<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CameraGuy:
I also have a HUGE problem with the fact that a moderator deleted a personal attack, yet decided to post the "gist" of the personal attack in their own post. That is simply wrong and sure looks like it was done to leave the personal attack "out in the open".</font>
You are absolutely correct. I apologize for the oversight and will edit my deletion comment at once. Thanks for pointing that out. My intention at the time was to stress that the attack was made upon a party other than me (so as to avoid the impression of impropriety in stifling people who speak out against me), but I fear that in my rush to delete I did not think it through entirely.
As for moderating my own threads, it was a fine line to walk. Neither Randy nor my fellow mods were available at the time and to let the status quo of flaming continue was a far worse alternative than to delete the personal attack on techgirl and lock down the thread. It was a judgement call I didn't want to have to make at 2am but I have no regrets about the way I acted in that context.
[This message has been edited by B747-437B (edited 05-20-2003).]