My first thought on that thread stating that those 3 were history was that it was rather theatening to a few of us here , who get into long discussions over them regularly .
They have all incited some very heated debate over the years , and the moderators were kept busy .
It was the proliferation of JV threads that inspired "the only" rulings , when it became a scolding offense to start a new thread about Jacques , even though the debates became almost impossible with so many points in one spot being discussed .
I confess that I don't really know how this whole forum works from a technical standpoint , and perhaps it does make things easier to administrate , but I don't have a problem with any of the threads that Tin mentioned being on the main page . All those threads have had reference to today's F1 .
In fact , I rarely see any thread that doesn't reference the past in some way , to help us put the present into perspective .
That thread saying good bye might have been a great relief for Pino and our moderator crew , but I for one , found it very distasteful .
I found it pointed and blunt .
The issue was touched on in the thread though , and the position was softened to some degree .
In the end , I feel that the thread was a mistake , as there is nothing to worry about in regards to this issue .
We will relate the present to the past as we have always done , and nothing will change .
And , now and again it will get ugly , as it always has .