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Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by scott_s on Thursday November 22, 2018 @05:09PM (#18512891)
Codified laws are always interpreted by judges. Our legal system is not a computer program; humans are in the loop, and that is a feature, not a bug.
Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by wild_preference on Thursday November 22, 2018 @04:41PM (#18512754)
It's a forum with two moderators, not a civilization with a multi-tiered court justice system to interpret the laws.

You're going to have to live with that.

If you disagree so much, maybe it's time to go somewhere else and spare the rest of us from your permanent, belabored grudge. Like, boo hoo. Seriously. Hopefully you find something else to spend your precious time on earth worrying about.

Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by anticensor on Thursday November 22, 2018 @05:17PM (#18512937)
Well, two active moderators (dang&sctb) and one administrator with unused moderative powers (pg).
Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by jlawson on Thursday November 22, 2018 @05:19PM (#18512939)
Some amount of randomness/inconsistency is to be expected for the reasons you're indicating. As you said, it's just some moderators, not a court system.

But, when that arbitrariness always, always favors one set of viewpoints and suppresses others according to content, then in becomes a problem. That's not randomness, that's bias.

Eg: Person A says controversial opinion X, person B counters with controversial opinion Y. This can lead to a flame war. But which controversial opinion gets censored? The one the mods disagree with. And the excuse it, to prevent a flame war. Which is valid. But it's always the same side of the discussion that gets silenced by power.

The pre-judged outcome really drains the life and value from a lot of the most enervating discussions around here. I'd rather have read "flamewar" (as long as it's not personal) than an enforced echo chamber.

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Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by wild_preference on Thursday November 22, 2018 @04:55PM (#18512817)
Notice how abstract you're getting trying to defend yourself. It's because you know it's unreasonable, so if you speak abstractly enough, you hope you can liken your little crusade here to some axiom of civilization. Maybe you think you're Rosa Parks.

That nobody else really cares will be a critical life lesson for you.

Re:Thank you to dang and sctb by otterley on Thursday November 22, 2018 @05:05PM (#18512864)
This isn't a public forum; it's a private one. If you don't agree with the opinions of the moderators or the culture here, you're welcome to build a competitive site.