[Roberton3]

I don't have a problem with johnnyo being here.

As he has pointed out in other forums he is what he is. People who feel annoyed or uncomfortable with his posts and posting style should just not read him.

I hope no one is expecting him to morph into Mother Teresa though. Because that isn't going to happen.

Ignoring one angry, ranting, all-caps poster is easy, and not a big deal at all.  But sometimes having one poster like that gradually changes the tone for the whole board: it draws in more angry ranting posters, and makes people think that kind of behavior is acceptable.  I've seen formerly good discussion boards killed by that kind of thing.  I think that's unlikely here; this board has a strong community of thoughtful, relatively calm posters, and I doubt that'll fall apart.  But it's not impossible, and that possibility -- even though it's small -- worries me.

[Roberton3]

I don't have a problem with johnnyo being here.

As he has pointed out in other forums he is what he is. People who feel annoyed or uncomfortable with his posts and posting style should just not read him.

I hope no one is expecting him to morph into Mother Teresa though. Because that isn't going to happen.

Ignoring one angry, ranting, all-caps poster is easy, and not a big deal at all.  But sometimes having one poster like that gradually changes the tone for the whole board: it draws in more angry ranting posters, and makes people think that kind of behavior is acceptable.  I've seen formerly good discussion boards killed by that kind of thing.  I think that's unlikely here; this board has a strong community of thoughtful, relatively calm posters, and I doubt that'll fall apart.  But it's not impossible, and that possibility -- even though it's small -- worries me.