Does Uncle Dale Receive Special Protection Here?

[_marg]

Explain to me the details of how someone got special protection. Explain to me what was done to protect them

Oh my hell woman! Get over yourself. My comment was in response to your remarks where you said yes you did give Dale special privileged and why. That is it. I made one small comment that I disagreed with that. That is it! Nothing else. I would have said it no matter who it was.

Well I explained later that I never did give him special treatment. One warning to Mikwut is not special treatment. That is why I asked you for specifics because I knew you wouldn't find anything other than one warning to Mikwut to refrain from further ad homs. One warning certainly can not be taken as special treatment nor moderation which distorts in favor of the Spalding theory.

[_marg]

You are simply wrong Marg. Now not only do I have a chip but I am angry as well? What a piece of work you are.

I love it, the truth comes out.

Yes I am overbearing.

You are much more than over bearing.

Good!

And when people such as yourself don't like it , I think good I'm doing something right.

I don't really care. I am simply pointing it out.

You are actually quite amusing.

Continue to make a fool of yourself.

If you didn't care you wouldn't be adding your remarks, nor expressing that you are angry.

Like I said previously to Shades people such as yourself throw in their 2 cents because they have a grievance, they really don't know what the heck the issues are, what's really gone down.

[_Jason Bourne]

Well I explained later that I never did give him special treatment.

You said you did. I took your word for it. I guess next time I will doubt that what you say in our own post is correct.

One warning to Mikwut is not special treatment. That is why I asked you for specifics because I knew you wouldn't find anything other than one warning to Mikwut to refrain from further ad homs.

Will marg, you see again it was a simple opinion I offered in response to your own words. It may be a worthless opinion to you and that is fine. Most of what you say it worthless to me. It was not something I intended in spending time on. Had you not slammed me in your post up above I likely would have said nothing else.

One warning certainly can not be taken as special treatment nor moderation which distorts in favor of the Spalding theory.

Marg

I did not say you were doing what you were being accused of. All I said, and this in response to YOUR OWN COMMENTS, that preferential treatment should not be given. You said it. Why would I scour the thread for proof when you admitted it? If you really did not give preferential treatment fine?

I really don't care. I am not all that hung up about this board an how it is run that I worry much about it. When the last moderating changes were made I did not care. I don't think I talked about it. I was fine with the board before that and fine after that. I did comment about the ignore feature when it came to being and noted that I thought it a bad idea. But even that one I did not care all that much.

This is a message board. That is it. I spend time here mostly for entertainment and some for a place to vent some things I don't have a good avenue to vent elsewhere. But really it is a small part of my life.

So, believe it or not I did not post my comment as a jab at you. If you think so, fine. But your keen reasoning is broken down on this one.

[_Jason Bourne]

I love it, the truth comes out.

Well we can let the readers see what is truth here and what is not.

Yes I am overbearing.

You are much more than over bearing.

Good!

It is pitiful that you are proud of such negative attributes.

If you didn't care you wouldn't be adding your remarks, nor expressing that you are angry.

I am just defending my good name against an unwarranted attack. I have expressed no anger. I am not angry nor do I feel any now.

The fact that you feel a need argue about this and win the day again speaks volumes. So feel free to have the last word if you wish.

[_marg]

I love it, the truth comes out.

Well we can let the readers see what is truth here and what is not.

Right and you've admitted you have a chip on your shoulder well actually more than that you are angry (that's what you said) , and that's really your motivation for putting your 2 cents in, because you really don't know what happened.

The fact that you feel a need argue about this and win the day again speaks volumes. So feel free to have the last word if you wish.

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Thanks how very kind of you.

[_EAllusion]

I expressed the opinion I did because I looked over the issue and question and gave my honest judgment. What you called ad hom wasn't even ad hom. This is pretty egregious on multiple fronts. That I choose to post it rather than keep that thought to myself probably was in part motivated by character flaws of yours I do not like. Though, I suspect in this case I might've written my criticism of the moderator decision regardless of who did it. As far as my moderating preferences go, I think anything should go with the exception of advertising plants and spam posts meant to interfere with the functioning of the board. Since the tier system exists, that's not possible, but even within that context there are differences between reasonably tempered biases with the occasional debateable decisions on tough calls and ridiculous biases causing blatantly awful decisions. It's clear where you fall on that spectrum. The idea of making you a moderator was pretty poor in the first place, but thankfully that is no longer the case.

