Phil, apparently you have been elected spokesman for the moderators on this issue. And they all agree that the rules as written and as interpreted are totally inflexible. That the wishes of board members are not to be considered once you have made your collective decision. My concern is that the health of this forum has suffered because a decision was made in anger. You picked the fight with Hatrack. You got pissed. He got banned. Fermi got banned because he was caught up in the middle. An innocent bystander, so to speak.
Moderators, in my opinion, should remain moderate. Much like the cheap shot you just took at Issodhos (and Irked) you were firing away at the Senator and calling one of his political heroes(former President Reagan) a murderer. At this point a moderator should have stepped in, instead the moderator at hand threw fuel on the fire and everyone got burned.
You are making many assmptions without any evidence. The deliberations of Moderators is private and will not be discussed here.
I will say that I never act as a Moderator when I am personally involved.
