A forum needs differing views
Belly,
I agree but I disagree when it's just about one-up-manship or disregarding logic ! Or, when experience is disregarded due to indoctrination.

Dear Belly,

New comers will continue to leave if the
posting environment is unpleasant. Standards
and limits should be set to attract civil
discourse and they should be maintained.
Every club and organisation has certain standards
to maintain its membership. And if the standards
are not maintained people leave.

What a cheek these people have. Graham Young decides what goes on here, not Belly, not Foxy. Any time Graham decides I need to change my ways, and he has on occasion, I will respect his decision. And, I'm not taking anymore notice of these twits.

I've got no complaints in regards to the forum or the people on it.
I think it provides a good mix of opinions, and plenty of food for thought, but its a shame more people aren't contributing.
It does seem that plenty of new people are joining.

They must be looking for some place where they can have their say but for some reason choose not to.

I'm not sure the old look of the site helps and it could use a makeover, but it could be like the old pub after it gets a revamp, new people are attracted but the old patrons don't go there anymore.

I know I've probably been going a little too far lately with my anti-world government type rants.
I apologise to everyone for this, I'm trying to cut back a little on these comments;
You've all heard my opinions many times before and there's no point constantly banging on about it like a cracked record.
I don't want to drive newcomers away, nor upset existing forum members, nor bring the forum into disrepute by outside forces.

We need more Arts graduates.

We definitely don't need people pretending to be Arts graduates, nudge nudge wink wink know who I mean.

Foxy as a poster highlights, for some self confidence is badly miss placed
And in truth some wrongly think we are all like that
Still know, without doubt, all ideas and thoughts should be welcome
But too, that some are not worth the read
Now AC you, yep you, seem to want to see this thread as questioning the right or wrong of this place, it does not
It is about decreasing numbers of posters nothing else