No consistency in application of insults rule

[Truth-Bringer]

Originally Posted by catzmeow

Trust me, it isn't personal. You forgot to mention that your post had numerous references (3, I think) to another poster's lack of intellect. It wasn't the Einstein comment that got you modded, but the other insults you made. I just cleaned up Einstein while I was there.

Whatever they were, I obviously can't go back and look now after the edits, I've used the same lines over and over again for several months with no complaints. To me, the edit is a very trivial application of the rules.

Why did that post get modded? Because the insults were completely unnecessary to the content of the post (which, quite clearly, I read),

But what's the rule? Is there a rule that states that insults that are necessary to the content of a post are acceptable? If not, what you just said makes no sense.

along with the largely respectful tone of the thread.

And other people's tone to me in the thread was highly disrespectful.

I don't remember, but I suspect another poster reported them to us as personal insults.

You don't have a copy of the message sent to you?

[catzmeow]

And other people's tone to me in the thread was highly disrespectful.

I read the entire thread, one end to the other. If there were insults, they were removed. I edited, if I remember, one of your posts. That was in addition to several other threads last night that needed clean-up.

I don't edit disrespectful tone. I edit outright insults. Aka, yours.

Insofar as participation in the thread, I've participated in that thread as actively as you have. Perhaps you didn't read far enough forward. I would have liked to participate last night, but got busy cleaning up a couple of flame wars between other posters. For the record, EleanorAquitane, who you insulted, has never insulted you, from what I can tell. Not even once.

[The12thMan]

Originally Posted by catzmeow

Why people get edited...

Original post:

No names, but can anyone count the number of personal insults in this specific post? I count 5. Personal vendetta? Or, unwillingness of some members to follow forum rules? You tell me.

Catz and raytri are completely right. The above is a waste of time for the person who wrote it as well as the person who reads it. It's meaningless and as Catz said, "Einstein" was not the reason for the edit.

As for mods applying the rules equally, you cannot expect all of us to have exactly the same opinion at all times. It ain't gonna happen. There's too much gray area. The idea that Catz has some kind of personal vendetta is ridiculous. You don't see every edit a mod makes so you have no basis to make such a judgment. I have seen Catz edit far right-wingers, far lefties and everyone in between. Catz is as fair as a mod can be.

[Herkdriver]

Originally Posted by The12thMan

Catz and raytri are completely right. The above is a waste of time for the person who wrote it as well as the person who reads it. It's meaningless and as Catz said, "Einstein" was not the reason for the edit.

As for mods applying the rules equally, you cannot expect all of us to have exactly the same opinion at all times. It ain't gonna happen. There's too much gray area. The idea that Catz has some kind of personal vendetta is ridiculous. You don't see every edit a mod makes so you have no basis to make such a judgment. I have seen Catz edit far right-wingers, far lefties and everyone in between. Catz is as fair as a mod can be.

I plan on filing a DA Form 1559 under the grounds of Abuse of Authority

[AlicornsPrayer]

What gets me about this whole thread is...IF a person has an issue about what a moderator does/doesn't do, why can't the person just handle the issue privately, through the pm/e-mail system with the moderator(s) and administration? Rather then air thier issues publically on the board, in order to get a board war going?

Honestly...This type of airing one's disagreement doesn't absolve/change an issue...All it does is make other members feel they have to choose a side and just create more problems then it fixes.

[Herkdriver]

Originally Posted by AlicornsPrayer

What gets me about this whole thread is...IF a person has an issue about what a moderator does/doesn't do, why can't the person just handle the issue privately, through the pm/e-mail system with the moderator(s) and administration? Rather then air thier issues publically on the board, in order to get a board war going?

Honestly...This type of airing one's disagreement doesn't absolve/change an issue...All it does is make other members feel they have to choose a side and just create more problems then it fixes.

You haven't figured it out yet sir?

