i feel as if the people on here right now are all people interested in:

a) treating each other with respect

b) waxing philosophic about techno

c) identifying and discussing groundbreaking techno records

d) appreciating the classics

e) talking about records or artists without worrying if this is the right place for it

f) being able to discuss music with people coming from different techno/electronic music backgrounds

the hard techno forum has been an interesting place to discuss records and artists, but i think it's been deficient of late in each of these categories.

as for the banning policy...my only concern is that people be given the chance to make nice on what could be a mistake in the heat of the moment. probably everyone has gotten carried away once or twice and shouldn't be punished if its an isolated incident and they realize that after.

on the other hand, there were some repeat offenders before (who have been banned), and as far as they are concerned...i say good ridance.