[33girl]

As far as JAM, if I remember, it was something in the politics thread that she took completely the wrong way, not a "nest of vipers." I don't remember ANY personal attacks - everyone pretty much loved her. If you can't separate the person from the opinion where politics are concerned, you need to stay OUT of political discussions. Period.

As far as Tom, I supported him as long as I could - because he's from a different generation and I understand that, I dealt with it with my parents - but it got to the point where no matter who said it or how nicely they said it, he didn't get it and just wanted to do whatever. There was a nutjob supposedly AIing my sorority and he didn't understand why I didn't want her encouraged or why I didn't want the thread deleted. What she was posting was injurious to my sorority (i.e. implying that we found the nutburger in question suitable for membership) and he JUST. DIDN'T. GET. IT. That's when I got off the bus.

We should have never created that AI forum in the first place, but by the same token, he should have been cognizant enough to realize that his moderating a forum that was 99.9% NPC membership questions was no more appropriate than my moderating the (example) Kappa Alpha Psi forum would be. Instead he held onto it and refused to listen to any suggestions.

I miss him being a productive (if odd) member of GC, but he's shown by his subsequent actions and affiliations that banning him in his current state of mind was probably the right decision.