I appreciate that you're trying to help, and I understand
that the moderation is done with the best intentions.
However, I do not know who is in charge of what, and
who has what authority. For all I know, someone that is
not Lasher sending me private warnings is overstepping
their authority.
I feel more comfortable being chastised in public, where
the cleansing scrutiny of the community can discern
how just my castigation is.
Not sure how it could be worse, really, other than
an outright ban. Keep in mind I'm not
trying to get
deleted. I'm not
trying to get banned. I'm speaking my
mind in good faith and have been doing so in keeping
with what my understanding of the mission of the site is/was.
Now that the rules are less unwritten, perhaps there is
hope for clearer understandings, but I doubt there will
be fewer clashes, because I as a person of good will,
and the moderators as people of good will, differ on the
usefulness and appropriateness of moderation of some
of my posts or parts thereof. It's an honest disagreement,
not a defiant manifesto. And as such, I don't see it
being resolved, because I don't have anything to gain
by compromising my position that the moderation around
here has been out of hand, and I'm just not inclined
to let it slide if it continues to be so.
So I don't see how it gets worse. Looks like I'm on a
rocket sled to bantown, the only question is when.
Sometimes I amuse myself with fiery rhetoric. We are
having fun here, after all, or is this site supposed to be
Serious Business?
I understand. At some point the moderation team will
get sick of me. I'm sorry for that, because I enjoy participating
here. I think it's right of me to speak my mind on these
points, and I think it's ok that I not go gently into that good night.
You guys will have to decide what kind of site to be.
-Crat