from a blank profile outsider's prespective looking in, it seems the problem is inhouse, i dont think for a minute that some of the stuff that's said on here is common knowledge & just picked up from visiting shows, to use a tony montana term some of the members here are chazzer, they dont fly straight lol

..its the same members with accounts that wouldnt appreciate the same sort of insults thrown their way that are insulting other members on here, it's cliques, friends of friends & inside jokes

...all this about consequences of actions & talk of cowardice makes professional athletes seem quite thuggish...i dont doubt there are some thugs involved in muay thai but most are sporstmen, as for the thug element among the pro's, there's an old saying up the road...u cannae karate a screwtop & if you're gonna act gangster then get it right lol street neds dont bow to each other & fart about on websites

if you put yourself out there in public with a look at me element in the name of promotion or whatever with posting personal information etc then you can expect a certain element of the public responding, the saying if you've nothing nice to say then say nothing at all is a good un but not always practised but to expect everybody to be caring & respectful individuals is wishful thinking and while a nice idea it wouldn't reflect society accurately,

at then end of the day people are entitled to their opinion, if some of the members here were demonstrating in their local town centre there'd be an % of the locals that would think that what they were doing was a load of pish, some may voice this opinion, some may keep it to themselves but it's silly to think that if somebody did shout out in the middle of town that the person looks daft or shite or whatever that there'd be consequences lol like what? reprimanding a person that voices an opinion, threatening them with violence, intimidation? what?

end of the day members here choose to share their personal achievements & whilst it's applauded it's naive to think that everyone will be a fan or praise the achievements of the individual

as for cowardice in muay thai, some of the stuff thats shared on the forums as common knowledge about thaialnd is very disrespectful & highlights more on areas that these individuals have been socialising & who with, i doubt members are as vocal about thailand being full of little brown gypsies, thieves etc etc etc when these same members are travelling over there to stay with thais & expecting thai's to share their nations culture & arts...are these same members entitled to their opinion?, are they entitled to share it openly? & are the cowards for not sharing the same opinion with every thai they meet?, including the real thai mafia types lol are they self serving hypocrites? or just genuine people sharing their experience of their travels?

simple way to solve the problem would be make the site members only, members only can view/post in threads, only verified members that are sworn in on recomendation of another member & log isp & prevent proxies, then it will be clear that it's an inside problem with the member base rather than an outside problem with anons causing problems, & you'll also be able to hold people accountable for what they've said

lol bit long winded but there ya go..couple of pennies worth