Romney the Bully

Except for those with an established history we don't suspend without warning, and we don't suspend because someone is unpopular. But becoming personal is clearly against the Forum Guidelines, and posting messages that don't touch even lightly on the topic is clearly against the Forum Guidelines. We're not nit-pickers here, you have to be pretty persistent, but without mentioning any names I do see some evidence of considerable persistence at being personal and off-topic when the whole body of work at EvC Forum is considered.So consider this an alert to the possibility that there is at least one participant in this thread who is on the threshold of suspension if there are any more personal or off-topic messages.

If an outbreak of politeness combined with constructive discussion doesn't begin soon there will be suspensions.

"I think we should just suspend them," says one moderator."I think there should be a warning first," says the other."They're long timers, they know the rules, they shouldn't need to be warned," says the first."Still," says the other.If you guys are trying to see who can get closest to the edge of suspension I can save you the trouble and declare you over the edge right now. This thread has a topic, and it isn't each other.