the whole thing in a nutshell, as you always say Pat, rules are rules and the same rules should apply to "team salad" as they do with the rest of us. a title shouldnt change that. a little knowlege of "tech" still shouldnt change that either. if i posted pages and pages of "tech info" here, would that give me the right to totally blow up at somebody and call them all kinds of names and insults? i dont think so!
You are confusing equality with value. They are different.
Everyone here is equal. It's your actions that change your value. If you had helped hundreds of strangers on this board, you'd be treated the same as they are.
Yes, tech changes things. Why? It's a tech board. Dodge guys have less value, as do Ford guys, but they are equal here, they can read and post. The more tech you post, the more leniency is afforded.
You seem to think that guys like me are not allowed to be aholes now and then. Guess what? Welcome to the human race, even Mother Theresa had bad days. We don't have to be saints before we are allowed to make decisions about board operations, or there would be no boards at all.