Our views on the effectiveness and/or roles of moderators may differ, and we're all entitled to those individual opinions.

While systematically denying that a problem exists may be the easiest and most efficient way to prevent a constructive debate, I think that the 5+ threads on the subject that have been started since the moderators made their debut (and the four pages of posts just to this one) would more than suggest that there is indeed an "issue" here.

If there were truly no "issue" and nothing to "deal with," there certainly wouldn't be such a vigorous debate on the subject.