A few things:
First a mea culpa, I let myself get sucked into two threads recently that were way off the rails from GCA. Even though I think I started out my first two posts on the long "rankings" thread with two very appropos statements over the course of the first two days. Those first two comments on the rankings thread were a heartfelt point of view about GCA.com as it relates to the yearly rankings debacle. Some of us try to take a position that rankings are way "overrated" pun intended, and some try to debunk the various ranking system criteria. Are you sure Brad that 'any' negative comments about the value or method of rankings aren't putting your nose out of joint?
Secondly, GCA.com has been a triving cyber-community fostering some good cross country and international fellowship of golfers and those that love to discuss 'many' subjects that are related yet sometimes wander off specific architecture points. Who is going to determine when a heated debate breaks out over some maintenance practice, or some golf development financing issue, that censorship must take place.
Thirdly, That fellowship has led to some very gratifying personal meetings and new friendships. Sometimes because people come to know eachother, not just by the full command they have about specifically gca, but other ancillary matters.
Fouthly, some of the loggorrhea has taken place now that many of us are snowed in and frankly have a confined life. GCA.com is a friend and helps the day go by for some of us. If we want to respond to issues more spontaneously than once every three hours, I don't think we need an editor to tell us we are too vociferous on a matter because we might post several times in a 3hr or some time frame. Sometimes in the sponteneity, valuable observations or ideas are expressed just as much as restrained comment because one might have to live up to an arbitrary time limit. For what it is worth, humor seems to be spontaneous. I don't think I could live with this discussion, no matter how much I love the subject without the humor many of our GCA.com personalities grace us with.
Fifthly, we have an editor. His word is final. He has rightly taken down a few threads, very sparingly over the years. Most recently the one, I unfortunately became weak on and let personal political feelings overcome my common sense. I AM SORRY ABOUT THAT RAN.
Lastly, but not finally as I may want to respond in less than 3 hours; unless I am missing something on the contributors button, or there has been a takeover-merger, of GCA.com and Golf Week-Super. News, I don't see the name Brad Klein as editor, webmaster or contributor. While much of what you say is true and points taken and understood Brad, somehow I feel you have given a lecture that may have been RAN's to give.