Am I responsible for the "culture" of MormonDiscussions.com?

[_TrashcanMan79]

I have kept silent all weekend to see where things went and give Shades time to think things over and perhaps come up with a good plan to change his board from a staging platform for attackings members of this board to a board that discusses issues. Instead he has used the time to deflect blame onto me making his boards assault on Juliann and this "Board War" my creation. I wish to remind him that all this drama has been created by posters of his board and himself promoting such behavior. Even in Liz's attempt at reconciliation we see how she places blame on us stating they will stop attacking us if we stop attacking them. We have never started nor would I let this board be used to attack them. I will give Liz a lot of credit at the attempt which has been drowned out by the minority once again. If she can continue to try to initiate change there I think it will be a huge benefit to the board and allow for some real reconciliation and perhaps healing will begin. However we will no longer sit quiet while Shades's board continues to be irresponsible and allows attacks on people that have no involvement with their board.

I will continue to hold Shades publicly accountable for any more attacks his board hosts on the posters or administration of this board and will continue documenting their antics. If he doesn't like that nor want be held personally accountable then he can make a very simple change that will improve his board and keep real people from being the targets of his participants. It is my hope they will initiate such change and that this will be my last post on the matter.

On a side note a few accusations have come up and I wish to clarify and they are as follows;

1. I Have not engaged in any attacks on any of the posters of that board. I have no reason to.
2. We do not ban 78% of posters here. Where they got their figures is beyond me, the actual percentage is 10% including spammers and bots.
3. All threads that have no activity over 30 days are automatically locked to prevent thread necromancy so the actual thread closures are in the 1k+.

Nemesis

Hey DanG, you might wanna think about changing the password on your 'Nemesis' account -- someone who can write coherently appears to have hacked into it.

[_Pahoran]

I agree that personal attacks should be relegated to the Telestial Forum. As for the notion that somehow the division of the board into fora modeled on the LDS afterlife is mockery, I fail to see it. Never have I thought that this was a swipe at Mormonism. Same with the eternal progression according to number of posts. Again, don't see it. As an active, believing Mormon I doubt I would have been offended by these things in the least. I guess that just goes to show that there are differing levels of sensitivity about such matters.

That's right.

And it just so happens that you are one of those whom I did not expect to have any sensitivity at all about someone else's ox being gored.

Regards,
Pahoran

[_Kishkumen]

Actually "Dr" Scratch, a.k.a. Dan Peterson's Malevolent Stalker, is the poster child for mindless harrassment. In identifying him as a "mindless harasser," Simon's credibility is perfectly safe with anyone whose view of reality is not blocked by Scratch's intestinal wall.

Yes, clearly having one's view of reality blocked by Lou Midgley's intestinal wall is preferable. I hear he has his colon cleansed regularly.

[_Chap]

... someone else's ox being gored.

I am usually pretty good at picking up scriptural references, but this one escapes me.

Where's it from?

[_Yahoo Bot]

I think Nemesis just fails to realize that there are many posters over here are just "not so nice," and so personal attacks and sociopathic behavior is just sort of normal here.

Nemesis fails to understand that there are really no policemen here. It is painfully obvious who is behind the fictitious meme attack on Kevin Graham. I think he realizes it. And, it is somebody most folks here fear. Yet, there is nothing Shades can do about it.

For some odd reason, this board is a refuge for the banned, the shunned, the ugly and the acne-ridden ugly nerd boy. The one who couldn't quite make it on the Dialogue board, due to an inability to be civil on a board dedicated to civility and religious dialogue. Mr. Scratch and Consigiliari are two poster boys for that.

This is a despicable place mostly because a minority group of really despicable and cowardly people seem to dominate the landscape. All the nice people in the majority I like and semi-respect over here are powerless to do anything about the tyranny of minority.

And, somehow in the end I think that Shades and a few others are going to have to account for their enabling behavior to the Big Shot in the sky.

[_Buffalo]

I agree that personal attacks should be relegated to the Telestial Forum. As for the notion that somehow the division of the board into fora modeled on the LDS afterlife is mockery, I fail to see it. Never have I thought that this was a swipe at Mormonism. Same with the eternal progression according to number of posts. Again, don't see it. As an active, believing Mormon I doubt I would have been offended by these things in the least. I guess that just goes to show that there are differing levels of sensitivity about such matters.

That's right.

And it just so happens that you are one of those whom I did not expect to have any sensitivity at all about someone else's ox being gored.

Regards,
Pahoran

Who says Mormons are hypersensitive or have a persecution complex? You keep proving those skeptics wrong, Pahoran. ;)

[_Buffalo]

I think Nemesis just fails to realize that there are many posters over here are just "not so nice," and so personal attacks and sociopathic behavior is just sort of normal here.

Nemesis fails to understand that there are really no policemen here. It is painfully obvious who is behind the fictitious meme attack on Kevin Graham. I think he realizes it. And, it is somebody most folks here fear. Yet, there is nothing Shades can do about it.

For some odd reason, this board is a refuge for the banned, the shunned, the ugly and the acne-ridden ugly nerd boy. The one who couldn't quite make it on the Dialogue board, due to an inability to be civil on a board dedicated to civility and religious dialogue. Mr. Scratch and Consigiliari are two poster boys for that.

This is a despicable place mostly because a minority group of really despicable and cowardly people seem to dominate the landscape. All the nice people in the majority I like and semi-respect over here are powerless to do anything about the tyranny of minority.

And, somehow in the end I think that Shades and a few others are going to have to account for their enabling behavior to the Big Shot in the sky.

Unintentional irony: it's why we love you MAD guys so much!

[_Yahoo Bot]

Buffalo:

Your sig line quote is bogus. The only source of it is Dudley Leavitt, one of the chief massacre participants. He obviously would want to hear that kind of stuff coming out of Young's mouth. The other witness(es) to that event didn't document this saying.

[Guest]

It is painfully obvious who is behind the fictitious meme attack on Kevin Graham. I think he realizes it. And, it is somebody most folks here fear. Yet, there is nothing Shades can do about it.

Silly stuff, written for consumption by readers from another board, I think.

I can't think of any poster inspiring 'fear' in anybody here: irritation, derisive incredulity, boredom, skepticism - they do crop up from time to time, I admit.

Who are you suggesting this is? Put up, or shut up. Of course you are not scared of anybody here.

For some odd reason, this board is a refuge for the banned, the shunned, the ugly and the acne-ridden ugly nerd boy.

It's good to have you around.

[_Kishkumen]

That's right.

And it just so happens that you are one of those whom I did not expect to have any sensitivity at all about someone else's ox being gored.

I just know what a tough guy you are, Pahoran. I've gotta give credit where credit is due!