This forum isn't here for the mods ego's, we are not here to tell grown men what they can and cannot do but from time to time that is exactly what we have to do when things go a little too far.
If people find that they have some form of personal issue with another poster, there are plenty of things they can do - ignore them, put then on the 'foes' list so they can't see them, private message them, report them to the mods, or most dramatically of all - leave the forum (which clearly we don't want). What we won't allow is for them to is to spoil the site for the rest of us by posting their personal grudges of others on the public forum and not letting things drop when kindly asked to do by those that attempt to run the site for the benefit of all.
Copper, is like Hipster, one of the few posters I went out of my way to invite to Nuts, I believed (and still do) that his knowledge, humour, insights and a different perspective from the rest of us - being a fan of another club - would be a great addition to our site and the benefit of us all.
I knew there would always be others who would not be comfortable with another clubs fan on here and that Copper would be an easy (and constant) target for the 'jokes' of others.
I had hoped that he would shrug off such 'banter' but it appears that last night (for whatever reason - drink perhaps?) he decided to let rip.
Nothing wrong in that but in my opinion it went a bit too far and for too long for one evening.
It was clear that even after a couple of friendly warnings to pack it in, that someone wasn't for letting things go, so I didn't really have any other option than to give Mr Copper the rest of the night off.
Anyway today is another day and Mr Copper is now free to return if he wants too and hopefully he will.