It was needed Deb, and the decision not taken lightly. It had been something ongoing for quite some time now. It got to the point where the forum members were actually avoiding the forums, it made them all so uncomfortable, myself included. We just hate to see a forum get rattled like that where others feel they want to leave or no longer post.
As Dave said in his first post, they did not " want to be in a position of becoming "the forum police". We've been put in that position in the past and we are never comfortable with making judgments about what's appropriate for the forums and what's not appropriate."
This was the best solution, with just a minor adjustment now.