Sorry about the break in service yesterday

[so-crates]

shucks! At least I can still post here though

 

[Brendan Burgess]

Socrates

I have unbanned you as I couldn't have expressed it any better myself

So are you suggesting millionaire that in return for your substantial donation you would like to be able to ignore the posting guidelines since they trammel your passionate nature? Nothing quite like posting aspersions anonymously without giving any basis for those aspersions to make you seem like a genuine soul. Insofar as I have seen, there are rules, those who step over those are warned and if they persist the ultimate response is to ban them. They may be "passionate" in some cases - though what value that is is debatable - but anecdotally, from my own time on this forum, they are generally in the wrong. As for special treatment for donors, I neither anticipate nor expect any.

Bizarrely, one guy whom we warned or banned a few years ago asked for his donation back!

 

[so-crates]

thanks Brendan but does that count as special treatment