Originally posted by
Aragorn
That was on another thread, and you should by now know why I slapped you on the wrist. It was entirely warranted.
If we were to silently delete posts without saying anything, then that would be censorship, and as someone who has had posts of his deleted at other forums without any notification or reason given, I resent being treated that way. Also, if I were to delete your posts and not say anything, how would you know why the post was inappropriate in the first place?
I believe in responsibility, and if a member cannot behave responsibly, then the required moderation should not be conducted under the table, because the member has the right to know why. Responsibility also means that if you repeatedly misbehave in public, then the slap on the wrist should remain in the public purview just the same. Because other potential transgressors should be made aware of what transgression has been committed, and that such transgressions are not welcome here — and especially not after we've already depleted entire magazines worth of shots across the bow earlier.
After all, it's not like we've never told you (and others) before not to bring US American internal politics into threads where that subject does not belong. But unfortunately, it appears to be a genetic thing. US Americans appear to be born with this gene that causes part of their brain to become obsessed with their internal politics. And it doesn't matter whether it's conservative or liberal, because either side is equally obsessed with it.
As if the US American obliviousness to the existence of the 7.8 billion other human beings and the 182 other nation states on this planet wasn't bad enough already. :facepalm:
