It's unfortunate that it has come to that. But I do understand the need.
The deal is, sir, conservativecave has attracted a great deal of attention, and just grown and grown and grown and grown and grown.....
conservativecave two years ago isn't but a speck when compared with conservativecave today.
With traffic, comes trolls.
All five administrators here have the ban hammer, but because of commitments in real life of three of them keeping them away much of the time, the burden for watching newcomers has fallen mostly upon chris_ and TVDOC.
chris_ and TVDOC are supposed to be enjoying conservativecave, too, kicking off their shoes, putting up their feet, relaxing, and getting mellow. But they can't, what with all these trolls running amok.
This "tightening up" is one of the prices we pay for being such an awesome place. Everybody wants to be here.