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USNDW, I am so glad you posted this. One of my elders just mentioned to me today that maybe it was time to explain a few things in the open about how this board is run. The roles of mods/admins etc. Your post gives me the perfect opportunity to do just that.

First, you have obviously not read the VBN User Agreement. If you had you would have read the portion in quotes below:

"We reserve the right to remove or ban any user at any time without notice or warning. All posts, material, images are subject to removal and we are not required to provide reason or justification. No soliciting, advertisements or spam are allowed on this site. "

Now, I won't post any more exact postings from that user agreement because it is your job to read that and by posting here you have agreed to said agreement. On second thought I will post one more direct quote from there:

"IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE VBN WEBSITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE VBN WEBSITE."

Now, this should be enough to clear up any misunderstanding you may have had regarding our little house but I will expound since I have your attention and I have also had a few others complain about the "free speech" aspect of this board.

There is free speech in America, but you can't threaten the life of the POTUS... That being said, you and a few others need to understand that this is a MODERATED FORUM. That explains the little tags you see under certain people's avatars. A moderated forum is just that.

Now, the Mods do what they are asked to do by the guys that run this board, the Admins. That would be Pop, Jdave, NMFXSTC, JWilson, MSgtMack, MPrise and Cruiser. These folks and myself kind of own this little place. Think of it as our little house where we keep the door open to help as many Vets as we can. When you are in our house, you agree to follow the rules of the house. I would not come to your house and take a crap on your carpet, so don't come to our house doing the same thing in a virtual sense.

Now, the elder I mentioned earlier also mentioned that it needed to be made clearer just what is supposed to happen when a Mod asks for something to happen in a thread...Example: Stop the name calling. There is only one thing that is acceptable at that point and that is to stop the name calling. If that doesn't happen, then the mod gets in touch with me or one of my elders and our job is to either make it clearer or make the problem disappear. By disappear it could mean a post, a thread or even a person. What ever it takes to keep the peace in our little house. The Mods here volunteer their time and bust their arse for free, moving threads, answering technical questions and other stuff that goes along with keeping our little house in order. Now, occasionally they make a mistake and when that happens, they either try to fix it, ask one of the admins to fix it or whatever. Fact is they are human. The only option anyone has if the disagree with an action a mod has taken is to contact that mod or an admin. Do not hammer them in the open because that is not acceptable and it will not stay on the board long. I get complaints when a mod seemingly goes over board and is disrespectful...That goes both ways.

On to the elders. Over the years the admins I listed above and myself have worked on this board. Over those years we have pretty much got it laid out as to what kind of posting etiquette we want here. Now, you will notice that rarely do one of the elders jump into a fray on the board because frankly, that is the job of the Mods. I am usually the one that steps in when the mods point something out. Does that mean I act alone and without regard to the other admins? Nope. They have been here longer than I have and when they see something they don't like, believe me, they let me know. That also includes some of my other elders such as Pistol who posted above.

In closing, remember, when a mod "moderates" a thread on this "moderated" forum, they are doing what they have been asked to do by us. Free speech? To a point. Remember, this is our house and we try hard to be as loose as possible but we have our limits and a couple of your posts went beyond that limit.

If after reading this post and the user agreement (linked above for your convenience) you or any one else have a question, ask away. Right here in this thread. Don't start another one on the same topic so it stays simple for me. Simple is good for me.
I will monitor it for a couple days and then it can fade into the ether.

Thanks for your time.

P.S. This is not where you question why your posts were removed. They are gone and not coming back. This is just a clarification post to clear up exactly how things roll here.