Ok... look folks. I'm no more thrilled about the proliferation of this stuff than you guys are. But, pure and simple it's just not going to go away. I'm not going to be in favor of any "solution" to this that makes life rougher for the 50,000 plus legetimate members we have that don't make warez requests or posts. And I do honestly believe that the people doing [or attempting to do] the trafficking here are a small percentage of the overall membership. But there has been illegal software trafficking for all of the 17 years [off and on] that I've been online, and there will always be illegal software trafficking as long as there are computers and an internet. We cannot allow a handfull of people's illegal activities to force the imposition of byzantine restrictions on those who don't practice those activities. The minute we do - they win and everyone else loses. And that is plain and simple also. Naughtyhorse... it may be an imposition, but it's one that all of the moderators are aware comes with the territory. We do it because we like the site, and we accept the downside of the job with the good side of it. If we have a major objection to having to deal with the warez people, we can always choose to do something other than moderate. I don't complain about it, and I can't think of any mods off hand that do.

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• Monkeysmell