Hi Percy,
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P: Fred, might I suggest that, independent of who is at fault in the exchange between you and Budikka at your site, that issues of fairness and objectivity can't help but be called into question when the same individual is both debater and moderator.
I think you miss the point. Recall our exchange about a certain past creationist on your board I had a sincere question about? Imagine what you would think if I posted on this board your response (not to imply it wasn't sincere and respectful, which is beside the point). I’m sure you would agree it would be totally unprincipled on my part to post your private comments, and you would have every right to remove them. So you need to know this is exactly what Ian Wood did on my board. Ian’s claim that he was merely trying to get a hold of Chris Bohar means he either has a horrible memory or is lying. I have his original guestbook entry to prove it. He posted a portion of Bohar’s email that was totally unecessary in an attempt to embarrass him about something he mentioned about another creationist. He stooped to this unethical behavior despite having been warned on several prior occasions not to post private email messages to my guestbook.
My treatment to Ian has been extremely fair. I did not moderate a single portion of our lengthy debate, nor have I edited or moderated any of his guestbook entries except for those containing private emails. The rules of my guestbook are simple and easy to comply with. Ian seems to be the only one who has trouble following them out of the scores of evolutionists who have posted there over the last 5 years.
I won't comment on this any further, and I apologize for this waste of bandwidth on the board.