I guess Jim said what he wanted to say and didn't want the thread to continue any longer than it had. We'll all miss him and I hope he will return to us in the future when he feels confortable here again.

It was mentioned it that thread that someone thought that enlisting more moderators would help. I tend to disagree with that. I don't think increasing censorship would make things better but would just tend to upset people. I feel bad about this situation because Jim had contacted me but I didn't feel it would be appropriate for me to step in and censor postings. Unfortunately I hadn't got round to discussing this with him before he made his announcement about leaving the forums. And it wasn't because I didn't care but because I was pre-occupied with having my wife in hospital for major surgery. It always upsets me when a long time member feels they need to leave. Jim is always welcome back here.