Ok so after the umpteenth flame war on this forum, this is what has come out of it. Entomolgy, Tim, and Amore have all recieved a 1 week ban for profanity, personal attacks and flaming. Mandy has been blocked permanently for her reaction to also receiving a 1 week ban for the same reasons as the others.
I have deleted the topics.
Going forward, any violation of the forum rules regarding flaming, personal attacks and profanity will result in a 1 week ban. If the same person transgresses similarly again after their 1 week ban, the second time it will incur a 1 month ban followed by a permanent blocking from the site if they trangress a 3rd time, so a three strikes and you're out policy if you like.
Sarcasm will also only be tolerated according to my discression so think before you post.
Neither will witch hunts of any sort be tolerated, if you think someone is doing something illegal, report them to the relevant authorities and leave the forum moderation to the admins and moderators!
Over and above all of that, if anyone on the forum is not prepared to be a positive, friendly and constructive contributor to this forum going forward and thinks that they cannot abide by the forum rules, please respond to this topic now so I can ban them now and avoid any more painful episodes in the future!
Thanks
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