BACK ON TOPIC boys and girls
The post directly before Bunsen's was five or six days old. I would argue it was safe to say this thread was in the process of going dormant.
In the old days, this was called PostCount++ and there was a rule against it. If you don't have a comment that adds some kind of worthwhile content to the thread, don't make a post.
Please understand the rules if you're going to quote them at the administrator. The politics rule is designed to reduce the incidence of people having terrible Internet fights over different political views. If you and I favored different candidates for a particular office, and those candidates had significantly different viewpoints, for example. That rule also covers religion and "other sensitive subjects" at the discretion of the mods/admins.
I think something like the exchange above is best done via private messaging.
In my experience, sometimes after so much private messaging and warning and temporary banning, you either have to tell somebody how it is, in a space where everybody can see, or ban them. Whenever possible, I prefer not to ban people, especially people who appear to at least have the smallest modicum of interest in the hobby. This is me trying to avoid banning somebody outright.
a friendly forum full of enthusiasts
I try very hard to foster a friendly community. My goal is to have something that those of us with small children can leave up when they come into the room, or have on our displays when we're at work, and not worry if customers or bosses see. Unfortunately, some people don't seem interested in having that atmosphere.
