With all due respect, but I don't think your decision is a fair one.
Alberto is working on his own, and surrounded by all this negativity he can't do much anyway.
Hi Alecs,
Unfair? I think not. Far from it. Your views on the DS topic, in many respects, appear to coincide with those of the individual in question here. Yet I cannot recall you ever having been even politely admonished, much less suspended. Why do you suppose that is? I would suggest the likely answer is that you conduct yourself here in a polite and adult manner.
I do not presume to speak for the moderator; what follows is spoken upon my own account. It is clear to me that this latest disciplinary action taken against the gentleman is based upon one thing and one thing only - an insistence on the part of the cited individual to employ insult and invective whenever confronted by any strong disagreement to his views, opinions and theories. This individual has ignored and dismissed repeated appeals and warnings to moderate his behavior and appears to consider himself unilaterally exempt from any standard of forum conduct. This behavior, which has persisted over a very lengthy time, has poisoned the atmosphere of this forum. It has driven away numerous contributors and participants, including some noteworthy naval historians. Worse, it has provoked retaliation from others (yes, gents - we all know who we are) which has further upset the forum.
The above chaos is obviously what has driven Mr Rico, the owner of this fine and praiseworthy forum, to seek the aid of Bill Jurens. I have known Bill for a LONG time. One would be hard pressed to find a more polite, helpful, even-tempered, reasonable, respectful, resourceful and intelligent gentleman. The vile and ridiculous attacks upon Mr Jurens by the two gentlemen in question only highlight the severity of the problem.
B