And then when you try to keep them from embarassing thierselves, they whine to the mods.
I don't think it's them whining to the mods.
This is just my opinion, so ban me if you want Electromaster, apart from this I think to do a great job of administering this site. I understand that it isn't easy to moderate a forum and there is a fine line between freedom of expression and slander. I just think that sometimes mistakes are made.
I think the administrator is a little to politically correct in my view.
I have received two infractions for "insulting other members", the first I can identify with, the second I can't.
Here's the original quote.
Posting articles that you blatantly don't understand does not help your cause, it doesn't make you look clever, it just makes you look ignorant and foolish.
The whole post was removed so I reposted and reworded the offending part.
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/stanley-meyers-and-zero-point-energy.42388/#post348856
I could handle this, I accepted that this remark might be taken as being offensive.
I did not accept the infraction for this though:
Original quote
I often enjoy responding to these sorts of threads. I feel that I am doing good by educatiog someone who is ignorant.
Cleaned up version.
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/threads/stanley-meyers-and-zero-point-energy.42388/#post349752
I received a private message from the administrator saying was on a 2 day ban but this didn't happen: I was not banned.
Had I been banned for two days, I would have left the forum, apart from making one more post explaining why I was leaving.
What really annoyed me was that there were far worse offenders who posted in the same thread; I'm not going to single out any posters but read the thread for yourself and make your own mind up. I've also made far worse comments before without receiving infractions.
The whole infraction procedure, is a total mess because it's so inconsistently applied: one minute someone gets away with posing something fairly harsh, then the next someone has a severe penalty imposed for saying something fairly inoffensive.
At least this time, if I disappear in the next day or so then you'll all know why I've gone.