Simon,
Based on some of the other posts in this forum, I think it's now pretty clear that if Sam doesn't want to get banned he can't reply to a post like yours.
Let's all let it quietly drop and give the guy a chance.
Ummm..
The problem here is that Sam made some accusations at me (I was not talking about other boats and was only selling the 17 to buy an F16)that I feel I have to defend myself against. IMO Sam can answer my post above buy saying he was wrong ! I believe I have never suggested I was solely planning to buy an F16, if people think this, then I am sorry, I was investigating a number of options and have now made a decision that my one-off 18 footer is the way to go.
As far as the banning (or not) of people; I help to moderate a motoring forum where we do not believe in banning people, it does not work. I believe in education. People need to learn how to behave in these forums.
Sam has been subject of a bit of a backlash, justifiably IMO as he has come over in his posts (deliberately or not) as belligerent, argumentative and generally out-to-cause-trouble.
If he gets banned (which I do not support) he can just register another user name; If The IP he is using is banned he can easily change IP - Ergo, banning does not work.
