Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[RedSidedSPR]

Exactly. Being a mod doesn't mean you can't participate.

[chris-uk]

Everyone else is voicing their own opinions, why cant Stefan? Just because he's a mod?

Exactly. Being a mod doesn't mean you can't participate.

When you're a moderator on a forum you have a responsibility to set the tone and prevent threads deterioting into a series of flaming posts. Sometimes that means stepping back and not voicing your personal opinion. I value a lot of Stefan's posts, on this occasion I felt he should have stopped and worn a moderator hat which requires a degree of impartiality.

[EasternGirl]

But Chris is right...this has gotten way out of control at this point. Tempers are flaring...it's gone beyond the original point now. One argument has led to another which is going to lead to another...and we are going to need another mod to break up the fight between the mod and other members. Stefan does have a right to voice an opinion, but he also has a certain professional responsibility as a moderator of the forum to try to mediate in situations like this, rather than perpetuate or instigate conflict. Just my opinion.

[katach]

We have had some crazy weather today. I woke up to a dusting of snow on the grass. Then it rain for bit, then some sun. Then it snowed some more. Then it got windy. Mother nature is a fickle beast.

[chris-uk]

We have had some crazy weather today. I woke up to a dusting of snow on the grass. Then it rain for bit, then some sun. Then it snowed some more. Then it got windy. Mother nature is a fickle beast.

Foggy morning here. I expect it will burn off and we will have a nice day. Weather forecast for the weekend is wet, typical.

[katach]

Yeah, it seems rain is always in our forecast.

[chris-uk]

Yeah, it seems rain is always in our forecast.

The pleasures of living on the west side of a continental mass.

[RedSidedSPR]

It's Justin Bieber's birthday.

I'm celebrating by listening to LINKIN PARK

-___-

Contragulations Bieber, is it 18? 19? 12? Another year without reaching puberty, another year of pussy-antics, **** lyrics, and a wanky *** haircut. Another year of ruining the worlds outlook on music, and increase of men's makeup sales. Another year your still being ****ing alive. God save us all.

[chris-uk]

It's Justin Bieber's birthday.

I'm celebrating by listening to LINKIN PARK

Although personally I will celebrate by listening to some Paradise Lost.
Worrying that you had the date in your diary though Jesse, are you sure the Linkin Park tunes aren't just a sham? You can fess up if you're really listening to "Bieber's Greatest Hits" (I feel dirty just typing that).

[PINJOHN]

Stepping back and looking at the this exchange i can see just how far things have deteriorated and just how far from the original point it has moved,I am now in a position of defending my self from you Stefan who it seems have chosen to entertain the idea that some of my arguments are little more than insults aimed at you.
first off i accepted and used as an argument the facts that you had dealt with tragedy by keeping it in the back of your mind, its hardly likely or logical that i should then go on and make a suggestion that you are one of the unfeeling third type of people to whom i alluded.
the fact that i am suggesting that you are either a drunk or a druggy is more difficult for me to deal with, if only because it is so ludicrous, i know nothing about your personal life, and any view i have of the person you are or for that matter my view on any of the members, is built solely on the post made by the member and during my time on the site i have never come across one post in which you suggested you had either of these problems, more disappointing is the fact that i have over a thousand posts on site giving a clue to my personality, just how many of those posts and which ones, lead you to believe that i am the kind of person to do this.
I have attempted as far as i know to avoid point scoring an example of this is your quandary about whether you should knock me on my a*se or not, i instantly recognized this as a manifestation of anger or frustration or both and did not seek to make it seem any thing other than that, not for one second did i think of you as a person who resorts to violence when they feel slighted.
my final comments about my job and having to deal with drunks and druggy's are unfortunately a fact of life for me, but i put it in because given how angry i felt at the time, it was the closest i could get to introducing a lighter tone to a thread that had gone dangerously out of kilter it was not to make a comparison with you and those people.
I suggested that the comment might be taken down you refused instead choosing to justify the remark and this is spite of the fact that other members took the time to say they also found it unacceptable. it's all so very disappointing. so to use another throwaway Americanism I'M DONE