This article couldn't have come at a better time. Maybe there was a reason for what just happened at my favorite forum to happen. And maybe it will serve as a lesson to everybody who attends forums and thinks they can get away with murder. It is simply not so. I offer this article as proof. I've been a member of the Warrior Forum since December of 2006. I have made close to 13,000 posts and have been thanked close to 2,000 times. I've always tried to contribute value to the forum. But today, I crossed the line with one of my comments. Let me fill you in on the details. A thread was started honoring Michael Jackson and his musical accomplishments. I thought it was a nice gesture. Unfortunately, a few forum members decided that they were going to turn the thread into their own personal attack on the man...a man who is now dead and can't defend himself. As others, I took offense to this. But I went one step further. I told these people EXACTLY what I thought of them and called them some pretty tasteless names. The end result? I have been temporarily banned from the forum for a period of one week. Guess what? I applaud the decision. See, a lot of people think that just because you are a senior member of a forum or somebody who has just been there for a while, that means you can say and do whatever you like. Recent events are proof that this is just not so. I am actually glad that this has happened as MAYBE it will serve as a warning to those who think, just because they've been around the block for a while, that they can say and do anything that they like at the forum they are attending. They can't. I actually got lucky. A week is nothing next to what it could have been. And make no mistake about it, if I get out of line again after my banning is over, the same thing will happen...or worse. So, the next time you think that you are above the forum rules, please use me as an example and living proof that this is just not so. For the next seven days, I'm going to reflect on what has happened and hopefully decide to be the kind of forum member that the forum administrator wants us all to be. But make no mistake about it. Should you decide differently, the same thing can and WILL happen to you. Believe it or not...the forum rules apply to EVERYBODY. To YOUR Success, Steven Wagenheim If you want to discover the REAL truth about Internet marketing and get some solid tips to take your business to the next level...get my free report at http://www.stevewagenheim.com/realtruth.html and subscribe to my REAL Truth newsletter where you'll discover more than from all those high priced ebooks combined.