It is not my intention to a cause offence but having raised this issue I would like to express my concern that it was locked without any post being offensive or abusive and within 24 hours of it having been posted!!
Personally I think I raised an interesting point, not least of all because CBF claims to be a discussion forum, though that now appears to be in doubt.
I have argued before that CBF is like a magazine and in all magazines there are articles and subjects which readers will favour more than others and some which will be of no interest to the reader at all. Personally I think there is scope for argument and it is legitimate to include it in the CBF portfolio. To argue is not to fight - it is to present different view point in the hope others might change their mind.
I also have a concern that it is assumed people like me who, (all be it rarely) criticise the forum or criticize moderators are anti CBF or anti moderators. I think the forum is healthier and stronger if such criticisms can be made. I think it would help if moderators have a concern that a post is getting too personal or threatens to be abusing then they can 'advise' people to cool it, before locking it. I also find it odd when moderators or Skunner sometimes say that if people want to argue they should join a chat room or MSN yet appear tolerate others using the forum for that purpose on less emotive subjects. Tinx if I had known it was your first locking I probably would not have commented in quite the same way. They were not directed at you personally. I fully accept that posts which are personal or deliberately cause offense should not be tolerated and should be locked. I suppose I am pleading for a bit slack especially when people argue.