Jay, I share your confusion over this matter. Its not just the derogatory posts IMHO but also the *number* of useless posts. I realize some people do this just increase post counts and ranking but 90% of what I read of his posts are either randomly inflamatory or purely non sequitur. That said, one thing I've noticed is that if people ONLY reply to the occasional lucid post from him than he is less likely to go off on a tangent. Basically if you ignore him he tends to 'play nice' but if you reply to his typical statements than he replies and replies and replies...etc, etc.

I feel he is he for mostly good reasons. Perhaps other forums have had too much influence on him. I know youth is a factor as well. If it weren't for those times when he *does* contribute I'd suggest an full ban. I truly hope no one thinks I'm slamming him here. Maybe a 'cooling off' period will help. Or maybe he'll just find greener pastures.

But basically for ANYONE like this I suggest that if everyone just ignores them they tend to go away on their own.

Hope this helps somewhat.