I agree with brimic, it's how you say it. I've had many spirited debates with Mr. Lucibella also, most when the board was younger (1st up) and didn't get banned, threatened, etc..
If you notice in my first post here I said:
I've read your posts, both here and on TFL, and they seem to want to spark an arguement or to get a raise out of the general membership.
Yet I didn't call you a Troll because I saw what you were trying to do (get debates going) but just the way you did it was borderline in my opinion yet I still read your posts to see which ones I could join without it being closed. I didn't find many and 99% of the time when I thought it would be closed, it was.
I have noticed on TFL that Sensop and Antiplatis(sp?) seem abit heavy handed but they were picked by the Admin, the owner, so therefore you should have Emailed him (Rich) and expressed your thoughts in a civil and polite manner.
And, I don't know if you have noticed but APS is owned by the owner of THR. You see me here don't you, you see yourself here don't you, you see WildAlaska here don't you? All of us mentioned have been banned from THR but Oleg and Staff have given us a chance to at least enjoy the main members conversations here since we can't there. If they were all "bullies" then we wouldn't be posting here either as an extention of our ban from there.
But, I completely understand where you are coming from, with the exception of THR, the other two boards I was banned from, after a change of management and a hell of a fight after Bill died (GunSlinger), were bull crap but I can't refute the banning from THR. Sure, I was angry at first and even did some stupid things afterward but then I started (and continue) to grow up. I messed up, I think the punishment is alittle harsh but it's not my decision to make.
So, I go where I can, keep the rules in my mind, think twice, post once, and if I go over the line I hope that I will get a PM but if all I get is an email thanking me for my time but I'm no longer wanted, I just have to move on.
Wayne