Well, this reminds me of one thing. Remember way back in school (elementary) When some of the kids would behave bad, and the teachers would threaten punishment, or take away something that you used to love, AS A GROUP?
I remember those days. We used to get soo pissed at those troublemakers, because they would never own up, or stop what they were doing, and didn't care. Well, as I thought at that time, and still do at this time, those people are the ones who should pay for their actions, not anyone else. Because they don't care in the beginning, so why would they care that everyeone else is losing out as well??
Right, they don't!
I believe that a removal of knowledge, and possible new technology from this board would be quite a hindrance for most of us. I know a lot of the users here were very interested in Alaskastar's posts, and were doing a LOT of research in that direction (including actually acquiring those older books, etc)
That would be a shame if everytime anyone got a bit of friction because of new ideas that people are not used to, they would just up and leave.
I hope it doesn't always come down to that. Not just alaskastar, but anyone in the future who can contribute. I know that Bob made mention of not wasting his time here in one of his posts too. I hope people who have a lot to give like this don't just leave because of a few people with bad attitudes!!