BINGO! The mods have serious control issues and need to get their little hands smacked whenever they reach for the censor button. All of the old guard are filtering away due to the idiotic reactionary moderating. Period.
Well, we do have to remember that it is BRL's site, not ours. They will choose to moderate it as they wish. Our opinions on community don't hold much water since we are usually fighting amongst ourselves most of the time.
In fact, I do recall times where Noel was singled out and beat on by other Members in some threads he started. He does get a bit defensive in those situations, but then with this he can turn a double edged sword... (no offense Noel).