Ok! The ole guy perspective. I think you have been treated over the top rudely but you did immediately begin your posting here with spam. I personally do not like any "beauty contest" (that goes for all of them). I have found that those who enter them generally are egotistical and self centered. Beauty on the outside fades, but inner beauty is forever so don't count on my vote. The main offense here is you are brand new here and you are treating long time members to a temper tantrum. I know you feel justified in that in view of some of the comments but you aren't of equal posture from which to attack. A much better approach would have been to simply say you didn't mean to violate the rules and you were sorry for having upset anyone, then joined in the threads so we got to know you without that hanging over your head. December is far enough away that if you were well liked here you would have gotten support. Learn from this and move on, it's not the end of the world.