General discussion of moderation procedures

i was only behaving stupidly in regards to potm nomination. but then again, i really did think it was funny.i'm willing to debate in good faith on just about anything. and when i realize i'm wrong, i admit it. i was just getting really frustrated because other people on this board aren't always willing to do that.

now, why exactly was i removed from the discussion on witness testimonies?and why is that suspension bit about contracycle pointing to my post in that thread?This message has been edited by Arachnophilia, 04-29-2005 04:35 PM

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well, wounded king challenged one of my assertions.i had asserted that the bible was not giving an account of witness testimony in the case of the book of esther, and that rather it was re-writing a babylonian myth involving ishtar. i mentioned that this bears some similarity to what the catholic church did with holidays, such as easter which, i said, probably also came from ishtar the fertility goddess.wounded king mentioned that he thought that came from somewhere else.since that bit wasn't strictly on topic, i admitted he might be right, and let it drop. but the point of it was to show that the bible has other sources that are not direct witness testimonies of its authors, and are massively distorted from their original form in order to convey a different judeo-christian message. and that therefor part, if not all, of the bible is invalid as witness testimony.which would be completely on topic.

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thanks. but i do agree, it was a bit off the beaten path.

i am absolutely in awe of the fact that you suspended the admin and owner of the site.i guess what's fair is fair.

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well, see. it's not "people like faith." it's faith in particular.and yes, there was a bit of a double standard, but that was not admin's intentions. faith was, for the most part, participating very valuably in that thread. however, she did break some rules here and there. in lieu of suspending her, admin offered to let her continue in THAT THREAD ONLY. he made special mention that nobody else should be breaking these rules. faith was basically boot-camped to that one thread. if anyone disagreed with this forgiveness policy, they should have taken it up here.i for one was fine with it. i was rather enjoying my debate with faith there. i almost actually got my point across too. however, percy himself broke his own rule. a double standard would have been if the other admins had NOT suspended him.i don't think the agreement was meant to patronize faith or any other member of this board. it was simply because the debate was interesting and would have disappeared without her. normally, ANY member who engages in that sort of behaviour would be warned and then suspended. heck, i know we've BANNED several fundamentalists who just wouldn't play by the rules (i sort of miss buzsaw lol). so i don't think we're treating them as a group as children.faith was only given special treatment because she was the only one arguing her position.

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which is why i was suprised as hell when percy was suspended. i mean, i know he should obey the rules too, but i didn't expect him a) to break them and b) to actually get punished for it.

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i think of it kind of like an affirmative action thing. i mean, the debate would have been over if it weren't for faith. ban her, and it would have just kind of died. i hardly think percy has any kind of positive bias towards the fundamentalists at all (as evidenced by the post he got suspended for).but i geuss the moral of the story is that you just can't ever to do anyone a favor.This message has been edited by Arachnophilia, 05-06-2005 07:01 AM

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i think it should be noted that she was participating quite civily in that thread with me.

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in complaint i wrote my anecdote because it seemed better than openly condemning or harassing contracycle because he got his knickers in a twist over being called a communist agitator. i was pointing out that it's not really much of an insult, and i when the same thing happened to me, i did not consider it one -- i considered it funny.it was directly related to original topic of the thread -- whether adminjar's actions were insulting and derogatory or not.(however, feel free to leave that one closed...)This message has been edited by Arachnophilia, 05-08-2005 11:57 PM

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i do not believe the moderators are abusing their power or positions of authority. they have rather unbiased moderated these boards, and have been especially tolerant of various abuses from the less factually-inclined side of the debate. and besides, it's JUST a message board, right?but anyways. even if they were abusing their authority -- did you ever hear the expression "you don't tug on superman's cape?"i mean, that was ASKING to get kicked off for a while.

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