ORIGINAL: Arbo
Nonsense. It doesn't matter if you are a 'card carrying member'. You still need to follow the rules. And it is nobody's job to teach others how to be civil. There isn't enough money to pay someone to do that, and we are talking about a volunteer position. There were pointers and reminders of the rules put out quite a lot, there were offers to explain them if there were any questions... sorry, but the rest was up to the individual. No forum that is about the hobby leads people through by the hand...
Paul,
Here's a challenge for you. Publish the post or posts that got me a 30 day ban from the forum. Show everyone what rules I violated. If, as you have implied here, the banning was ordered from AMA administration publish the PM or email or whatever communications you received to that effect.