As I have said before, I make mistakes. If I made one, then I apologise. I, as anyone else here, can only act according to the best of our abilities and the best of our knowledge. I do apologise when I make mistakes, I have been criticised for it by people who say I should not. I do not apologise for being neither omnipresent nor omniscient.

If a post appears to be a flame it will always be treated be as such, and it is removed. It is not left lingering where it could cause harm, and as you know the author of the post is contacted to explain what has happened. If we are later convinced that it is not a flame, then our actions change accordingly, returning the post to its original place, sometimes in a slightly edited form.

The only alternative to this way of acting is to not have the board moderated. That is possible, but it is not how either Tiger nor, in loco Tiger, Rabbit1 wish for it to be run. I suspect it is also not how the majority of the members would like it run. I was fairly recently looking at a post by a once loyal member who left here because the moderation was too slack, accusing us of not caring about people's feelings.

Within the spirit of what I have just stated, I was, and continue to be, very willing to discuss the post which I removed.

cariad


p.s. I am just about to replace the aforementioned post. The power of communication!!! I removed it believing it to be outside of the forum guidelines, it would appear that I was wrong.