The Kindergarten has not been a pleasant process to watch. The observed play broke a fundamental rule of Agoracom by being off topic and a diversion from the purpose of the POET forum.

That said the fact remains that our board is self-policing. It is essential that a degree of control is maintained and our leaders are charged with that onerous responsibility however much one feels their action may interfere with freedom of speech.

In terms of democracy the vote held which came out at 60:40 for banning TG is a clear indication of the majority opinion that some form of intellectual pollution by TG was occurring. This was supported by the amount of reported violations of TG’s posts.

I am not a hub-leader and I am very grateful that I do not have to act as Solomon, but I am also very grateful to those who have to take on that role – thank you.

sulasailor