Please use this thread for (and only for) alerting admins to moderation issues and for raising complaints arising from particular decisions. We remind participants that TSZ is a benign dictatorship, the property of Dr. Elizabeth Liddle. All decisions regarding policy and implementation are hers alone.
As it stands, this is a personal attack post. No, I will not approve it.
Gregory,
From your response, it appears that you understand the rule, you wish to claim protection under it (and then some, insisting that people do not use any diminutives of your name), but you do not wish to be constrained by it. This does not strike me as equitable.
You also seem to be rather vituperative about anyone who dares to disagree with the might Gregory [redacted], and admit to a history of precisely the behaviour that you would want the moderators to prevent others from indulging in.
Frankly, you are making my point for me.
Obviously, you are not responsible for J-Mac coming along right afterwards and bastardizing my handle and Neil’s in an attempt to insult us, but I hope you can appreciate the irony there.
Insulting? You are definitely joking…
Maybe you should publish Gregory’s OP with the note you placed on mine?
“[Admin edit: This thread is, with the agreement of the thread author, a rule-free thread.] ?
And then see if he, and others, are going to find it funny…
http://theskepticalzone.com/wp/help-dr-lenski-to-design-real-ltee/
No J-Mac, I did not place that notation on your thread.
I thought that was a bad idea when it was done (with your consent) to your thread, and I still think it is a bad idea. You have me confused with someone else.
This trick didn’t work for the Nazis at the Nuremberg trails who thought it was a bad idea to exterminate millions of Jews…
It’s a subtle one…Just like you conspired with Jock to force me to agree to the conditions of your scheme in order to expose me to insults on the LTEE OP…
Did you really just make an analogy between moderation and the Holocaust??? Are you nuts?
Is someone forcing you now to expose yourself to insults or is it your idea ?
No. I attempted to make the clear point to that there is a drastic difference between disagreeing with orders, and not doing anything about it, and compliance…
While it maybe an extreme analogy, it does drive the point home because many Nazis claimed that they had disagreed with superior orders and yet they complied with them… “We were just following the orders”
While this is a public blog, it represents the clash of ideologies…
Neil took it upon himself to implement censorship to protect his bias side against the owners wishes and site rules…
Therefore, Jock’s compliance is inexcusable…
The greatest part of free will is that you can oppose insults and biases with evidence…
That’s what TSZ was supposed to be about until the holy trinity of Alan, Neil and Jock took over…
By using the the murder and torture of millions of people as an example of similar behavior.
Sorry about the post , cooking ribs, got distracted, timed out the edit
In your case it seems like the ability to respond with insults when presented with evidence is the dominant part.
It does not exist without them, and they were asked and have not been requested to leave.
In fact , there has been a relaxation of moderation.
newton,
Oh, please. TSZ depends on its contributors and commenters — not the moderators — for its existence.
Alan’s departure has been of enormous benefit to TSZ, which is now thriving in his absence. Jock and Neil seem to be subdued, at least for the time being, possibly due to the blowback from their disastrous coup against Mung.
Less moderation = a better TSZ.
This is worth a repost:
I have moved it back to draft status for now.
And its ownership to provide a place for those commenters. You think Lizzie would continue to provide the ownership to an unmoderated site . Not me.
Like to see the numbers for that claim
And what particular blowback is that? Everyone still has their job, Lizzie made no changes. You still are complaining about moderation. Christianity still to be enduring without mung as a moderator. Seems pretty much the same.
Less is good , none is not.
newton,
Well, don’t worry. Neils is here to tell you he is still going to play the role of Alan. You know, ignoring ten pages of vacuous insults, then postings warnings (to the non-atheists, suprise, surprise) if they respond.
So its business as usual really. Just Neil being his old biased self, hoping to take up some slack for Alan.
Thanks but I usually save my worry for things that matter. My position is without him and the others mods ,Lizzie folds the tent. The fact ,even with them to do the work of running the place , she has not is interesting and surprising.
Perhaps he is trying to help you remember and follow the words of God “
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.”
Neil ,probably, is hoping he can make a clean getaway like Alan.
Due to continued moderator abuses, another OP of mine is being held — pointlessly — in the Pending queue.
Sad to see there is still no real effort to improve this site to facilitate interesting discussions with folks holding a different perspective
It is a shame.
Peace