Replying on The Fear's behalf as he's snowed under. OKD forwarded on this thread to us both via email, as he explained - and yes, other sites on the network aren't his responsibility, so he couldn't do more than he did.
All forum members are responsible for their own content (legally and morally), but with cracks of 'cover up' - nothing could be further from the truth. This is why we rely on users to self police, we can't read everything and we need the heads up to investigate. That's how the law requires us to act (as some of you may know from your dealings with me in the past) and we do, when alerted.
Suffice to say, action has been taken by both The Fear and myself today on the posts no one wants to see, nor should accept.
I thank you for giving OKD the heads up here, so he could let us know, but whether this forum or another on the network, the alert button is there to be used folks - it'll give us a quicker heads up than a diligent (and well liked member of Vital) OKD to scan his emails and let us know.
And in other news, I'm a Villa fan and we've been tonked by Leicester....can I now go wallow in self pity please.