Okay, I see the forums have been a bit busy this morning so I'm going to go over a few things point by point and I hope the issue will see a bit of calm.
First, Vienradis and neored9 have been banned for being overly abusive. Magicman and John missed a call there, but it's all straightened out now and I hope the banned posters will take this time to think about being a little nicer. Yes, the rules ARE for making this forum a relatively friendly place, not just for avoiding legal issues.
Second, I cleaned up the thread in question, let's keep it on the topic of Realak's surgery now, please. If you don't care about Realak or his surgery, just post somewhere else about something you do care about.
Third, I will update the ban thread shortly.
Fourth, in light of his highly drugged state, I'm going to make a small exception and not ban Realak's Agememnon account as long as he doesn't post on it again until Realak is unbanned. However, I'm not going to reverse the Realak ban at this time as it was a pretty murderous thing he said and I can't condone it.