Good Afternoon to you all.

Following repeating complaints towards the poster Lawyerlong, we were put in a situation where either we let everyone work it out themselves, or we suspend the poster LawyerLong.

Since you were not able to sort out your difference, as of Saturday February 14th, the account was suspended.

We appreciate discerning opinions as long as they are eloquently positioned. Now we are sure that this clash of opinions for the vast majority of times will lead to debate from which some sort of conclusion will arise.

However as you are aware sometimes there are posters who constantly disrupt a community’s discourse; or who use obscenities in their posts on more than one occasions, or in an instance where we have had several complaints about them we would remove that poster privileges.

Please bear in mind that AGORACOM must react to any and every situation of relevance or reviewing a violation; and in an attempt to keep our community clean our admins try their hardest not to side or show any inclination of favoritism when tackling any issue. By not reacting we are guilty of apathy. By reacting we run the risk of all sorts of labels. However we firmly believe that we have achieved a balance between these sides.

Our goal is not to ban any member; in fact our track record shows that we have spent thousands of dollars on improving this boards rank in Google, both through paid searches and not. We want this community to grow just as much as you do.

With that said moving forward please consider other participants opinions with the same amount of respect you demand from your own. We are terribly sorry about the fuss that has erupted on this forum board over the past few days, and would like to see the forum resume to its normal dealings as soon as you can resolve your own internal differences.

We would like to thank you all again for your patience and especially those who have kept a cool head and a balanced opinion throughout this predicament and we sincerely hope we are not put into such a position again.

Kind Regards,

AGORACOM