Originally from: Farmtalking
                        
The answer is – No one!

Since I started this message board no one – other than a spam e-mailer attempting to sell something – has been barred from this message board.

The Farmtalking message board was startied by me in the hope that the exchange of information, help and advice would be of constructive assistance to those affected by FMD.

All I asked was that those contributing be polite and courteous in their postings. A request that is also a rule of the 'Freeserve Smartgroups'.

A few failed to abide by this request and two or three messages, some months ago, were edited to remove offensive language and one message was deleted.

As a result some people chose to leave the message board. That was their choice not mine!

The board continues to be monitored and my initial request to members concerning their posting still stands.

New members continue to join the board and quite a few have never posted a message but read the contributions regularly, as do many others, including scientists and politicians etc, who are not members.

The Farmtalking website with links to this message board, continues to receive approximately 8,000 'hits' every month, last month visited by people from 21 different countries, so I rather think that to imagine this is an ever-decreasing circle is naive.

If nothing else, the information shared via this board must provide 'food for thought' for many people all over the world and for all we know, it may in some small way help people to make the right decisions, whether affecting themselves alone or others on a national or global scale.

I hope the above clarifies any misunderstandings members may have concerning this message board.

Jane Barribal – Farmtalking