>>How is silly or stupid any worse than brain dead?
I try to follow the boards as closely as possible, but I can't catch everything. That's why I depend so heavily on moderators and the TOS system we have. When they are sent to me, I evaluate the post.
I don't have a problem with silly, as long as they show reasoning why they are silly...Stupid really shouldn't be a part of any conversation.
I think there is a major difference between something like
"Man, you are silly to think IDCC is going to zero! I mean, look at the charts, dude!"
...and...
"Once is absolutely brain dead."
My opinions on the guy should be pretty obvious. However, as an Admin, I have to enforce the site rules; and I'll only boot him when he deserves it, as I would anybody else. Like I said before, the responses to him are far worse than what he posts. We provide all kinds of level of content control....it's a shame more people don't use it.
MB