A REPLY!
Originally posted by Avicenna
BUT, I do think people should be able to go to the mods in strictest confidence if they have a grievance. People deal with things differently, and not everyone enjoys a rumble, even a virtual one.
Since Reverend has \"Had a go at me\" in public I feel that I should at least clarify something here.
I have received quite a number of complaints about reverend over the time I\'ve been a moderator here, but here\'s a question for reverend himself;
How many have been passed forward to you Phil? Perhaps one! Is that not correct ?
With all the complaints sent to me, I\'ve defended reverend\'s right to free speech no matter how little
I think of the content of what he\'s posted, and all but one of the complainants have understood my stance in these discussions and we have resolved the issue privately and without any fuss.
Now I quoted Avicenna because he has pointed out, some people come to me in confidence, because they feel uncomfortable with trying to deal with someone who is as outspoken and quite often retaliatory in their responses as reverend and cannot handle the virtual confrontation that they feel will ensue, that confidence I will respect and defend.
Now when reverend PM\'d me I wrote back(via email) and explained my stance and the circumstances, in a reasonable manner as I always attempt to do, in fact if Phil had bother to read the email correctly he would see that I was taking quite a lighthearted view on the whole issue. As far as I was concerned this was a matter that we could have resolved privately and without a public attack on me.
But now I am being publically accused by Phil of a character assasination of him, and he has raised this thread in what I see as a deliberate attempt to gather his own support.
I normally never rise to a confrontation, but in this case it was a necessity to repond to such an attack against me.