Originally Posted By Mr X I always hated parents that used "because I said so", by the way. Bad parenting, if you ask me.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper If it makes you feel better the "because I said so" is usually followed by a backhand.
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Originally Posted By Mr X ***I'm not "joyful" over this, but as one who has been on the receiving end of countless attacks from jonvn, and has asked him to be civil an equal amount of times, I'm not surprised, either.*** Yet another backhanded slam hits the ground. Nicely done, PassHolder (who also could be taken to task on countless occasions regarding "civility", by the way). Must be nice to feel holier than thou.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Whatever you want X. I've got a pretty solid frame of reference here. I've been banned before myself, for a month. I got nothing by way of explanation. Nada. I didn't know for how long and no one told me why, despite repeated entreaties. And I got deleted when I tried to come back under another name. One day, my ID worked again. However, not for a moment did I pretend I had no idea why it happened. Certainly there was no huge discourse like this over it, no site owner who came on repeatedly to post about it. jonvn's gotten much more than a very fair shake here, by my experience. Whether you agree or not doesn't matter.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper "What's disappointing is that he is much too smart to not know when he's walked on the edge." That was almost verbatim what I told him the other day. I Mr. Xs argument is one of consistency. And, I think that is probably a valid point. I've been asekd to moderate other websites and have politely declined. I think that job is probably one step above being a property manager. But, if I were a moderator I think I would have to be comfortable with the way I make decisions and the only way to do that would be to be consistent. So, whether it is a "one warning then you are out" or whatever...so be it. It is the basics of behavior psychology. Set a rule, set the punishment, establish the expectation and then follow through. I think Xs criticism that the rules don't appear to be being applied equally is a fair one. But, this isn't about what appears fair or what the participants want out of the site.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper And, I certainly would not want to moderate a site without an edit feature!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I Mr. Xs argument is one of consistency.*** Yes. ***I think Xs criticism that the rules don't appear to be being applied equally is a fair one.*** Also, yes. ***But, this isn't about what appears fair or what the participants want out of the site.*** Sure. The owner can do whatever he wants. But then, why bother with a list of "community standards" at all, if they are really meaningless at the end of the day?
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Originally Posted By Doobie To StillThePassholder - if you wrote us to ask why you were banned and got no answer, I do apologize. That's not our policy. Doobie.
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Originally Posted By Mr X ***but had you asked me to lay money on which LPer might be banned next Jon's name would have been one of the contenders!!!*** Interesting. I take it you don't like him much. If so, you've got a lot of company. HOWEVER, I could name 10 posters off the top of my head who've violated the standards of the community more than Jon. Easily. So, why does he strike you as "the next to be banned"? Because he's unpopular, I would say. As I wrote before, mob rules.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Wow Mr X. I think you are letting this get the best of you. You are another member of the community whom I enjoy reading opinions even when they disagree with me own. But, seriously, now you are starting to sound like one of my ex-girlfriends and there is nothing attractive about that.
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Originally Posted By wahooskipper Me own? I just turned leprechaun. Edit feature!!! And, of course #306 was addressing a post that has been admin'd. But, the sentiment holds.
Originally Posted By Doobie Please do not discuss why jonvn should be banned. That's not a valid topic either before or after someone is banned from the site. Doobie.
Originally Posted By Mr X Watch out, the red pen commies are at it again! Nice while it lasted, I guess.
Originally Posted By Doobie I'm still very comfortable with discussion of this topic, but the rules about what's said about other posters still apply, especially here. And thanks for the insult. Doobie.
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