Doug,
You, like a lot of other people, went to The Goat several years ago when it 'none too pretty', and 'have never been back', That's a shame, because it's nothing at all like it was back then. We had a few troublemakers and rowdies. They are gone now. Unfortunately I had to toss a few overboard. They have wound up here and at The Sewer.
WE (The frequenters of The Goat, and I) have worked very hard to make The Goat into an interesting source of news and commentary, without a lot of 'unpleasantness'. Certainly you can't curb ALL of it, but I think we have done a good job. You might at least try taking a peek, instead of judging us on an impression from three years ago.