Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post

roachboy · 08-16-2006, 09:59 AM

ok....i have a busy afternoon and have to go, so want to clairfy one thing that i think went away in the flurry of activity this morning: what i object to really--fundamentally--in this thread is the post by cynthetiq. i take it as personally disrespectful. that is why i asked about the status of the post--whether he is talking as a mod or as a memebr who happens also to be a mod. i interpreted analog's post in light of cyn's. had these things not happened, i would not have reacted at all---i do not think the thread is interesting--i have NO problem if the intent is to inject some joking around here--but it wasnt. you have to sever the op from other "discussions" to think that. i do not make any such separation, not in this case.
but i already said as much.

the problem is with the mod interventions, so far as i am concerned.
everything else is just reaction on my part to things that, taken on their own, are not such a big deal--all part of the game itself--but cyn's action here i take as personally insulting.
and i assume that in their capacity as mods, the rules against such personal attacks do not apply.
so it is doubly insulting--because the rules do not apply (it seems) i would expect more restraint. instead, i get the above.

that is the problem.

this is reinforced by another problem--the treatment that has been accorded to host, routinely. in that i see nothing but disrespect. i am surprised he has put up with it--he is perhaps a better person than i am--but it has really been appalling to watch the sustained attacks on host for months now--attacks in which cyn also played a part. i wonder if host as departed--he said he would--that would be a real loss. i do not think the "community" values him enough, even if folk disagree with his style.
but apparently, ridiculing host is a special case, wherein (again) the rules about personal attacks are suspended.
nice work, comrades.

so there it is.
clarify that, please.

08-16-2006, 09:59 AM	#47 (permalink)
roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	ok....i have a busy afternoon and have to go, so want to clairfy one thing that i think went away in the flurry of activity this morning: what i object to really--fundamentally--in this thread is the post by cynthetiq. i take it as personally disrespectful. that is why i asked about the status of the post--whether he is talking as a mod or as a memebr who happens also to be a mod. i interpreted analog's post in light of cyn's. had these things not happened, i would not have reacted at all---i do not think the thread is interesting--i have NO problem if the intent is to inject some joking around here--but it wasnt. you have to sever the op from other "discussions" to think that. i do not make any such separation, not in this case. but i already said as much. the problem is with the mod interventions, so far as i am concerned. everything else is just reaction on my part to things that, taken on their own, are not such a big deal--all part of the game itself--but cyn's action here i take as personally insulting. and i assume that in their capacity as mods, the rules against such personal attacks do not apply. so it is doubly insulting--because the rules do not apply (it seems) i would expect more restraint. instead, i get the above. that is the problem. this is reinforced by another problem--the treatment that has been accorded to host, routinely. in that i see nothing but disrespect. i am surprised he has put up with it--he is perhaps a better person than i am--but it has really been appalling to watch the sustained attacks on host for months now--attacks in which cyn also played a part. i wonder if host as departed--he said he would--that would be a real loss. i do not think the "community" values him enough, even if folk disagree with his style. but apparently, ridiculing host is a special case, wherein (again) the rules about personal attacks are suspended. nice work, comrades. so there it is. clarify that, please. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 08-16-2006 at 10:02 AM..