To: Saturn V who wrote (60863 ) 10/29/2001 1:37:44 PM From: Bill Jackson Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872 Saturn V, Blast off :) I think this is a simple poll. There have been many people who expose a negative aspect about AMD and they have done so in a non-confrontational way. I have no objection to them. On the other hand there are people with a evil demeanor, whose comments always have a butt or a barb directed either at AMD at another person to make them the butt of an insult. Who are these people? There is a vote on right now. As far as I know this person nominated for exclusion from here(he will still have free reign all over SI and the world) is the only one who has been banned twice and keeps coming back with the same old same old venom. Sure he cleans it up a little, and avoids the common four letter words, but the evil seeps through. As you know, all that is needed for evil to flourish is for good people to feel compelled to shut up. How often has he goaded people into an intemperate response? I see you highlight one such response: ""Most people on this thread cannot handle dissent at all, ......accused of. What about WinSmith's recent insulting.........insulted if Paul was ........"" Does WinSmith do this all the time? or was a needle stuck in him? and now niceguy is selected "" Niceguy can clog up the thread with optimistic posts with never a complaint about mindless cheerleading"" Well, no matter what he says, he says it nicely, although some of it may be a little Pollyannic at times it is tolerable since it lacks directed personal or corporate abuse.. At the heart of it I do not like bullys and Paul is a bully and I am sure you all remember the schoolyard bully, well do you want him in your yard when there are hundreds of others yards where he can play? Bill