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[andyburnett]

there endeth the first lesson

The point I was making was that it would be good practice for the modarator to give reasons for taking the actions he did. The intial reply was that it was something Andy would rather not see (his words)- all what was required was that the rules were highlighted.

My feeling remains that it would have been sufficient to have removed the offending link and let the discussion continue.

This is my view also - the moderator/s can step in if things get out of hand, or are clearly heading that way.

Part of the reason why I posted about the blog here initially (rather than simply ask Andrew or Andy that it be removed in a PM) was to allow others a say in the matter. I personally feel this particular blog and my objections to it, are so clear cut that debate about its removal was almost unnecessary (I'm actually quite stunned at Geoff and Andy McC's approach) but the general point remains valid that we should be able to debate (and argue if need be!) about such things.