If I were on TB, I would have argued for a compromise. The proposal as it stands is unnecessarily divisive, as is failure to wait until all TB members are available to vote. A proposal that focused on Randy's affirmative need to uphold a suspension would have had chance for unanimous approval. That said, I don't find the current proposal onerous. It's just not the consensus proposal that it could have been.

Here's another point that nobody has made. Some people here believe that moderators get a break on the ToS. I don't have any firsthand experience to support that belief. (Personally, I believe in giving everyone the benefit of any doubt.)

What I do know is that Randy looks very carefully at the posting history of all candidates for moderator duties. People who cannot live within the ToS are IMHO very unlikely to pass that test, and they will therefore not become moderators in the first place.

I don't see why it's surprising to anyone that people who pass Randy's screening process are subsequently not often on the receiving end of suspensions. I'd be absolutely mortified if it happened to me. That would be more embarrassing than having to delete my own thread for a ToS violation, which was my first official act as a moderator.

One other gripe: I don't impugn anyone else's motives because I don't believe that anyone here has anything other than the best interest of FT at heart. We see things differently, that's all. When you question motives, you demonstrate the vacuity of your logical argument. This weakens your case rather than strengthening it.