What is EVC Forum's policy on satire and is allowed and to what extent?

I'm not too sure what the policy is on satire, but I know what most people's policy is on rudeness and ingratitude. I followed the whole shambles of the thread on Jonah and the whale and I'm relieved that it has been closed. Why? Because Brian did his level best to help you with some spot-on advice about how to write your "research essay" for publication - the rules you NEED to follow if you want to be published, such as providing references for every assertion you make and not flatly contradicting yourself. If you don't do that sort of thing you will NEVER get published in any respectable publication. It doesn't matter if you are right, if you don't demonstrate that you're right no-one will publish you.If you didn't want anyone to comment on your essay, then why on earth did you bother to put it on the forum?? It does have the potential to be interesting, but not as it is written just now. Brian really tried to help you with this, yet all you have done is insult him and accuse him of having ulterior motives!! I haven't got a clue how he managed to remain so patient in the face of such bad manners and downright rudeness.I apologise now to any moderators who may be peeved that I'm off topic, but I just couldn't stand any more of kendemyer's sanctimonious claptrap! He's complaining because someone tried to HELP him!!! Why???

But that's the whole point, Ken!!! Substance!!! There was none!!! You didn't back up your assertions with references! That's nothing to do with style and everything to do with substance. To be honest, there was very little substance in your essay for comment! It was one of the most substanceless essays I've seen! You still think that it had substance and that's where you show that you don't know what substance is. Also spelling is very important in demonstrating that you are at least familiar with the field you write about. Would you let a doctor treat you who couldn't manage to spell appendicitis? Anyway, the main "spelling" complaint wasn't about spelling, but about getting the scientific name of the damned shark wrong! All that dempnstrates to a potential editor is that you know nothing about the animal in question, so any conclusions you draw based on the animal are probably unfounded.As for Brian's tone, it was more gracious and generous than you deserved, given your naked hostility and rudeness to him.Anyway, enough already! You've demonstrated a total inability to understand what people post on these boards, so there's no point in me flogging a dead horse.

You just don't get it, do you? It was BECAUSE you said you wanted to get it published that Brian then offered you advice on improving your chances of getting it published!! He didn't disagree with any of your points, he just tried to help you defend your ideas!!!!!!!! Waaaaauuuuuggggghhhhh!!!