My final say on yesterday's events. I explained earlier the reasons why I took the action I did, and why the individuals concerned weren't "removed". And, as I also said earlier, any poster perfectly entitled to put in a complaint re my handling of this issue to the
@Ric. Which I would have no part in dealing with such a complaint. At the end of the day, the mods are doing their best to try to keep this place from becoming a bear pit. Yes; disagree with other posters by all means. But stupid bickering and exchanging childish insults doesn't further any debate. And the rules clearly state that any ongoing argument should be taken to pms, if the parties aren't prepared to put each other on ignore. I opted to lock the thread to give people a chance to calm down, and I'm not sure why the timing of it being reopened is an issue. It seems to have picked up where it left off yesterday, only without the ongoing spat. As I said, that's all I have to say on the issue.