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JoannI just posted a long diatribe in the other thread before I saw this one, and that something has apparently been done.
Leon - I understand that you don't want to ban posters except in extreme circumstances. I believe in that wholeheartedly because I do think it's a powerful tool that, in less responsible hands, could be used to destroy or diminish the wide variety of thoughts and ideas we have. So I really do support your reluctance to ban.
I believe Peter's detrimental effect on the board and our relationships with one another had become extreme, but because it was a little here and a little there it went on for a long time and maybe didn't jump out as the destructive mechanism that it was.
Because of that, I think that what Lee did was necessary to bring this issue to the conclusion it needed. Something had to happen to get the situation with Peter to "event status" instead of letting it continue to eat away at the health and welfare of the board.
Clearly there were others of us that felt the same way, and would have maybe done something similar at some point. As I said in the other thread, I kind of said to hell with it and backed off the board because of Peter (and the extent to which I thought my level of frustration indicated that my priorities were not in order). Lee chose to take the battle to the mountain, so to speak, and fight it out to conclusion one way or another.
Lee has been on here forever, and has been a thoughtful and valuable contributor. I think he should get a hall pass for this one. Yes, he did something disruptive to the board. But he did it to make a point about disruptions, and the comments in the aftermath suggest his actions have the support of a lot of people.
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J