E, you make excellent points, but it`s coming from one point of view only. Yours.

A few years ago, I had the same mentality. However, my thoughts have changed, as I grow to learn more about the KB community, it'a large degree of instability coupled with great amounts of irresponsiblity.

I used to have this lovely ideal that I aimed for that involved a totally open forum with everyone getting along and sharing ideas and everyone benefitting from the existance of this website. Now I`ve seen too many examples of people within the KB community who are not responsible enough to exist within that ideal setting. There are people who exist within the community that would choose to say insulting, yet funny, things about someone else in the community JUST FOR FUN, because they are bored and want a laugh. To me, that is insanely irresponsible if you care anything at all about the sport(s) of Kickboxing.

In addition to that, you have ignoring another finepoint. Moderation difficulties. If I kick someone for saying something inappropriate, then they could potentially re-register. We may catch them. We may not. It really depends on how busy the moderators are during that week. The moderation and registration scripts aren`t setup the way I would like them to be. They could be rewritten to help catch people doing this. I don't have the resources for that. Plus, the site is growing steadily. That means that it is only going to get worse for the moderators. Nearly a year ago, I instituted forum rules, which is a first for Ax. I did this because I had to change under the pressure. The original version of moderation, where I would deal with each situation individually, wasn`t working. Now I have broad-sweeping rules with which to work from.

The whole idea of identity verification is really about accepting the world in which we exist. In this world, in each country, there are laws that govern and protect people (supposedly) from damaging attacks that can hurt their business. When someone writes something publically that is hurtful to another and causes proven damage to them or their business, it is called 'Libel'. ('Slander' is when it is spoken, like on radio or television'). That is one form of consequence for saying what you think. IF you don`t like that, then you need to go about changing the laws in your country. Get involved in politics. You shouldn`t rely on Ax to save you from the laws in your country.

It is unrealistic that someone would sue another for libelous remarks. It is expensive and time-consuming to take file a lawsuit and go through the whole litigation process. However, what is more realistic (for the KB community) is black-listing. (as I tried to give an example above, with Dynamo). Again, if you have a problem with people black-listing others for comments that they say publically, then you should deal with that issue directly. You should not rely on Ax to save you from that backlash. Sometimes, blacklisting is justified. Most of the time, it is not. Obviously, there are a lot of people within the community that do not like this aspect of the community. Whatever your opinion, perhaps it`s time that you should put your foot down publically about it, in your own name. Perhaps we should stop 'band-aiding' community issues and start fixing the problems instead, rather than relying on an anonymous forum to cirvumvent these problems.