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Flame » in reply to JFC can't we just get along....

Uh Frank This Is Flame
Mark Eby — (archived)

It's supposed to be where we vent. I for one am not willing to give moderators a pass on behavior I don't approve of. Running off valuable posters by abusing moderator status is not something that should be condoned. Robert and the other moderators are free to lock me out if they are as offended by my freedom of speech as they were of Gary's.

While I'll concede Robert did not intend to speak as moderator, his initial words did not convey that and there is no evidence Gary ever read his clarification on flame. Do you really think it's unreasonable as much as Gary has complained about failure to moderate based on habitablezone basic principles for him to get offended at being told to shutup by a supposed moderator over something he felt was a reasonable statement? That certainly comes across as arbitrary and unevenhanded to me. Robert's initial comment to Gary came across to me as Robert will be hands off if he doesn't care about a topic but he will come down hard on anyone that peaks his personal ire.

Unfortunately Robert has not totally backed away from this either laughing off SDAI's application of a standard he set for RL which he refuses to apply to himself. He may not have intended to speak as moderator, but as he told RL a moderator should be aware of his unique status in his personal comments. For the most part RL has exceeded my expectations in trying to meet that standard trying hard to differentiate between RL the poster and ModBob, but Robert failed miserably in this case.

Regards,
Mark

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