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Okay, ... that isn't hard to understand.

But given that your readership is so small, ...does it really matter?

Why shouldn't this site double as a collective?

Individuals make the collective.

Each must accept personal responsibility for their actions, and shield the collective from attack, else the collective will be forever defending itstelf against attacks.

BR