[hyteckit]

Seriously. vmarks can't make rational moderator decisions and is blinded by the conservative leaning views.

He allows conservative to personally bash me, by calling me an @ss and half-intelligent or not smart enough to read. Yet he bans me for saying Captain Obvious is whiny, because it was a personal attack.

Now I get an infraction by vmarks for pointing out RAILhead's hypocrisy on regulations and oversight. That's also a personal attack.

No wonder why this forum has gone down the tubes.

Hey vmarks, why don't you just permanently ban me cause you are hurt by my opposing views. Did I hurt your feelings by disagreeing with you? Maybe I need to handle you with gloves in the political forum by not disagreeing with you too much or call others out on their hypocrisy?

Yes, I know you are doing this infraction thingy to incite me to post something that will get me permenantly banned. Go ahead vmarks. I'm sick of your crap anyway, vmarks.

[Railroader]

[brassplayersrock²]

Anyone know of a good skin thickener?

[Simon]

I must say it's surprising that only people considering themselves liberal complain about vmarks. A sign of fair moderation is usually that everybody complains.

That said, the problem could be solved on the spot if the Lounge were just deleted altogether. Should have happened ages ago IMHO.

[Sayf-Allah]

Originally Posted by hyteckit 

Seriously. vmarks can't make rational moderator decisions and is blinded by the conservative leaning views.

He allows conservative to personally bash me, by calling me an @ss and half-intelligent or not smart enough to read. Yet he bans me for saying Captain Obvious is whiny, because it was a personal attack.

Now I get an infraction by vmarks for pointing out RAILhead's hypocrisy on regulations and oversight. That's also a personal attack.

No wonder why this forum has gone down the tubes.

Agreed.

[Big Mac]

Another winner of a thread by hyteckit. Quick, he's imploding!

But if you loons ever do succeed in silencing vmarks, I'll bail out of the forums in protest. That's more incentive for you to try to target him, I suppose. Wait a second, hyteckit, are you being racist here by targeting vmarks? Hey, what's good for the goose, right?

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Simon 

I must say it's surprising that only people considering themselves liberal complain about vmarks. A sign of fair moderation is usually that everybody complains.

Well, it's only libs complaining about vmarks because the conservatives here generally aren't a bunch of cry-baby pansies. I've had plenty of infractions given to me by vmarks over the years but you don't read about it here in feedback because I take it like a man.

That's the difference.

Originally Posted by Simon 

That said, the problem could be solved on the spot if the Lounge were just deleted altogether. Should have happened ages ago IMHO.

So, you want us to talk crap about boobies/bands/politics/pets/cars/whatever in the OS forum?

[residentEvil]

OS = Other S hit?

works for me!

[Laminar]

Oh, another one of these threads, huh. Cool.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Well, it's only libs complaining about vmarks because the conservatives here generally aren't a bunch of cry-baby pansies. I've had plenty of infractions given to me by vmarks over the years but you don't read about it here in feedback because I take it like a man.

Right. Because liberals are bad people ("cry-baby pansies") and conservatives are good people ("take it like men"). How could I have forgotten that the world is so simple?

So, you want us to talk crap about boobies/bands/politics/pets/cars/whatever in the OS forum?

Not at all. Actually I don't want to see the "crap" in the first place. I want MacNN Forums to be about the Mac (and related tech). I don't want to see politics, personal drama, and all the other social baloney on a tech board. Get your love at home. Not on the internet.

If it were up to me I'd shut down the Lounge and ban each and every member dragging OT politics into tech discussions. The best part of such a move would be that half the idiots here would leave immediately. Sure we'd have less posts and less posters, but also a whole lot less assholes.

[OreoCookie]

@everyone
Please calm down. Calling others racists, loons or cry babies is not going to end in a productive discussion.

@hyteckit
If you have specific problems, please take it to one of the admins. We'll listen.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Simon 

Right. Because liberals are bad people ("cry-baby pansies") and conservatives are good people ("take it like men"). How could I have forgotten that the world is so simple?

No. The simple fact of the matter is that everyone gets infractions. But I only seem to see the libs whining about them and accusing vmarks of bias.

I've had infractions off vmarks (my side of the fence). I've had infractions off Oreo (opposite side of the fence). Instead of whining about these infractions, I take it on the chin because both these mods are fair unbiased guys.
I suppose that to even things up I should start a thread in feedback about "teh lirbul bias mods!" every time Oreo gives me an infraction, eh?

Originally Posted by Simon 

Not at all. Actually I don't want to see the "crap" in the first place.

Well don't go into the lounge then.
Or ask a mod to ban you from it if you haven't the willpower to do it by yourself.

Originally Posted by Simon 

I want MacNN Forums to be about the Mac (and related tech). I don't want to see politics, personal drama, and all the other social baloney on a tech board. Get your love at home. Not on the internet.

If it were up to me I'd shut down the Lounge and ban each and every member dragging OT politics into tech discussions. The best part of such a move would be that half the idiots here would leave immediately. Sure we'd have less posts and less posters, but also a whole lot less assholes.

It's a forum for Macs. Macs, by their very nature, don't go wrong very often so generate less tech issues than a windoze box.
In order to keep the talent (i.e. the people who can help you with your problems when you have them) you have to provide somewhere for them to play until they're needed. Otherwise they leave and when your problem hits you, there's nobody left to help you with it.

[Demonhood]

i think the OP has the new record for saying "vmarks" in a post.

also, if we removed him as moderator, he wouldn't be able to complete your second request of having him ban you. you really should consider the logistics of it all.

[Laminar]

vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks

I believe I have that record now. I'll be awaiting my gold medal in the mail.

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks

Dammit, now you’ve got me trying to figure out a way to parse that into an actual sentence. You know, like the old “had had had had had had had had had had had had had had” one.

[Big Mac]

Originally Posted by Laminar 

vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks vmarks

I believe I have that record now. I'll be awaiting my gold medal in the mail.

Yeah, but I doubt anyone has broken my record for writing Barack Hussein Obama.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Well don't go into the lounge then.

Oh, I don't. Problem is, all the trash spills over into other places.

[Shaddim]

Originally Posted by Doofy 

Well, it's only libs complaining about vmarks because the conservatives here generally aren't a bunch of cry-baby pansies. I've had plenty of infractions given to me by vmarks over the years but you don't read about it here in feedback because I take it like a man.

Yup, that sums it up, I suppose. I've gotten infractions too, but I don't cry about them.

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Oisín 

Dammit, now you’ve got me trying to figure out a way to parse that into an actual sentence. You know, like the old “had had had had had had had had had had had had had had” one.

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Simon 

I must say it's surprising that only people considering themselves liberal complain about vmarks. A sign of fair moderation is usually that everybody complains.

That said, the problem could be solved on the spot if the Lounge were just deleted altogether. Should have happened ages ago IMHO.

Or the problem could be solved on the spot if mods that want to personally participate in PWL discussions take of the moderator hat. Why is this too much to ask for ?

This freaking conflict of interest has been allowed for too long.

-t