I also love APS and guys we don't need this.
I think... maybe we do - and thanks Slateman for allowing this to run - it is very important to get this stuff out of the system, and I'm as keen as anyone to see APS run on an even keel again, even though I was privileged to be selected as a moderator on ARF recently. The problem here is that a couple of the moderators lost sight of the fact that the important part of their job was to manage the site for the benefit of the membership at large, and they felt the site was a platform for them to exercise their own egos. This was obvious to me a long time ago, and I'm sorry that it escaped Slateman for so long. I hope this purging will be a lesson to us all - take the time to read between the lines - I have done that here on several occasions, and incurred the wrath of those moderators.
APS is a valuable resource, and should remain so, but while clowns are able to run "belly lint" threads for pages and pages, while the alienpunks are able to go on & on & on unchecked, it will continue to deteriorate and lose it's value to those who need it most.
Jamie.