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Originally Posted by Murreydobe  I thought the rudest person on that Korbella thread was one of the moderators..but I guess that's okay.  |
No, it's not okay - Although it was not my intent to be rude what I wrote was and for that I apologize.
I only read that thread because it was reported - I read the entire thread and was actually surprised that it was reported in the first place. As I said at the begininning of my response the only thing that I would have said would have been "hey guys, get back on track" or something similar. Then I read Tracy's response, I didn't think much of it but read it again and it upset me for various reasons. As far as singling her out - I was responding to only her post.
She started her response "you know this forum isn't going to be fun anymore if we can't express ourselves" - Who said you can't? Nobody has ever been banned for expressing their opinion in a tactful manner - in fact, we encourage lively debate.
What really got me was "otherwise we should all go and leave this site to the naive puppy buyers and pet owners..."
To me that is a very condescending remark and I'm not the only one who took it that way.
In retrospect I should have made it clear to all - this manifesto is the result of numerous complaints (all kinds of complaints from veteran members to new naive puppy owners) - we will enforce it. If you (general you) don't like it, that's fine, it's your right, you don't have to stay. I appreciate everyone who posts here, whether they post only occassionally or daily, I appreciate every question asked, remark made or answer given. I feel as though everyone should have the right to express their opinion as long as it is given in a thoughtful manner. Of course there will be arguments, debates and disagreements, as an internet community we will learn and grow from them.
Tracy was not banned because of that thread. Tracy was banned because of her remarks in chat (that were not provoked) she was banned for calling more than one member here names (not surprisingly another Mod and I were targets of the name calling) and generally being disrectful of this forum and our efforts to moderate it in a fair way.
The decision to ban her was not only mine - We (moderators) take it seriously and talk about it as a group before anyone is banned.
I am and will remain one of the dorks on the bandwagon protecting the precious manifesto that was created to protect the other dorks on the site...