On 11/06/2013 12:38 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote:
FWIW: I guess it had a good reason that he was/is moderated.
Don't
want to argue on that one..
I'm beginning to think that the problem was started by complaints from
one or more offense thieves. (That's a person who takes offense when
none was offered.) This was followed up by heavy-handed moderation by
one or more moderators who not only didn't have the time to do the job
correctly, but were too eager to reject posts that didn't meet their
unreasonable standards. And, I can remember posts from other members on
this list that used far more offensive language against him than he ever
used, and almost nobody objected.
People, if you'd take offense if somebody on this list called you
something, or used certain terms to refer to you, don't use them
yourself, because if you do, you have no valid grounds for complaint if
you find them coming back. I'm not naming names, I'm not pointing
fingers, I'm just reminding all of you of one of the easiest forms of
the Golden Rule to follow: "Don't call anybody anything that you'd find
offensive if they used it to refer to you."