Disappointed

[Andrew]

Originally Posted by George Armstrong Custer

Hi all,
I am disappointed to note the precipitate and unexplained closure of the thread which I started - and in the absense of any other explanation being offered, find myself in agreement with the observations of conogre and nachesh on the 'Closed Threads' thread (itself now closed in an almost Orwellian manner )

Tom - I'm sorry the 'elephant' thread was closed before I had a chance to respond to your interesting comments on the evolution of the kaskara. I would have liked to continue the flow of that thread by noting a description of the Mahdi's symbolic sword which was reckoned to have been a Crusading relic. Oh well...........

Ciao,
GAC

"Orwellian"? You can't be serious. Did you read my response on that thread before I closed it? Did you read the Rules thread located at the top of the forum?

Here's a relevant quote:

8. VIKINGSWORD STAFF

The Vikingsword Staff is comprised of Site/Forum Administrators, Forum Moderators and Technical Advisors. Decisions made by Vikingsword Staff are not subject to public debate. Please utilize the board's Private Message function, or e-mail, if you wish to discuss a situation with a moderator.

No decision has been made about the topic of your Elephant thread. Nor has any prohibition against discussing such topics been articulated. As I indicated in Conogre's thread, there are many reasons why we lock threads. I was the one who locked your thread, and it had nothing at all to do with the subject matter. It is unlikely a thread will ever be closed around here due to subject matter. The fact that two staff members participated in that discussion prior to it being locked should have been conspicuous in this regard.

I now lock this thread as it violates the rule articulated in the quote above. If anyone has any questions or comments about this official action, feel free to PM or email me directly.