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” - Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

[AlicornsPrayer]

Originally Posted by Herkdriver

You haven't figured it out yet sir?

"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” - Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

I'm not a 'sir'...

[Herkdriver]

Originally Posted by AlicornsPrayer

I'm not a 'sir'...

Apologies ma'am.

Your avatar looked female, but I tend to call everyone "sir" w/out knowing specific gender.

Sincerest apologies.

[justabubba]

Originally Posted by catzmeow
Why people get edited...

Original post: Quote:
i can't dumb it done to the point you can comprehend it
have your mom coach you in reading comprehension and then you can play with the big boys
until then, find a selection of picture books to entertain you, as that should prove less annoying ...

or maybe you feel able to tell us how a minority population which has been subject to discrimination would expect to achieve equality if no one asks the rights questions about indicators of inequality. doubt a picture book will help you with that, but wanted to tender the offer should you want to step up and actually comment on the topic at hand ... either way i will welcome your insipid response - but only to humor you
No names, but can anyone count the number of personal insults in this specific post? I count 5. Personal vendetta? Or, unwillingness of some members to follow forum rules? You tell me.
Catz and raytri are completely right. The above is a waste of time for the person who wrote it as well as the person who reads it. It's meaningless and as Catz said, "Einstein" was not the reason for the edit.

As for mods applying the rules equally, you cannot expect all of us to have exactly the same opinion at all times. It ain't gonna happen. There's too much gray area. The idea that Catz has some kind of personal vendetta is ridiculous. You don't see every edit a mod makes so you have no basis to make such a judgment. I have seen Catz edit far right-wingers, far lefties and everyone in between. Catz is as fair as a mod can be.

the reason i say your argument is erroneous is that you have attributed the Einstein comment, written by someone else in another post, to be a part of the above response that i posted (my work can be readily identified by the frequent misspelling, in this instance as "down" was written as done*). so 12th your comment "It's meaningless and as Catz said, "Einstein" was not the reason for the edit" is not germane to the identified post. Catz alluded to the OP's use of Einstein and threw my recent post in to illustrate her take on what constitutes a personal insult.
i still do not find "i can't dumb it down* to the point you can comprehend it" as a personal insult. to me, that was a factual response to this poster to whom my remark was directed: "Some day you people will seek to answer those questions. Until that day, could you please word the questions in a less annoying tone of writing?" to place it in context, that poster has previously indicated he needs my posts to be less complex so that he can understand them, and at that prior time i did indicate he did not show any Einsteinen qualities. [for reference, i used Einstein's quote "make things as simple as possible but not simpler" to illustrate that the forumite unreasonably wanted things dumbed down to an impossible point]
"could you please word the questions in a less annoying tone of writing?" is a challenge i cannot ignore [this use of the present, rather than the past tense is deliberate]. and if it causes me to be banned, then so be it. i thought i had been able to craft language in response to the provocative remark which would not allow it to be deemed an insult ... but it was intended as a slap back and apparently catz saw it for what it was. while i do not agree, i have no option but to accept it, other than explaining my reasoning.
i am willing to be as decent as any forumite we have; i am also willing to be as surely as any mean spirited forumite who posts. youth and ignorance do not excuse the absence of grace. response will be in kind ... and if it is not already obvious, i admit that i do not suffer fools well. don't you agree 12th?

[The12thMan]

At the time I wrote that, I did think that the post quoted was part of the "Einstein" post. I will rewrite it just for you.

Catz and raytri are completely right. The above is a waste of time for the person who wrote it as well as the person who reads it. Catz has illustrated her standards very well.

As for mods applying the rules equally, you cannot expect all of us to have exactly the same opinion at all times. It ain't gonna happen. There's too much gray area. The idea that Catz has some kind of personal vendetta is ridiculous. You don't see every edit a mod makes so you have no basis to make such a judgment. I have seen Catz edit far right-wingers, far lefties and everyone in between. Catz is as fair as a mod can be.

Feel better?