The part of my post which was missing was about when NBT and those boys got banned. I started reading the forum around then and I even noticed a difference after that. I mean Pat's attitude towards the forum must have changed after posters are accusing her of being a criminal (rightly or wrongly I don't know). We can blame the mods but it's Pat that decides how things are run and it's up to her to reign the mods in if she feels there being too strict or otherwise. But she doesn't because that's how she wants it. I don't think things will change under the new managers either but who knows.
I don't know what the forum was like before that, if the forum was being diluted already. Maybe you can shed some light?
[QUOTE=It never really struck me, I just thought that this was the most on-topic board for it. I've never been scared of reading answers I don't like, if I was I would have applied for mod status all those years ago.[/QUOTE]
Well I thought you might be worried about it turning into a cat and dog thread or me winding up Westie or JamesCork to the max thread. I'm sure Anon is very relieved that he doesn't have another competitor for his modship hopes.