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I was one of the lucky ones - Dave was lovely to me, personally. He PM'd me with a welcome, nothing heavy or accusatory about others, just a plain ol' welcome.

We have PM'd occasionally since and he has let me into a tiny bit of his personal world and personal life worries on certain issues - and I have sympathised etc.. and cant blame him for worrying considering those issues - but they are private, so wont go into it, if you dont mind.

Humour wise, I guess people can take umbrage cos as we all know, humour perspective is relative to culture and/or where you live in general or how darkly you think!

For example, as soon as we have a natural disaster where thousands are wiped out in seconds, before ya know it, all those jokes go round (you know the ones I mean) - some people find them funny, some people find them in bad taste - its all about perspective.

In some cultures, you stick your thumb up as an approved okay, but in another culture it means *uck you!

It can be easy to misunderstand where someone is coming from if their humour is different to yours.

Guys, I am fairly new here and havent experienced the full on Dave thing - and for those of you who have testified to the more unsavoury side of Dave - then, as I say... I've been lucky that I wasnt pulled into it. One sign of something ugly, you wouldnt see me for dust! Well, maybe a blast of verbal slaughter directed at him first, then I'd run :cool:

Anyway, it's a shame cos I liked the guy - but then I havent been injured by anything he did. And I am old enough to see manipulation when it rears its ugly head - more impressionable people may be sucked in - and those are the ones that need protecting - so I guess the MODS are doing the right thing!

I have to trust them that their decision to ban him was justified, right? :)