Well 07, as the instigator of this thread, let me explain my indigation. I don't know about the rest of the responders, but my reaction was purely personal and mostly visceral.

Yesterday afternoon, I read all the comments about putting the political forum on hiatus. The last msg was from Host suggesting that possibly the subject should be moved to Political. Might not agree, but I don't have a dog in that fight and it is his website. It moves, it moves. I didn't care.

Anyway, I gave the initial problem (moratorium for Political) some thought and came up with several brilliant observations on the issue. They ranged from the makeup of TOTV to the importance of politics in everyone's life whether they wanted to admit it or not. The piece was absolutely fabulous. Had it been published as an essay, critics would have sworn it came straight from Walden Pond. Emerson, Thoreau, and the others would be spinning in their respective graves in envy. Even Boomer and Barefoot would have approved.

So finally complete, I did hit the spell check button. Eventually that came up and I was able to correct a few typos. Then I hit the preview button and was able to review my masterpiece one last time before going live. Dare I say it again, BRILLIANT! So I finally hit the post button to release this magnum opus to the general public, or at least those on TOTV.

Guess what happened. I get a screen back that the thread is now locked. And my message over which I have slaved for about an hour, typing one-handed? It's gone, flushed down the urinal that is life.

Soooo yeah, I was a tad incensed. All I could think about were the poor souls on TOTV who would be denied the enlightenment of my words, that they must continue their lives in abject ignorance. Ah well.

But this situation has taught me well. No more long expository postings for me. From now on, only one or two line quick hitters making sarcastic witticisms about foolish positions of others or, should I actually cocur with someone's position, I could reply with the ever popular in some circles and totally meaningless