I would like to put in a vote of confidence to the moderator team for their integrity. While not every single thing I've asked for has been granted, I must say that it has all, nonetheless, been fair. In specific, two personal examples in the past give me confidence that a flexible, situationally specific rule can be enforced with integrity and restraint:

I can vouch for the moderators giving you the benefit of the doubt. Once, in the Off-Topic Babbling forum, I posted a remark that, while innocent on my side, could have been read rather badly from a certain point of view. Once it was pointed out, and I explained the innocent origin of the remark, ToSeek retracted the warning but encouraged me to think about unintended interpretations. I can only describe this as completely fair.

Also, on another occasion, in the CT forum, I was posting about an incident that had happened in the Army, and as any former serviceman or woman can tell you, once you start reminiscing, certain terminology can spontaneously re-enter your vocabulary that you would normally not use. Tinaa spotted this, realized it was out of character and probably not intentional, and graciously PM'd me, pointing this out. Horrified, I immediately changed the word in question. The situation was taken care of without a beating. Again, I can only describe this as completely fair. It was handled in private, the mod tried to give me the benefit of the doubt, and all was well.

As a mod on another board (video game related), I know what a task moderating can be, and have to give a big thumbs-up to the mod team here.

SAMU, your continued persual of that issue, where you were indeed in the wrong and had ample opportunity to correct it, verges on slander and is also very inappropriate to the discussion. The rules charge you to take this matter up, in private, with a mod or admin should you feel justice has yet to be served. This thread is simply the wrong place to do so.

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