"How did we get a host?" a locked thread asks? Here is the answer.

[FBaggins]

20. There's a difference.

I think jpak just has an odd sense of humor... but that's not the same thing.

I say that having had any number of heated disagreements with him. I just don't get the sense that this is someone who would abuse this kind of authority. He could go all day long belittling an argument that he disagrees with (in an often infuriating way), but never think "I'm tired of this bozo... he needs to go!" (or perhaps he would think it but not act on it).

For the record, I think jpak was offered the host role and initially turned it down but was later convinced to serve... and with this crowd it is a service because as you'll no doubt notice, while the host group doesn't seem to be kind of people who would abuse the power, there is no shortage of whiners here who will "run to mama" the first time someone won't accept their spin. (and then we'll no doubt get new threads to display the displeasure when the "offender" isn't blocked).

It is most certainly an almost-thankless job. So I here again thank them for being willing to serve.