Mercury wrote:Jersey Girl wrote:Mercury wrote:Jersey Girl wrote:My goodness, Shades. Is it that you can't think or that you refuse to deal with the obvious?
Its pretty clear, Jersey. Shades has gone out of his way to explain his actions. Your take on his actions are irrelevant at this point.
So what you're saying if I'm reading you right, Mercury, is that based on what you've seen here that it was totally kosher for Shades to PM me to inform me that he was terminating me as moderator?
Yes or No?
Yes
Oh dear lord...
Mercury, would it surprise you to know that I would agree with you 100%? I gave Shades an "out" for terminating me before you ever read an announcement for me as new mod. That's not at all how this was handled.
I didn't create this poll thread, you did. I didn't create the sloppily presented announcement OP that raised more questions than it put to rest, Shades did. I didn't approach
myself with an offensive proposal, Shades did. I understand how this is viewed as tiresome and tedious by you (and likely the rest of the folks here) however, it didn't involve you, it involved me and god forbid I avail myself of freedom of speech on a board that purports to entertain it in response to this screwed up mess.
Shades didn't PM me to inform me that he was terminating me nor did he choose to terminate me.
See this here, Mercury:
In each of those cases, I went to bat for Jersey Girl, painstakingly explaining the difference between "speaking as a moderator" and "speaking as a man." In most cases that stilled the waters, but--and you asked for it--there is a distinct sub-set of the above who, in addition to not trusting her, simply don't like Jersey Girl and don't want her anywhere near their posts. It finally got to the point that nothing I could say could make a difference. So, in true Jeremy Bentham fashion, I opted for the greatest good for the greatest number. Yes, it knew there was the potential for Jersey Girl to take it hard--a scenario that has indeed been realized, as luck would have it--but the amount of goodwill I've been able to recoup was a necessary trade-off.
So, in conclusion, is this thread, in and of itself, symptomatic of the very syndrome that made people so concerned? In other words, is this thread demonstrating in real life just what it is they had in mind? You be the judge.
Self glorifying spin job.