Posted by Bill Ryan
(here)
Posted by Hervé
(here)
I am closing this thread while the mods and admins get together and decide on what actions to take with respect to the overall disrespect exhibited.
Thanks, Hervé. That was the appropriate thing to do.
Right, folks, Listen up.
Kevin, listen well.
A team of 8 (eight) moderators — myself, Billy, Debra, Hervé, Joe from the Carolinas, Mike, Paul, Sierra and Tintin — met online for over an hour and a half to decide what best to do here. That shows how seriously we took what's happening here.
There was a wide range of opinions and creative suggestions. As with any healthy meeting, we all listened well and each one of us, myself included, modified our views as we discussed all aspects of this.
Here's what we decided. It took us over 90 minutes to reach consensus. It was time well-spent.
Under any other circumstances, a member addressing another in the way that Kevin did Val
above, would warrant at least an immediate suspension and very possibly a total unsubscription. (That's a civilized word for 'ban'.)
This is NOT acceptable here.
One longstanding member, highly respected by the entire community and with a huge amount of experience on the forum, wrote to us:
No one has ever been given so much leniency in moderation on Avalon. I'd throw his ass out, yesterday. He's not going to turn this around, so the only way this will go is even uglier. It's far beyond the point where the veracity of his material/documentary even matters. His troll-some and attacking behavior have shown that his real goal on Avalon is smearing Bill. His issue here is to attack Bill for not picking up a pitchfork and going after Kerry with him, and he's trying to bully/shame Bill into becoming his accomplice.
Right. There's a lot of truth there.
But Kevin, we eventually decided that we're NOT going to ban you. You came within a whisker of being gone.
You need to understand that
there's not one person here who does not 100% support the premise of your documentary.
However,
if you step out of line one more time, you're out. Period. That means that from here on out it's 100% up to you.
It doesn't matter how angry you are, or how passionate, or how much you stand for your cause. If you think the alternative media needs a major clean up (and it sure does), then
start right where you are. That applies for us all.
You can't just come to a private party like this and start punching out all the other guests just because you're angry at someone who's not even here.
You can NOT insult good people who are on your side. All your posts have remained on record, undeleted and unedited, because we stand for transparency here.
I want people to see what you've been writing. And what we've all been writing.
If you're on the public stage, you're on the public stage. That was what you always wanted. Deal with it, be responsible, and be a statesman for your cause.
If you don't know what that means, you shouldn't be on stage at all.
So, we're re-opening the thread for comments and discussion, as before. Friends, please set an example for Kevin here, and be courteous. Be truthful, frank, clear, honest, straight, but courteous.
And Kevin, one more time.
You have no enemies here. If this agreed, and very exceptional, moderators' action doesn't show that to you, I don't know what will.
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And also answer Bill`s question ("When might the release date be? Do you have an earliest target? Or a window of probability?"). 
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