Jim, we are primary a Maritime Site and all that goes with it. We are not a political site. I appreciate that current Politics are a major influence in our lives at the moment and will have a major bearing on our future. As an understanding of this, two political threads were allowed to run but have now outrun their usefulness, in that nothing is going to be decided until the 14th Jan of next year and no amount of repetition of things political will alter that. In between we have Christmas and New Year and a chance to escape the Politics and the Politicians. Vernon asked nicely that we could escape politics and refrain from Political matters over the festive season, just like the politicians are doing now. Certain members and one in particular who knows who he is, don't seem to be able to grasp this and wish to consistently and knowingly, inject politics back into the site. As they do this so they will be brought to task and I will if necessary not only bring them to task but also delete their post, threads etc if that is what it takes. It is not a case of freedom of speech issues, it is a case of goodwill and understanding. Leniency was given in allowing the two Threads, due to the importance of the issue, however this has now been turned against the site and people now want to exercise their perceived rights whilst ignoring the site rules. Not on. Lets embrace the spirit of the season and let the whole issue lie until the New Year when the whole thing rears its ugly face again. Thank you.
