Hello
Shibumi
No, I didn't miss your PM, I just had better things to do.
May I suggest you look at your post and the context it was made, and work it out for yourself. Let me know when the light goes on, and maybe your understanding will persuade us to lift your suspension.
Regards
BG
I don't know if there's a long history or not between Shibumi and staff, but frankly, that's irrelevant and not the point here. Those who thought that that was the point, completely misunderstood the OP.
I can perfectly understand that moderating is sometimes a frustrating job and requires endless patience. That said, addressing a member in that way in the capacity of moderator is simply not done.
"I just had better things to do", "work it out for yourself" and "Let me know when the light goes on" are not only completely unnecessary additions, they are also condescending and insulting.
I don't know all the details of Shibumi's history with staff, but, as I said, that's completely irrelevant. Such a pm is a "no".
Originally Posted by
Louis VI the Fat
Let me explain the difference. In the bolded bit of your post, below, do you make an insulting and derogatory remark?
Above there's a post about: "shoo fly"
How I interpret this is: Get out bothersome boy.
In my book, that's insulting and derogatory. And I call it an aggressive post.
No, of course not. Words take their meaning in a context. Your quoted 'Shoo, fly' means something entirely different in your post than in the one you quoted. It is pointless to bold two words and take them outside of their context.
This thread lacks Godwin, so here is proof Hitler loved Jews and wanted to kill Germans:
Hitler at rally, 1936: 'Nuremberg is the German mind carved in stone! I love [...] the Jews! Die by the millions will [...] the German people!
It should be obvious what I did there.
I think it should also be perfectly obvious that the 'Louise worries about her weight' post is light-hearted banter. Not at all prone to cause offense. Besides, that fat French cow has since got her weight back under control and looks great in her old dresses again.
Not that this means she goes out pubbing and slutting. Like Furunculus does. That drunk wanton wench. I tell you, this summer during her Labour Party Summer Camp she did all the guys there. Some lascivious little lass, she is.
A whole lot of blahblahblah.
The point remains that calling somebody a "fag" is not allowed here at the .Org. The mere use of the word "fag" in itself constitutes a rule violation, imo. The word is a derogatory term for homosexuals and is in itself insulting, regardless of context.
Saying you danced naked with
Fragony at the local gay parade would've been funny in a certain context. Calling another patron "a Muslim fag" isn't. The latter also violates the rules, no matter how much disclaimers and "it's a joke!" you put around it. It's not allowed here; period.
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A member posted a complaint in the Watchtower. Regardless of the past history of that member, such a complaint needs to be addressed in the respectful, friendly, helpful and civilised way we at the .Org claim ourselves to be known for.
The most important point of the complaint, namely a moderator sending a pm to a member which crosses the line, has been completely ignored. To make it worse, injury was added to injury. Then another member,
Drunk Clown, raises another valid point and then we see a moderator trying his best to internet lawyer himself out of it.
Last time I checked, nobody ever died of admitting a mistake and apologising for it.
This thread makes me feel sad.
It also pisses me off.
International board, or something, and the mods, and ciao
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and has pretty much become an exclusive 'old boys club'. if your going to 'moderate' people as soon as they post something which does not conform to your particular set of morals, then any 'debate' is without worth and it is also probably one of the main reasons this place has lost so many members.
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