Now there has been posted a little more information about what has happened. Apparently, Bennain (owner of Klickywelt), has received threaths and that's why the forum was closed immediately.
Klickywelt is a blast--but yeah, by blast I mean explosion!
It's tormenting--I was reading one thread in German about African armies during Roman times. To me, all seemed well, until it began to dawn on me that the posters were enraged with the thread creator, who I gathered had presented a stereotypical view of ancient Africa or else was promoting said view. I never figured out exactly, even with the help of Babel-fish. Inevitably, the thread was locked by the administrator.
I wonder what sort of threats Bennain received? Seems a shame he would bring the whole site down just due to one crank. I mean, a threat is upsetting, but come on, these are playmobil collectors:
Threatener: "I'm going to call your children and introduce them to American-style humor."
Receiver: "My daughter is a gorgeous supermodel and here with me now. Would you like to talk to her? Careful--she eats little boys who still collect toys for dinner."
Threatener: "I... I... I..." [Hangs up]
Maybe that's why my German kin came to America. There was a big flame war at the Bier halle, the owner shut the place down because he was so ticked off, and my ancestors "showed him" by moving to America.
