Moose-related hypocrisy and defending?

[Julie]

Frank, the problem seems to be... in theory, the members here should be allowed to say anything because of the Mock mantra - anything goes....no limits on speech. That would include calling someone a NIGGER as well as the behavior Moose displayed and anything in between...and maybe even what Sinister said.

Folks are also accusing you of not being fair with admin decisions.

This is difficult situation and it's necessary to hash all of this out... I guess.

The Mock mantra is not anything goes and no limits. There are less rules and more freedom, but your description is an exaggeration. Also, I can and do fall back on my stated right to disallow anything at any time just because it annoys or upsets me. I don't care if someone doesn't like that or a decision I make here. I got over that bullshit a long time ago. There's always someone who isn't happy with a decision and I no longer spend my time trying to make everyone happy.

So, you sometimes make arbitrary calls and since it's your forum that is that. Interesting. I took another approach - laying out all the rules up front and then sticking to them. (Can be very hard to do sometimes, but we do it.) Then again... my forum is another type of environment.

I understand why you are saying this though - someone's always going to be pissed and you can spend a lot of time & energy hopping from foot to foot behind some whiley ass bitches who don't understand that cyberspace can be a cold place.