the reason why one of the Merry Christmas posts stayed I think was partly down to me saying if there's going to be a merry christmas post lets keep it in one post as opposed to having 200 of them.
People don't post about how they went to the toilet and their poo didn't flush properly anymore or indeed go on drunken rants about how the world is against them and they're going to kill themselves.
Both fair points. Thinking about it clearly, I do remember there was an awful lot of trash on Off Topic, so the moderation is justified. the bulk of the moderators are like myself, unpaid and casual.
This is something I didn't take into account, and is a very good point. Makes me feel guilty for having a slight dig at the moderators. I wouldn't give up my free time to weed out nonsense posts, so have no right to criticize those that do. Sorry guys.