[tiltboy]

Let me see if I have this straight. Calling someone an admitted con artist is mild and minor and is protected by free speech. I am here voluntarily so asking that libelous statements about me posted on this board be removed is just my way of expecting everyone to adjust to my view of the world. Spam is a bigger problem than defamation. Yours is a funny world barto, that I think I want no part of.

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Sorry, based on recent personal experience I have to respectfully disagree. I PMed Mat as well as 'Alerted Moderator' about two posts in another thread on this forum nearly twelve hours ago which call me an admitted con-artist. That is libel but it is still there for everyone reading this forum to see. IMO if Mat was doing a good job that post would be gone by now. I guess you consider attacks mild if they are aimed at someone else?

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I think complaints about minor attacks are part of the problem. Saying someone is a con-artist without any supporting proof is just a throw away line, like calling someone stupid or a moron. Happens all the time. To make it into an issue of "libel" is over the top.

I expect Mat looked at the posts at your request and moved on to more serious issues. He did the right thing. A request to delete a post is not a guarantee that it will be deleted. I think Mat appreciates this and has good judgement.

Draconian moderation will kill the forum quicker than anything else.

If you post in a "troll" thread, and all threads on moderation are troll threads, you must expect mild attacks and get over it. I accept any attacks on me in this thread if they come because it is a thread one would expect trolls to post in. I've been attacked, big deal, so what else is new? Should I have run crying to Mat? I think not.

The over reaction to minor attacks is what encourages the trolls to continue. Over reaction invites them to target the thin skinned, thats how they get their jollies.

You are a volumtary participant in this forum, you can't expect everyone to adjust to your view of the world because you have arrived.

The moderator is there to take care of big problems, not to babysit a bunch of adults.

I have yet to fail to find threads of interest to me every day. I appreciate the fact that even the trolls make threads with a subject line that alerts me to skip over it, unless I have time to read nonsense.

Must we all bend to the dictates of the most easily offended? or can we just allow free speech to blossom with all its warts?

(Mat does take care of the stuff worse than the warts of course, like spam and racial bigotry)

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