[_marg]

Marg

I did not say you were doing what you were being accused of. All I said, and this in response to YOUR OWN COMMENTS, that preferential treatment should not be given. You said it. Why would I scour the thread for proof when you admitted it? If you really did not give preferential treatment fine?

What I meant by preferential treatment has been miscontrued. Had I done a lot of moderating that would be one thing, but I didn't. The little little bit I did when warning Mikwut once, when moving a few posts was a function of taking into consideration Dales health and not wanting him to be unduly taxed by unwarranted cheap shots which ultimately could result in off topic posts.

My response to Ray was also at a point of exasperation by his tactics both in the thread I was involved in but the tactic of attempting to make it looked like I was influencing unduly the Spalding thread when I was not.

Sure I noted Dales health and sure I didn't want him unduly taxed but I didn't unduly give him preferential treatment nor mod so as to unduly influence that thread in favor of the spalding theory.

I really don't care. I am not all that hung up about this board an how it is run that I worry much about it. When the last moderating changes were made I did not care. I don't think I talked about it. I was fine with the board before that and fine after that. I did comment about the ignore feature when it came to being and noted that I thought it a bad idea. But even that one I did not care all that much.

It's not much concern for me either. Certainly I would like to see the spalding thread stay focussed and be a good worthwhile discussion, I find the issue of "who wrote the Book of Mormon" and the spalding theory interesting but there is really nothing else of much interest to me on this board. The reason I am discussing NDE's is not because I care about the issue of NDE but I'm more interested in the critical thinking process applicable.

This is a message board. That is it. I spend time here mostly for entertainment and some for a place to vent some things I don't have a good avenue to vent elsewhere. But really it is a small part of my life.

So, believe it or not I did not post my comment as a jab at you. If you think so, fine. But your keen reasoning is broken down on this one.

Ok I'll believe you, it makes sense that based upon what I said it might be interpreted by someone not following closely that I had indeed gone out of my way and given Dale undue preferential treatment.

[_marg]

IThat I choose to post it rather than keep that thought to myself probably was in part motivated by character flaws of yours I do not like.

Thanks for the honesty

Though, I suspect in this case I might've written my criticism of the moderator decision regardless of who did it.

That is if you truly knew all the variables involved which you don't, because you weren't following it.

I think anything should go with the exception of advertising plants and spam posts meant to interfere with the functioning of the board. Since the tier system exists, that's not possible, but even within that context there are differences between reasonably tempered biases with the occasional debateable decisions on tough calls and ridiculous biases causing blatantly awful decisions. It's clear where you fall on that spectrum.

It's not clear to you EA because you really don't know what happened.

The idea of making you a moderator was pretty poor in the first place, but thankfully that is no longer the case.

Well personally I think you should be a moderator but then again you don't believe moderation at all is a good thing. I do think for people who are interested in a serious discussion, who intend to invest time and effort into it that they deserve to not have to be subjected to people who are interested in sabatoging their endeavours.

[_Jersey Girl]

For anyone:

I'd like to know what moderator decisions made on the Book of Mormon Authorship thread, were not in keeping with the board rules.

[_skippy the dead]

For anyone:

I'd like to know what moderator decisions made on the Book of Mormon Authorship thread, were not in keeping with the board rules.

To be fair, I don't know that there were many actual acts that are under discussion. For me, the correction of "Danny Boy" to "Mr. Peterson" (as admitted by marg) is the most egregious example of abuse (I believe I said it was stupid, and still think so). The stated intention of providing Uncle Dale with preferential treatment is likewise troubling, whether or not she had multiple opportunities to do so.

But perhaps we should let this die? The problem is not going to present itself again.