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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 3921895" data-attributes="member: 54877">Just want to go on record as saying I agree with Cadfan.  It is why I have lurked here since the site started, and haven't registered until a few months ago. There are the rules of civility, and then there is the spirit of civility.  EN World has been worth reading for a long time (without prompting me to delurk to comment), because the moderators were able to walk that line of enforcing the spirit of civility, and not just the rules.  I suspect that the increased activity (number of posters and amount they post) has made this line a lot harder to walk.There are plenty of people out there that are more interested in pushing the spirit of the rules to the breaking point than actually doing whatever activity is taking place (in this case, discussion).  They are the kind that will be sure, for example, to find a way to let you know what they think about some hot, off-topic subject, if only via a line in their sig.  For them, it's fun to see how far they can go without being called on it.And just so you know, wondering at my post count, I've observed that I personally am the type that can get drug down into the gutter with such types--because it's obvious to me what they are doing, and I find it extremely irritating.  Thus I tend not to post very much in forums that try to strike what I think is an unsustainable balance.</blockquote>