It's always been my experience that ignoring injustice compounds the problem. I can't find anything in Lurker's post that justifies banishment compared with the history of posts that I've read over the years on this forum. IMHO Lurker expressed a valid opinion in a reasonable manner ("sucker" is non-acceptable? when? not the first time I've seen it used here) and Pam justified and defended her viewpoint well. What's the problem?