Good idea to give it a rest... Honestly, posting a "reminder" is pretty much just dredging it all up again. We're all adults here (for the most part...some of us don't act like it very often), we don't need "reminders". This isn't the fucking Kingdom Hall with it's constant "Local Needs" and "Reminders" in the announcements every week. We get it. You don't like Rick. Many others agree with you. I personally despise his methods and feel he'd find better success with a different approach. But enough is enough with the Rick Bashing. Quit trying to make everyone jump on the "Let's All Ignore Rick" bandwagon.
Until such time as SIMON decides he shouldn't be a member of this board, each of us has the right to decide whether or not to open or comment on Rick's threads. If YOU personally don't like him or what he has to say, YOU ignore him. Stop trying to "encourage" everyone else to see things your way and do what you want us to do.
If you REALLY wanted to be kind, you could start a thread with positive things about the work he does and make SUGGESTIONS on how to make it better and more palatable to others. You know, constructive criticism. Maybe he won't listen. Maybe he will. But to continue bashing just solidifies the persecution complex we ALL had at one time. In other words YOU'RE NOT HELPING. Leave the man alone. If you don't want to hear from him, resist that itch in your finger to click on his threads and open them. RESIST THE ITCH, I SAY!!!
That said, I don't like Rick's methods, and I'm not so sure how I feel about him as a person... But what I like LESS is when there are a shitload of bullies on the playground picking on the "weird" kid. Ignore him if you don't like him. I've been trying like hell to do so.