Quote Originally Posted by jfellrath
It's a shame that our mods have to remove what was an interesting discussion...
Unfortunately, the baggage the thread carried had the potential to weigh more than the thread itself. It happens.

Quote Originally Posted by cavsvout
And now that the Mike has communicated the thought process on what is being filtered out everyone will be able to police themselves more effectively requiring less moderation hopefully in regards to content.
That's a nice sentiment, but it's almost one that begs to have '...and they lived happily ever after' appended to it.

Actually, the forum rules and guidelines do a smart job of identifying what is being filtered out. I hope I provided a bit of insight as to why.

I know that our seemingly constant reminders about the forum rules can wear some folk down, but we have rules in our homes, in our workplaces and on our public streets and highways. X Marks is no different. I don't believe any member wants to see this forum become a free-for-all, so there we are.