because I have either modified their messages, deleted them, or never approved them.

The following guidelines are from the main page of TER:

Please don't post anything that is simply being mean, uses foul language, that gives out sensitive information about someone. These posts will be deleted.

Discussion Board Rules
Please don't post messages that are mean, use foul language, or that reveal sensitive information about other people. These posts will be deleted.


Those are the posting guidelines, and I have latitude in how I interpret them. If you're an established poster, with a solid history of behaving....I'll either let it slide, add a "tsk, tsk" type warning, or edit the post. If one has slipped by and been posted for a while, I'll normally edit it, unless it gets really bad-then I'll delete the post and subsequent threads.

If you're a moderated user (i.e. - fairly new or you've been a troublemaker,) I probably won't let it get through (as I have with a few).

I don't want to hear anything about freedon of speech, etc. You have all been told this is a MODERATED FORUM, as are some others. You want free-for-all, join an internet newsgroup. If you want to express opinions, regardless of how disagreeable they are, BE CIVIL AND POLITE!

If you behave like a child, or an animal, you'll be treated as such. Pretty simple!

J