Hi FriarJohn.
I thnk you may have miss understood me.
I was just pointing out this could be .... thats COULD be ... the thin end of a wedge, and that our moderators should be aware of that. After all who polices the moderators?
Their purpose is by definition to moderate what goes on here and I for one appreciate their efforts. Banning something all together though is a pretty severe form of moderation, and a definate escalation, especially in the lounge.
I agree we have had a few obvious trolls over the years, but in the past we just ignored them. On the other hand a lot of the regular guys like to go off on one now and again, and sometimes its quite entertaining, I would hate to lose that because of a few trolls. Doesnt that mean the trolls win?
A sadder popeye;

PS
Talking of Irony... isnt stopping political threads in itself political?

- just a thought.