This is late news, but worth the bump, as an example of an ounce of antidote equals a pound of cure. Went on way too long by folks that know better.
http://eccie.net/showthread.php?t=968565&page=4
http://eccie.net/showthread.php?t=953321&page=2
Originally Posted by JohnnyCap
By those who know better? You give some of us too much credit.
I am sickened and ashamed that I somehow got involved in both of those. Its a side effect of having a sexual addiction problem I'm sure of it. I'll have to read over Bill Clinton's sworn testimony to be absolutely certain, but it must be a symptom of sex addiction.
And sometimes, god forbid, we lighten up a little. (Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?) Come on.... if the original "alert" wasn't so goddamned funny! (No offense to the OP. A tractor sale should not delay a scheduled appointment. That was just rude.) The other alert you mentioned I'm sure didn't start out as silly, but its origin escapes me until I re-read it. But still...
While one of Rooster's pet peeves (one I have already stated is admirable) it didn't violate any rules -and that violating them would result in an instant mini ban. (If I am wrong, I trust someone will correct me.)
Mods are people too.... with all our failings of course. His buttons were pushed, and it seems some think he overreacted. Its been dealt with as near as I can tell. I don't have a beef with him at all. But I'm not gonna feel too badly he flipped and got spanked. Its good they're held to the same standards as we are... and in theory, as they have "power" over us, ought to be held to higher standards.
If most of us (I say that cuz of course I don't know for sure) did something like that, in a PM and it was reported, we'd be spanked. That there are members standing up on both sides and having a conversation about it isn't all bad. That there are some that publicly voice support for him proves he wasn't the worst mod to ever take the post.
With all that said, I am sorry things ended up the way they did. I may poke fun, I may type a novel occasionally, I may even argue incessantly with BJ.... but I certainly didn't see how this was going to evolve. Did I expect Roost to get pissed, perhaps cut and paste an old lecture about the proper use of alerts, and close the thread? Yes. Immature I know, but its fun to see how much you can get away with when the teacher isn't looking.
If I deserve to be pointed for it, your right then, most likely I knew I pushed the line. But this one came outta left field.