John Paul writes:
I have a life and it does NOT revolve around this discussion board. I post when I can.
You are ignoring the primary point and addressing yourself to the inconsequential setting of context. No one is expected to maintain a continuous presence here, but you, like Fred Williams before you, have established a pattern of behavior that involves taking several discussions to midpoint, then leaving for a period of up to a few weeks, then returning to begin discussions in other threads while ignoring the earlier threads. If this is unintentional and inadvertent then I'm bringing it to your attention so you can break this pattern.
No one is perfect. Even the best behaved netizen occasionally leaves discussions hanging. I'm not requesting that you stick with every single discussion. I'm requesting that you break this now all-too-familiar pattern.
If I appear to "leave" a discussion or thread it is most likely because there is nothing worth responding to.
All threads you're participating in when you disappear simultaneously have "nothing worth responding to"? Please don't be disingenuous.
So if you want to kick me off of this board I really don't care. I can find other forms of entertainment just as easy as I found this.
No one ever really gets kicked off this board, and especially not after the recent improvements that allow us to control access on a forum-by-forum basis. The goal of EvC Forum is to be as inclusive as possible, but another goal is to foster an environment that encourages as high quality a dialogue as possible. Enforcing the guidelines is essential to this goal, and I think all the moderators take this goal very seriously.
I recognize that the task of the Creationist is much more difficult here than for the evolutionist, since the scientific foundation of his position is not formally established at this time. That board moderation has been accused of bias by both sides can be interpreted as indicating we've established a fair balance, and if that is a valid conclusions then I think this is something board moderation should be proud of.
-- | Percy |
| EvC Forum Director |