Freiya, this is a simple salient fact: regular Mods have no power to ban anybody, period,... This action is reviewed by Supers and Admin., discussed, and most important, a given members history, good and/or bad, is taken into full account,... It may sound and feel satisfying to flame and blame the Mods, but the reality is such actions are outside the scope of our 'powers" and duties,... believe me, there is plenty of differing opinion amongst the entire staff, there no sycophants or posers,... the person in question here has been on the radar several times before, and much has been let slide,... ( only really grievous violations of the terms, which every member agrees to as actual members, will get somebody bounced immediately).... but after a certain point there is no more slack, rightfully so,...*** vendors get no special treatment either... if you knew the fine folks in Admin., especially Aunty Mossy, for whom this site was made, you'd trust in their integrity... stuff like all-- this-- pains her, literally,... I'm no chest beater myself either... look me up-- you'll find no war drums beating in my camp! I only comment when things become utterly distorted .. :no: comments like this are exactly what I mean... opine all you want, that's fine, but do not accuse blindly, making sweeping negative generalizations about all of us,.. and bring pain to our founder,....
I apologize if my post came off that way. I also wasn't trying to make sweeping generalizations about you. I was just asking a question and making a point. Tangs attitude toward anyone who doesn't scream from the roof top about GN just came off a bit weird. I understand a lot of what you are saying about past stuff being factored in and what not but the fact remains. Even if he was questionable in the past he still didn't do anything wrong in that thread to push him over the line so to speak.
I don't have a life, I sit here and read this forum all day. I go back page after page after page reading journals from 3 years ago just because I love to read about the stuff. I end up reading a lot of posts from a lot of different people. I never thought gloom came off that way but everyone entitled to their opinion as this is a forum where opinions get posted. At the end of the day thats all I'm arguing about. People should be able to post their opinion without fear of getting banned. Obviously if you flame others and break the rules then thats different but no such thing was done in glooms case. ^_^