Crazy thought : could the rat be amongst the warmongers ?
Nobody here would benefit from a war ...

Wasn't me... 

How about make this site/forum more popular so it can get more member/user (bandwidth?) from HF! Isn't that a better battle cry?

I like the "focus on yourself" approach.  I suspect it's semi personal for the So-Cal crowd but from across the continent and one country up, I would prefer that Changstar simply stays Changstar which is to say a great place to learn about and get good info about audio stuff.

The war has already started. You can't stop Jude from banning / disabling accounts.

Wars are waged between countries. Pyrates have their own flag and therefore don't belong to any country. Thus pyrates don't wage wars. Q.O.D.

This doesn't mean pyrates don't fight. Just that they don't go blindly fighting in someone else's name.

Again, like to focus on what we've been doing. In succinct terms the following:

• Sharing gear with many experienced ears and getting objective measurements. This site would have gone nowhere had people not bothered sharing what they had.
• Instill real community via generosity (see above). Sharing gear and the various loaner programs cost time and money.
• Getting newbies or newer members, who have the inclination, on board, at their own pace.
• Finding and establishing common vocabulary to describe sound of gear, including getting to understand where various of the more experienced members are coming from.
• Being able to freely criticize gear and disagree with others without people taking it personally.
• A system of respect based on merit, knowledge, experience, contributions - not number of posts or number of fluffy reviews.
• Entertaining each other by acting like a bunch of 7-10 year olds, like that NSFW video that Tyll posted.

The HF stuff is simply a distraction; but we always get back on course. I got sucked into it because Jude started publicly dissing me and getting into our business. When four or five MoTs have approached us at the very HF meets that we organized in the past and said "Ummm, certain person(s) said we shouldn't talk to you" or "Jude gave me headache because he bitched about you for two hours in a meeting" I am not going to back down and I will make sure Jude will know it, tit for tat.

I don't care about what HF does or HF's stupid policies, moderation, management, leadership, etc. as long as they do not interfere with what individuals do here. Jude's just pissed that a lot of the people with good ears, who have some clue, and don't want to burn money, left HF and joined either HC or CS. Jude is also pissed that a lot of people don't like him, although most people won't say it to his face. HF is not our problem. I'd rather concentrate on what we do here and make it better rather than waste time thinking about HF.

Still, taking potshots at Jude is fun. See #7.