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[Bengalzona]

(03-31-2016, 02:47 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: As a teachable moment, your coaching changes only his verbiage not his intent.  If the intent is the same, is it any different or better?  No.  To state the obvious, if the intent is the same then the intent is the same.  He could make his point without "your kind" or the use of stereotypes as a substitute for "your kind" which doesn't change his intent.  

As a Mod, my job is not to change peoples' views, beliefs, ideologies, philosophies, etc. My job is to facilitate the conversations on these boards by ensuring that boards rules are followed. As far as I am concerned, Vlad's only intent here is to express his views. I often do not agree with other people's views, but as long as they are expressing them within the board rules they are permitted to express them.

In the case of Vlad's post, he chose to use language which may be perceived to be personally negative within the context of his post. I chose this post to make an example to other posters. Believe it or not, I take no personal joy in banning or suspending people all of the time and would rather see them learn where they might be making mistakes before lowering a boom.

Quote:I thought I responded earlier, but I guess I forgot to click "Post Reply."  Oh, well.  I'm happy to do a do-over of my teachable moment so let's examine your response again.

You did respond to this earlier and it was deleted for your own benefit because the message starts out with a direct attack ("You're among the most disrestful posters...").

I have failed to make the point that we do not allow personal attacks here. I will have to use a different method.