Author: Will Singleton
Date: 12:22:23 02/23/99
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On February 23, 1999 at 14:54:46, Mark Young wrote: >On February 23, 1999 at 13:41:48, Don Dailey wrote: > >>On February 23, 1999 at 02:09:35, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>Don, I find your defense of the moderator?s abusive actions puzzling; this is >>>totally inconsistent with how you moderated and Bruce and Amir. You took pride >>>in the fact of how few posts you had to delete. You were always respectful, even >>>when you did not like what the member saying. You were always professional in >>>your approach to the job of moderator, as was Bruce and Amir. And for this, you >>>earned most of the members? respect. >>> >>>Now you seem to have taken the new moderators under you wing, and like an over >>>protective mother you defend them as if they can do no wrong, and have done no >>>wrong. I think looking at your example at being moderator would better sever the >>>new moderators. >>> >>>Mark Young >> >>The new moderators are not "under my wing" and I believe they are doing >>a better job than I did. I was trying to take the opportunity to say >>some things I couldn't say when I was a moderator. Being a moderator is >>a repressive job, you are much more constrained about what you can say >>and you have to take criticism and abuse that would normally get any >>other member kicked out. I feel that their rights are abused and >>violated constantly by everyones knee jerk Pavlov dog reaction that >>if they say or do something, it must somehow be designed to oppress >>us. After all, they have a teeny tiny bit of power, they MUST be bad. >> >>So yes, I defend them because they are the oppressed minority, they are >>getting their rights abused every day and they are taking it with style >>and grace. And I am going to be outspoken about it, it's my right. > >No, you had the same power they did, but you were not abusive with the power you >had. > >You don't earn respect by being abusive to members, if they do not understand >that concept, they should not have took the job. > >I don't have any problems with what they have done as moderators, that is their >job, except in my eyes writing abusive and unfair e-mails in their job as >moderators. > >I do have respect for you, and you seem to think they are doing a good job. So >maybe I am being to harsh with them and unfair. We all make mistakes, so I will >drop my criticism of the new moderators and start new. > >Mark Young > Thank you, sir. We all appreciate it, and we welcome your future contributions to the board. Will
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