okay I have a thought again if anyone is interested...the thing is, the admins have stated repeatedly at this point that it's not about discriminating against one individual, the facts are that they made a new policy after last year's contest and by mistake went against that policy and posted the poll up for everyone when they really meant to just reserve the AOY selection for the admins alone. Now regardless of what I think of the way it was handled or whether I like the new policy, it's nto as if it's hard to believe that they came up with this new policy last year due to the fact that there was a lot of suspicion that the popular vote was not acurate due to actual "Stuffing" of votes during that contest. The thing is, now that they have apologized(however inadequate that may be) and given reasons for taking the poll offline, all this continued complaining of discrimination only hurts whoever will eventually get the award EVEN if it is Legume because whoever wins will be left with the doubt as to whether or not they truly deserved to win(including Legume, I since I am giving him the benifit of the doubt and assuming he has a consience too). If for instance the winner is ToxicAngel or Rohi or whoever, that person will wonder if they were just selected because the admins prefered them to Legume and not because of their talent as an artist. And Legume(in theory) should he win, will probably be left with the question of "Would I have really been selected if everyone else hadn't screamed discrimination on my behalf?" or "Did they just throw me a bone just to shut me up?".... Anyway, the bottom line is, if the past is any indication, they are not gonna give the vote back to us and continuing to complain about some conspiracy afoot will only ultimately ruin the enjoyment of the title even further for whoever gets it....:( Melissa