--> To me this is how most internet user forums work.
I am going to break my rule of not responding further on this just this once - this forum for one was one of the few decided exceptions until this posting obsession started taking place about a year ago. And just for the record the mods themselves have also chimed in and commented about how topics were off topic most of the time lately - so no not just a freedom of speech or general internet thing that must be tolerated. You can run a board that limits the BS and stays on topic if you want to - over and out.