Meh. I've certainly lost most of my interest for lurking/popping in at this subforum with the alternating kowtowing/draconism.
Well, if that's the way you feel, then so be it.
However, until a couple of weeks ago, I ran this forum the EXACT SAME WAY for EIGHT YEARS. And that is the way I hope to keep running it.
For a two week period, we had an unfortunate hiccup that occurred as a result of a situation that we had never had in here before. But a lot of what happened was outside my control, and please know that I worked my ASS off trying to defuse the situation - mostly behind the scenes where you could not even see. But I assure you - NONE of it was very pleasant for me either, and NOW it seems that as a legacy of the whole mess, I have been left holding the 'bad guy' bag (as your post indicates, for example), despite the fact that I was doing everything I could to fix what was going on in a way that would be amenable to everyone. As it turned out, it was an utterly thankless job with no solution that was going to make everyone happy, but I did the absolute best I could under the circumstances. Clearly, however, 'the best I could' did not measure up to many people's standards - including yours. And for that, I am sorry.
My fervent hope, however, is that it is over now and we can move forward & return to normal good-natured posting and mature debate in here. But if you want to blanket label the moderation in here "draconian" based on a TWO WEEK period out of the EIGHT YEARS I've been mod of this forum...then I guess there is nothing for it. All I can say is 'Thanks for your support (NOT)'. Your post has been a HUGE help & comfort to me right now, when I could really use some support from SOMEONE - especially the long-time posters in here, in terms of returning to our regularly scheduled programming.
Now, could everyone PLEASE stop discussing the topic of forum moderation, and get back to DS9? If you have a further complaint, please take it to PM.
After this post, I plan to close this thread for the time being since, as I stated before, the discussion of the last couple of pages is really not a topic for this forum. However, if
Jimmy Bob ends up being let back, I will reopen it for him to continue his reviews, unless he elects to begin a new thread in it's stead.