Maybe your "tone" raised some curiosity on MAD, too?
Come on Ray, who do you think you're talking to?
Well all know that all forms of "tone" are perfectly welcomed at MAD. What makes the difference is who is doing the talking. This is why the mods are constantly trying to categorize posters as they appear. They are either with us or against us, and if they don't demonstrate any apologetic tendencies, they are treated with skepticism and a watchful eye. I was told I was put on teh que because I no longer offered as many apologetic posts anymore. They felt I was no longer running to support struggling apologists, so they figured I was not worth keeping on anymore. But I did get away with challenging DCP for a few years, which is something no one else can boast.
Since then they have learned their lesson, and the minute anyone challenges DCP on any level, well, you can forget about it. He or she is history. It is only a matter minutes, hours or possibly days, depending on how long it takes the mods to conjure up some kind of deportation strategy to make them appear justified in their actions. This is why people like Scott Loyd and Russel McGregor are so welcomed there. They are always the first to jump to the scene and offer all sorts of convoluted rationalizations as to why the banned poster got what he or she deserved and why teh moderators are noble people who only expect people to follow their "rules."
When rough tone comes from pricks like Pahoran, then all is well because he is a Mormon and Mormons are persecuted victims of hate, therefore any response is merely "defensive" and therefore justified no matter what the "tone." We've heard this warped rationalization over and over. Nobody buys into it except a handful of followers there; the usual suspects. I'd bet that the majority of the TBMs at MAD aren't buying it either. I know quite a few who think he and Juliann and a few other are first class jackasses.
But the board is owned by the leading jackass.
No surprises there.