Re: What NOT to ask on SH
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ReaperDriver</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Was it Abbott or Costello who said, " I'm A, BBAAAADDD Man.... " I always get those two confused.
It's still my favorite SH argument, the virulent hate of me and how I run this place with the need for the hater to stick around, coming back for more and more, while knowingly pushing my buttons in hopes of getting banned to <span style="font-style: italic">"prove their point beyond a shadow of a doubt".</span>
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There's no hate, frank, virulent or otherwise. And I'm not trying push your buttons to get banned to prove a point. I stick around because there are some really excellent people here with some great knowledge. I neither stay nor go based on a "threat" of being banned. Ban me again, if you want - or don't. But if you do, it would be interesting to know what "rule" I broke this time (or last) to warrant that. And <span style="font-style: italic">THAT </span>is my point. As I told your sidekick, mike - its your site and your rules. Do whatever you want. Just realize this site is NOT about <span style="font-style: italic">YOU</span>.
And and one more thing, frank... you might want to go back and read your own sig line. After your long ranting email to my friend, it appears you've forgotten your own words.
Peace. Let's get back to talkin' about guns, dammit!</div></div>
It's pretty simple actually and has been in place much longer than you, I started this site, I funded this site, and I make the rules. Dictatorship, you betcha, because in the end it is my ass on the line, not what you say, or what anyone else says, it's me they come after. When the DOJ wants to investigate someone, they subpoena me, not you, even if you replied to his post, and not me. I have to jump through hoops. When a company is upset by a comment of a member, they threaten me with a lawsuit, not you, even if you replied in his post although I might not have, they send the letter to my house on Sunday afternoon, not the offender's house, but mine. There are a host of other problems we have to answer that no else does, that you never see, he sold that item to his friend and not me even though I said I'll take it. He is following me around replying to my posts, and I don't like it, Maser is a jerk ban him even though he hasn't broken a rule, we just don't like him. The list is as endless as it is daily.
Ya, you probably shouldn't have been banned, but you pissed me off and caught me at a particular bad point in my week. It happens, I admit it. But i don't need people telling me how to run Sniper's Hide when they don't have a clue to what myself and the moderators put up with.
Do we have catch all phrasing so we dont' need a reason to ban someone, sure hell we do, and do we use it, sure as shit we do. People like you like to remind me about my signature, but frankly, it's not for me, it's for all of you. Because left to my own devices, with like minded individuals, I am quite pleasant to be around. But not everyone on here is like minded, some just want to sell their crap, others what to push a political agenda, still others want to make money off as many members as possible without giving back... so in order to keep the board moving in a positive direction we are required to enforce the rules.
Every year at Shot I talk with the owner of AR15.com, we are very friendly to each other and can laugh about something or other with a mutual understanding. I believe this year he told me that they employ over 250 moderators, we employ 5 including me... so do the math, and ask yourself why would a board need 5 moderators let alone 250 ?
Did you deserve to banned, probably not, but based on the fact you haven't let it go, I don't think I was too far off the mark. You're friend wanted to tango with me, which is never smart, I have very little patience for being told off by people who are enjoying what I built... Hate to break it too you, this place is more about me than you'll ever realize. Some people get it, others not so much, they think they have the right to be here, and deserve to be here because they bought a Remington 5R, besides this is the internet and it is free, not to mention America, with it's free speech, so two frees equal their right to do and say whatever they want.
Enjoy the site, I'll make sure "I" keep the lights on for another month for YOU.
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