Also note that many of those sent to lord over us in the New World were failed and disgraced noblemen who were an embarrassment to the Crown.

Re Civil Comments - I too am unclear on who decides what stays and what goes.  Is it published somewhere?  Are we self-policed, and if so, why would it not be the case that one faction could silence another with regularity?

Seem like some entity at the R-G should be checking for that sort of thing.