I'd guess Zack's money, monopoly or otherwise, is at least older than yours.
I also think we should morph this thread into an argument about why the bbs has atrophied. MAybe that will succeed in getting it locked.
For the record and to start or continue that "reasoned discussion", I'd agree that the cure was worse than the disease, some rough-and-tumble being worthwhile.
If I were Skuzzy, what I'd impose is a rule much like one a judge here in the US imposed on the difference between art and porno. Regarding the latter, he said, "I'll know it when i see it". Skuzzy can autocratically tell the diff b/w reasoned discussion and habanero urethra traffic (flame p***ing).