I do see a difference. That post is overly vague by OSD (not that surprising from him). However, a veiled accusation with a hint of detail , only enough to have a general idea as to what is being referenced with no detail/proof behind that is not much better -- especially when it can not even be addressed as addressing it would require outing personal info, discussing topics that can't be discussed openly, and the impossible task of proving a negative. As such, the overly vague reference from OSD with absolutely nothing behind it may be less damaging.
Originally Posted by Taskmaster
Fair enough. However, it was something you
were able to address. The amount of detail you would choose to use in doing so would have been up to you. I, on the other hand, wasn't even handed the opportunity (until now) to respond by simply saying "That's preposterous!"
why would I state a rumor right out that not sure if true
Originally Posted by offshoredrilling
You could have pointed it out to me through PM. You refused to even do that much.
so Doove was the rumor of a 2nd handle true or not
as I did not want to say then what i was not sure of
I still have no idea if it was true or not, just a rumor
Of course it's true. And with the fact that i essentially outed myself in a response to one of your posts, (not to mention the two or three times where i pretty much admitted to it outright) i'm shocked you didn't already know that. Which led me to believe you thought you had something else on me.
Ok, here's the deal. If you don't care, you can stop reading now (i'm looking at you Rockstar).
Over the course of the last year, there were three times when i thought i might have some interest in various providers outside of Autumn Bolan. Saige, Ericaisbetter, and Amanda i believe, come to mind initially. So i wanted to purchase PA in order to read some reviews on these ladies. I did so in February, May, and August. I won't get into why i didn't want to do so under Doove, except to say that the reasons were probably wholly unnecessary, as well as stupid. Either way, they're totally irrelevant. So what i did was, i set up a second handle for the purpose of purchasing PA.
Now, once i outed myself as manic010101 in a reply to OSD, rather than attempt to edit the post and hide my tracks, i immediately PM'd the mods and confessed to what i'd done. In doing so, i made it clear that there was no agenda in my setting up a second handle. I didn't do it to carry out arguments with myself, i didn't do it to evade a ban, nor did i do it to carry out any agenda against the board members. I set it up solely for use as a PA handle, to privately read the ROS areas, with no intention of using it for posting anything. So from my perspective, the second handle was for no other reason than to give the board money, and giving it while maintaining my desire for privacy in doing so. And frankly, with the exception of my having PA access, i fail to even see much of a distinction between my logging in as Manic010101 (while never posting), and not logging in at all and perusing the board as a guest. But that's neither here nor there.
Anyways, after CC and i went back and forth a bit, he offered to make sure i got my two weeks of PA back after my two week ban was up. But apparently i wasn't gracious enough in that i made it clear that i still thought that my being banned (rather than simply being assessed points) was petty and yes, stupid, so he then rescinded the offer. Seems he got his butt hurt because i didn't feel the need to thank him profusely for his offer, when i didn't think it ever should have gotten to that point in the first place.
So that's it in a nutshell. I set up a second handle to do little more than give the board money and not only got banned for it, but was denied the benefits of my purchase - after i was promised that they would be restored to me. Did i break the rule? Sure, i'll admit i did. But the point of my
hypothetical was to show that there are varying degrees of offenses and that automatically jumping to the death penalty while relying on little more than 'a rule was broken' doesn't always make sense.
And as far as why i don't just go ahead and purchase PA (again)......you're kidding, right? I'm not giving the board another dime out of my own pocket.