dgolds,

You suggest that the following actions by me “crossed the line” into personal attacks or otherwise. Please let me respond:

1. The sarcastic title of the thread.

I did not make up this title, and it wasn’t sarcastic when it was created by whomever...it was a continuation of a thread which someone else started legitimately thanking the moderators for their efforts, and I was posting as post number 24 to this thread, and when I went to submit, boom I got an error message and then when I back-clicked and the whole thread disappeared, I re-opened it...which I tried to explain in the intro to my first post above. I can see how you thought I was being sarcastic with a tread topic thanking the moderators, and then not actually thanking them, but that wasn't what I was doing.

2. The references to Hitler Youth and the Bill of Rights, which are being used (very impolitely, I think) to beat the Moderators over the head in another thread.

I have never made any such reference and in fact have tried to distance myself from those remarks by saying: "Now, this has nothing to do with the Bill of Rights or Hitler, and isn’t something that rises to the level of an impeachable offense, but IMO it is a step in the wrong direction."

In another thread, admittedly, I did just suggest in a post prior to this one a moment ago that one of the reasons these topics may be getting so over-heated is because the issues of free speech/censorship are emotional for many. That probably explains why some people have made the Hitler and other analogies...because they felt censored and were probably being dramatic in their response for effect.

I personally think most of those analogies made by others are a bit much, but it shows how hurt/attacked/affected many people are by this situation...I think we all have to keep in mind that sometimes short phrases can be exaggerated in their intent and interpretation (so all parties need to be careful, myself included).

3. The sarcastic reference to "Siberia" in your post. (It's not "Siberia," it's "a forum that takes 6 clicks to navigate to from a locked thread.").

I am guilty here. If this analogy to Siberia is perceived as mean spirited or otherwise as a personal attack, then rope me up. Upon reflection, I still think the analogy to Siberia is appropriate: I think of Siberia as a distant land from which someone would never, or rarely be heard. That is what I think happens when threads get moved to remote/less-trafficked parts of the site. This is my basic point, and I would think having a catchy title which symbolizes my message would be appropriate?

4. None of the above adds anything to the content of your post in support of your (otherwise very clear) arguments.

Thank you for the feedback. I really do not mean or intend to attack anyone; my purpose with these threads/comments is to present ideas and solicit feedback on how to improve the user experience on FT.


[This message has been edited by nologic (edited 08-16-2001).]