Fixed or single speed

I know you're having trouble reading this reply, I thought I'd slow you down just a little, but...

I don't follow the above. I (for it is a single person operation) am not a company, nor an organisation. So I am not registered as any entity that would fall under the laws you think might apply. Further, the forum isn't even hosted in the UK, it's not even hosted in Europe. It's hosted somewhere that has no data protection or data retention laws... Missouri, USA.

And to make the forum nice and zippy, I turn off the web server logs and the only data captured for analytics is anonymised and disconnected from the users behind the numbers.

The only thing I do capture is IP addresses when people participate in some way. But as you've found out the only real use of that is being able to put someone on 'miserable'. A delightful feature that will give you random pages, after random wait times, and generally makes it look like your (not you're) internet has just broken. Does it work? I'll let your silence tell us.

I don't have to use a static IP

The server being in another country does make it hard to enforce the data protection act.

This is the deal. People who are rude to me will get rudeness back. And those who are want to play nice, guess what, I'll play nice. See some of the other threads for evidence of this.

Ban me and I will find another way to deal with those who think they can oppress me.

Why is it so hard to accept that when you are rude to people they are likely to be rude back?

I know I am a stubborn fucker. I don't need anyone to tell me that. Banning me will only fuel me further. It won't be the end of it. I assure you my determination will not wane. A ban will just take this in a new direction.

and I'll say this one more time for those that seem hell bent on skipping this bit.

Be nice to me and I am nice back. It's so simple. It really really is.