gramps wrote:
Yep, I did report it.
edited to add: I wasn't complaining about the moderation, Shades. I was just commenting on how crazy posters have become since all this mess with Joseph.
Hold on just a sec, gramps. With all due respect, posters are not suddenly becoming "crazy" since Joseph started playing games with the board. I've known Ray for 11 years and there is nothing "crazy" about Ray.
I do not mean to speak for Ray, however knowing him for as long as I have, I think it safe to say that his posting of the PM was an act of civil disobedience just as when I posted PM content.
There is virtually no reason whatsoever for posters to send negative/attack/bullying/disrespectful/threatening messages to others behind the scenes. It is the act of one who clearly lacks the maturity and wherewithal to cut it on the board in full public view.
Let's say for example, that I read a critical comment that you posted to me on the board and I, for example, chose to send you a message behind the scenes telling you in essence to screw yourself.
Is there some reason I couldn't do that on the board?
Of course not. Insecure cowards do that, gramps, and there is no reason for posters to accept that conduct by those who intrude on the privacy of others because they are too gutless to hash out whatever it is on the board.
Universal Rule #3 suggests that private messages are sacred only for the sender of such messages, not the recipient. It protects those who hide their dirty behavior and doesn't provide for the recipient to disclose content publicly.
It makes posters into sitting ducks where jerks like a Joseph or a The Mormon Report are able to conduct nasty/negative/pestering business in secret.
For all the bitching on this board by ex-Mo's about how many truths were concealed from them by the church, I should think transparency would hold more value than it does for those who criticize posters for their public acts of civil disobedience in order to expose those who cowardly slither about behind the scenes wreaking mayhem and generally abusing the PM feature on this board.
My message to everyone...if you want to tell me to go “F” myself, do it in public, just don't expect me to keep your dirty little secrets.