Wow!! I went away for a few months and came back to this. What did I miss?
A quick couple of points.
1) This is Axiom's forum and they are free to make whatever rules they see fit.
2) As users we are free to abide by their rules or to cease using this space.
3) It behooves Axiom to make this space as friendly as possible when dealing with divergent personalities. Therefore it is in their best interest to give people the benefit of doubt when questions of acceptability arise. Text and smileys have their limitations when emotions are concerned. I have no problem with a moderator as long as they allow a fair deal of flexibility.
As an example I would like to offer what I found in a forum dealing with a car model I bought last year. Moderators poured over every new post and moved them instantly if they felt they belonged in a different forum. Newcomers were constantly referred to previous posts if the moderators felt the subject had been dealt with in any form. As a result of this, one could never find their postings, or much in the way of information from the people currently frequenting the forum. It was a wonderful repository of knowledge, and useless to everyone but the moderators. I left and have not been back. Anyway... I missed what went on here, but I hope it is resolved to everyone's satisfaction. It would be a shame to lose this site.
Now, back to hoping the temperature goes up so I can return to golf.