Author: KarinsDad
Date: 14:09:07 05/07/99
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On May 07, 1999 at 14:49:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 07, 1999 at 13:35:52, KarinsDad wrote: > [snip] > > >Nope. You are 'out of sync'. In the original thread, posts were getting >deleted as they were written. _after_ a lot of outcry and complaints about >this, the deletions stopped. At least 3 of mine got deleted. More than that >for some others. _that_ was the problem. They deleted something. I asked why. >_that_ got deleted. Ditto for others. And _that_ I consider unacceptable >under any type of circumstance. Because _no_ discussion is possible when that >happens. > Yup. This is unacceptable. [snip] > >>There is absolutely no reason for this to go on. We all make mistakes. We all >>have misunderstandings (I pointed out 2 that you had in this sequence of posts). >>Do not let nit picking influence your thinking. Take a deep breath (now take a >>second one and a third one), look at it rationally and wonder: Is the comment >>"He won't come back unless the moderators get down on their knees and beg him" >>REALLY that offensive? Or have I blown it out of proportion? It's an opinion. > >It's an opinion _not_ supported by any fact, any suggestion, any email from >me, any comments made by me here, any implication by me, anything that could >even be misinterpreted in such a way and written by me. So yes... paraphrased: > > "this prima-donna won't come back unless the moderators get on their > knees and beg him to, because he wants to _win_." Yes, I can understand your point of view here. I would also have been annoyed if someone deleted my post responding to his message (that is the real crux of that issue anyway). But who cares if some schmoe has a bogus opinion, even if it is a moderator? However, consider the following. There have been over 100 posts on this topic. Most of them were not worth the time it took to write them (IMO, of course, prima-donnas such as myself only wrote worthwhile posts). You were the victim here (or at least to the extent that your posts were summarily deleted). Since I do not know the contents of those posts and I have seen you respond harshly to people in the past, it is possible that one or more of those deletions were appropriate. But without being able to make that judgement, the only view I can have is that a major crapstorm got started and you were at the center of it (at least initially). Was it worth it? You of all people must realize that (as Spiderman always says) "With great power comes great responsibility.". I do not say this in the vein that I think that you should censor your own thoughts or posts. But rather, you are in an unique position held by very few people in this forum. Your statements are carefully read and responded to. Many people respond either positively or negatively to what you write and what is written about you instantly (often without carefully thinking about what was written). So, a posting to remove yourself from the forum is, by default, inflammatory. I only ask that you carefully consider before starting (no matter how justified) those types of crapstorms in the future (and I am not trying to point any blame here, it's just a matter of reality that messages of this nature WILL start a real controvery). Just some food for thought. A lot of us here REALLY appreciate it when you post. A lot of us here REALLY appreciate it when a lot of other people post. KarinsDad :) :) [snip] > > >been breathing deeply for a month or so and have immensely enjoyed it. It >takes a reminder like this to illustrate just how enjoyable the last month or >so has been. :( PS. I am glad that you had a vacation. Now get back to work (only kidding :), but seriously, I think that if you play here on CCC and not on rgcc and you ignore the moderator issues, you will be breathing fairly deeply).
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