[tomahawk]

God bless you Jim. Keep up the great work.

[Always A Marine]

BT, Jim. Before you, we weren't Freepers -- just a bunch of disconnected good guys lacking a public forum to hash out our views. Thank you for changing that...

[tubebender]

Thanks for the update and most of all THANK YOU for a great board and being so tolerant...

[Hunble]

JimRob, this is great news! Each and every Freeper is so very important and I am glad that something was worked out.

When I challenged you about 3 weeks ago, I fully expected to be banned. Thankfully, I was not and that expression of mercy was most appreciated.

Sir, I fully respect your right to run this website in any way that you wish. That has never been in question, and you have performed a difficult job extreamly well over the years.

If I get upset because some people have been banned, it is because Freepers have become family to me. And to loose a dear family member that I have learned to love and respect, it is not something that I accept lightly.

So JimRob, please excuse me for challenging you a few weeks ago. It was only done because Freepers are a diverse group and each of the opinions are important to me. By listening to all sides of an argument, I can make my choice out of knowledge.

[185JHP]

Thanks for all you do!

[CyberAnt]

Having met you both, I'm glad you have settled things. You are both very special people and FR is a very special place. God Bless you both!!

[JZoback]

That was sure a close call. Could have easily looked like this

[AM2000]

Jim will work with John on writing a subroutine or program that lists the banned comments, banned threads and names of banishees, that Joe will have access to.

Now I have no idea how many 'abuse' reports get generated on a daily basis, so I apologise in advance if this suggestion is just not feasible..

.. but if the intent is to 'observe' the moderators, then wouldn't it be a good idea for the observers to have access to abuse reports that did not result in post-deletions/bannings/etc? IMO, that would give them a better idea of how fairly (or not) the moderators are applying their judgement to various situations.

Just a thought.

[Neets]

Salut!!!

[swheats]

\o/--->:)

[JZoback]

BadJoe: You better close your mouth before you catch some flys.

....or is that Casey Jones driving that train.

[cynicom]

Never let the inmates help run the asylum.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

A great news ping

Thanx jim and joe

[Gabz]

All I can say is - Thank goodness.

I followed it because I care, but refused to get into the fracas.

God Bless FR and god Bles America

[lsee]

Psalm 122 :8 For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you."

[Constitution Day]

Ping for NC Freepers.

[Freedom2specul8]

This is great news...

Big caring bump....

[ladyinred]

Really glad to hear this. I honestly don't see how you do all of this! You must have a lot of headaches.

[balrog666]

I must say, at this point, I don't care what BADJOE does, what agreements he is party to, and I certainly don't care about Registered or any of the badmouthing "cheerleaders" on the other side.

I suggest you identify all moderators (and their aliases, if any). I also suggest you rotate more moderators through the needed slots. If we have 60,000+ members, why put the "burden" on only nine? And making ALL their decisions public or reviewable is sorely needed.

Sunshine is a great disinfectant and acts a certain restraint on all kinds of creeping molds and slime. That's why Florida has sunshine laws; maybe Free Republic needs them too.

[Corin Stormhands]

I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony,
I'd like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company.

Congrats to both of you for the way you worked things out.