You make the rules sound so great and easy and peaceful, and that's how they appear at first glance, but how they're interpreted by the mods is way different than the interpretations than to me, I guess. Your version of "be respectful" isn't nearly the same as my version of "be respectful", or the same as many other members' here. Your "be respectful", although with good intentions, is over exemp-
Eh, screw it. There's no point anymore. Nothing I say will get through at all. Regardless, I'll just say this and finish.
I understand where you come from, from an intention stance. I understand that you want a peaceful environment here. That's what every place ultimately wants, isn't it? I understand that you don't want people to be offended. But the reaction is almost too sensitive. Yes, you do give much leniency in your punishment. I can see that. But the problem (as I see it, at least) is that some of this leniency shouldn't be considered "leniency" at all.
A while ago, I made the chatroom Heaven and Earth Unite. You probably remember; you're the one who stickied it. I made it for more free speaking, less limitations. As it turns out, I didn't like how sensitive some of the people there were, and in turn that led to some decisions on my part that weren't unanimously agreeable. They wanted some people banned, for example, and I didn't. I ended up giving the chat away to two other members because I figured that people there would much rather have leaders that match their desires, and mine didn't cut it.
I bring this up because I'm finding this out now again, only about this site in general. I'd seen glimpses of it before, but recently it's just stuck out to me like a sore thumb. Too sensitive. Way too sensitive.
I'm not a battle-hungry a**hole. I've broken some rules here, and I admit that. I'm not defending Pachuco because he's disrespectful. Don't think that. That's not the reason I defend anything, even though that seems to be the implication of what you think considering how you respond. I defend when I see it necessary, and to me, Pachuco, as disrespectful as he was, as much mercy as you showed him, didn't deserve his blog closed in that manner. Even though he broke the rules like he did.
I have common sense. You have common sense. We just have different interpretations of these rules, it seems. And I'm not sure that our interpretations will ever mix. Considering your views seem to be the same that all mods/admins on here share, it just doesn't look like it'll ever fully work for me being here. That's my reasoning. Yes, some details are missing, and it's not a flawless argumentative essay or anything. But that's what I'll leave my stance at.
Edited by zacrathedemon5, 29 August 2012 - 01:37 AM.
