Fie on me, then...no skin off my back. 
From Splades, it wouldn't have been venomous, just in very poor taste.
For those of us who knew him, sure. But for new posters not familiar with his style and who fell victim to his rants it's purely offensive. So I'll ask you to think about it again. Would the offense to Peniseur have affected her, not you or anyone else, her, any differently had it been Splades doing it?
The difference - and concurrently the point you're missing - is discretion...or rather your lack of (or obtuse refusal to use) it. I know you're a smart girl...I expected - and still expect - better from you.
And yet you didn't seem to have any problem taking the unilateral action of silencing the discussion thread...it just doesn't follow that you can singlehandedly squelch a protest involving several members, yet you can't sanction one complete fucking asshole that any moron could see rightly deserves it.
It does follow actually. A harassment thread either is or isn't. Names the target. Check. OP to the target's detriment. Check. It's an harassment thread. It meets the standard, we already know what's to be done, we don't need a discussion prior to doing it. The same way we don't require discussion prior to banning minors. You need to be 18 years of age or older to post here. A member either is or isn't. Simple.
Conduct in threads is a different matter. It should have more than one person involved in the decision to prevent one moderator's possible bias from influencing the action taken. I'll remind you again that you were all too happy to tout this very reason yourself the last time you got on my case for my moderating actions.
You can not argue that I have no right to post at all then argue in an identical situation (sole mod online) that I should ban someone without moderator discussion first. Because
that does not follow.
He was sanctioned, the deleted thread and the continued fuss here from you is because you're not satisfied to the
degree he was sanctioned.
You want to talk about discretion? Try practicing some yourself.
I was at the mall with a friend the other day and couldn't resist trying some orange chicken at the food court. She only gave me two scoops and I thought there was room on the plate for at least one more. I could have stomped my feet, I could have expressed my disappointment with the portion. I could even have held up the plate for the entire food court to see and asked if they thought it was adequately dispensed. However I realized that the establishment has it's own guidelines on portion sizes put in place for it's own reasons. I also understood that, discretion being the better part of valor, that by making a spectacle of myself over perfectly understandable portions I would only look like a raving fool. So I kept my mouth shut, paid for my food and enjoyed my orange chicken. It was delicious. Even though it wasn't as much as I'd have liked.
I am a smart girl, so I'll tell you this. If the "better" you expect of me is that I do precisely what you want, when you want and how you want it then you may expect, now and in future, to be disappointed.
