Oh my Mr. Fly....I see you’re trying to stir up some support and portray me as intolerant and arbitrary, when in fact towards you I have always been forbearing and patient, even in the face of deliberately confrontational and challenging remarks. This exchange between us, which you have kindly laid out above, is only the most recent one of many in which you have chosen to try to push and goad me. You do not seem to realise that even polite and patient people can have their limits.

The irony here is...after sleeping on my decision to block you from the group, I had intended to reinstate you this morning along with a private message to you telling you it was just a warning this time. However since you have decided to go public with it, and now because when I log on at 7am and the first thing I’m confronted with is this post to deal with, I think I will just leave you where you are, suspended indefinitely.

You mentioned that you decided to post this message last night when you saw I’d posted in Classic Rock which is one of my other music groups, and one from which I have not blocked you. No...I didn’t block you in both groups because that would have been disproportionate and vindictive. You do not seem to be aware that as I am the host in both of these music groups by definition that means you are my guest, and guests are normally expected to behave civilly and respectfully towards their hosts, something you have singularly failed to understand. However, push me further and that group too will be blocked to you, so I suggest you now just live with my decision, take the advice of others and stop any further ill will between us.

Incidentally @FearlessFly....you may just be interested to know that you have the distinction of being the first and only person that I have ever found it necessary to block from any of the groups in which I am host or moderator, and which currently number Nine groups. I think that fact speaks for how I do not ban or block arbitrarily or on a whim.

Simply separate yourself from people you consider difficult. There are so many groups, so many forums etc.

At one point or the other I've been banned from at least 17 groups (and probably more), most of which prior to me getting banned from I had never even visited, but that doesn't bother me none. You can still post on music etc by doing a general public post, like I've been doing recently. If getting banned from groups on here bothers you that much, I'd suggest checking out SLUG, similar groups on there and group hosts aren't as quick to drop the ban hammer as on this site. Regardless of what you decide upon, bottom line is try not to let the banning from groups get to you, life is far too short to dwell on such things. Cheers Mr Fly.

Peyton Place...
Have you nothing else to do with your time?

Form your own group. Life is too short.

You posted this to the Community Senate, so the assumption would be that you are open to all thoughts of the community. Here are mine: Marionville has historically been a polite, engaging community member who invests greatly in the success of this site and her groups.The groups she Mods that I am in, I have always found her to be more than willing to engage concerns or issues, as she appeared to be with you from the display above. What I think worthy of noting is that these people volunteer their time to this site and its groups, and a little appreciate of that projected by having a little respect for their time and needs outside of yours is certainly warranted, whether things are the way you think they should be or not. People have lives outside of this site and cannot always give you the level of high maintenance you seem to assume is owed to you. You are entitled to nothing from the people who are volunteering their time here, they are not obliged to bother Admin at your whim. You are a guest on this site and in the groups contained within, just like the rest of us, and a healthy dose of respect and consideration will get you far better results than incessant harassment, snide comments, and airing your dirty laundry to the Senate in some attempt to smear someone else and garner support for your stance. To me it simply sounds like you wore her down and she decided the investment in trying to please you was no longer worth the cost and bother. Nothing more and nothing less, and certainly within her rights as a group moderator. My advice to you: Breathe...and let it go. Start your own music group and you can post as much as you want and bother Admin with your needs to your hearts desire in your own name.

Mods can ban any member, for any reason, at any time...