General discussion of moderation procedures - Part 7

Good idea. Make mine pink.Make a great T-shirt...

Tomorrow, Robin. It will keep.The angel of my better self whispers so to me.Edited by AdminOmni, : Assumed the Aspect of my Administerhood.

No.We're all dying, sir. That's no reason to encourage incivility.In light of your circumstance, I'll reopen the thread Sunday rather than tomorrow.Another Admin may gainsay me.Edited by AdminOmni, : Same.

Robin, you have come as close as anyone could to persuading me to do so--your nihilistic soul is my half-brother.But I closed the thread because multiple posters (including moderators who should know better) had exceeded the bounds of civility and reason.I will reopen it after Morpheus has knit some raveled sleeves and no sooner.

I am certainly a fool, and I may be damned: I can live with that.I owe you a poem.Nonetheless, Time, GentleMan, and goo'night.

MT, in my humble, fallible mortal moderator opinion, that thread is history: I won't reopen it.I recommend that the topic be recast as a PNT without the personal elements. Threads focused on a participant's personal conduct or style almost always turn into a donnybrook.Surely some clever member can pose the essential question in the abstract or hypothetical, so that every disagreement will not be perceived as a personal attack, and every parry a thrust.