Quote Originally Posted by skeptic
"But that is expecting far too much from an out-of-control mad man."

I love it. I just love it.

An attorney who says he would like to see criminal laws rolled back on one thread, defending people who steal money legally on another, and then protesting that he disagrees with them on a third. How Orwellian.

I have no PROOF of anything. It's an opinion. I look at the facts, try to sort them out in a mosaic that is coherent and makes sense, and try to come to the most logical conclusion, possibly the only one that explains someone's behavior and statements. Does Rod M want to sell cables? Probably not. What he wants is to keep his financial supporters happy. Do they want to sell cables? You bet they do. But they and he are smart enough to know that on a site like AA you don't say "buy my cables because they are wonderful." That might work with a small percentage of contributors but it would chase many others away and badly discredit the site. Instead, it paints a facade of an open discussion forum just like this one with just one or two more restrictive rules. Only in those instances where direct confrontation with the final goal is unavoidable is it necessary to take a heavy hand. Otherwise it is just like any other discussion site. That's what Dubczek wanted in 1968. That's what Gorbachev wanted in 1990. Tyranny with a smiley face. I don't care if you like to vacation on the Black Sea. Be my guest. They'll be only too happy to mete out all of the punishment you can take until they tire of you. And apparantly you will be just too happy to receive it because just like a bad little boy creating mischief, you demand attention even if it is not the kind of attention you hope for. They don't take you seriously there. I don't take you seriously here. That's one thing we have in common.
I have no PROOF of anything. It's an opinion.

And that was precisely my point all along.