Just an FYI, Franklin wasn't his real name, wasn't part of his real name and doesn't rhyme with his real name. So I don't think he was trying to change it to protect his identity.
Thanks for the information.
For what it's worth, I form my opinions in a net of fiction, sort it out my own way and just do my own take on it. It's really a waste of time arguing facts with lawyers.
I thought Franklin might be a female person in real life except for his references to drinking while posting in here. . . . that just struck me as a guy thing. The claim of being a government employee also affected my conclusions. Nobody would make up a claim like that unless either they idolized absolute power and had none in real life, or they deliberately wanted to throw doubt on everything they said.
I can only guess what the real facts might be behind all of the various professed/asserted statements from all parties who might actually know the truth.
The reason I'm honoring Franklin with this "concern" is that I appreciated his contributions in here and just would hope we don't lose him forever or lose more folks like him who were capable of interesting and informative discussions.
Having a totally negative judgment schema like a list of infractions is/should be a substandard model for running a forum. How about being able to "report" significant contributions in a positive light, and how about Mods giving kudos for good work, something that could count against infractions, so you only get banned when there is little positive work from the poster. . . .
Oh, that just takes us right back to the ownership and management issues we can never really shake entirely even if the owner/management is way above par or even excellent beyond what any of us could possibly deserve. As long as we're human, it is our common condition that there will be better things some of us could hope for in our dealings with others.
I see the point about having "moderation" and preventing the various worst ways we might behave. I also see the point that this is a private establishment where the owner/management is fully entitled to their own way of doing things.
Like I said elsewhere, as long as you see discussions like this it pretty much is self-evident that the owners/management are trying to maintain a fairly advanced level of discourse and it isn't simply a babylonian type of autocracy. . . . . you know, like whoever the king suspects as disloyal is just gonna be hauled off to the snakepit.
