Quote - This is essentially correct.  However, when we discover that the kid with the bat and ball doesn't have firm clear rules, we get frustrated with the game and eventually stop playing with him.

This is very true, and the bane of every business that must interact with the public in some way. Of course, it can be expressed as a concern (I'm afraid more people will leave), as a warning (watch out or people will leave), or even as a threat (People are gonna leave, you no-good-niks). I'm all for helpful suggestions, and I'm all for people expressing their concerns. I don't have much use for people whining about what is and isn't fair, but that's just me.

I don't want people to leave; the more the merrier for me. Good and bad, loud and quiet, warts and all. I'm not in any way refuting the point that people who are frustrated will leave; being frustrated is, in fact, the prima facie reason most consumers stop frequenting a business. I'm not saying that anyone is treated fairly or unfairly, or that changes do or do not need to be made. The only points I'm trying to make in this thread are:

1. Things are more complicated in running the site than some people may realize
2. Some (many? most?) things in life are going to be unfair. Learn it now or learn it later, it's always going to be true.
3. I, personally, dislike people who talk in an aggrieved tone of voice about how they been dun wrong by the big bad establishment. There are circumstances where I might agree with the person's postion, times I may disagree. I don't like temper tantrums, in any form. In this, I am expressing my opinion. Since I perceive that a temper tantrum has been thrown, I also believe it's on topic for the thread.

Quote - To Any and All:  The picture was inoffensive.  No warnings ought be given.

Could be; I haven't seen it, but it wouldn't matter to me. I can't recall ever having found any visual image offensive. It was taken down because it violated the TOS, regardless of it's inherent potential to be offensive, or whether it was good art, even. And, I know for a fact that it violated the TOS, because the people designated to make that judgement did just that, and that's what makes it so. Of course, they might their mind, which they are certainly allowed to do.

Might be fair, might not be fair. Most of life falls on the "not fair" side. 'Tis what it 'tis, though.