rawbone8
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Hello, I'm a mod.
What's more I'm a new mod.
I wasn't here for the initial calamity, so I missed the emotional upheaval.
I don't have psychic powers either, I can't speak for the other mods but I suspect that they are similarly lacking.
Issues come up and I'll ask myself, "How will the board react?" In this instance we were lucky enough to have a previous reaction to this exact same question. Alex8, Rawbone8, both of you voiced your thoughts on the first page quite clearly.
http://www.lpsg.org/et-cetera-et-cetera/24198-e-mail-from-jacinto.html?highlight=E-mail+from+Jacinto
Is there some way by which we are devine when you have changed your minds?
Adding to the original issue is that he snuck back on. Now I know there are many members quick to note when a banned member has crawled back under the wire and call for a quick dismissal. Should we let them all back in?
Put them all up for vote? God bless the popularity contest.
For those who are not familiar with the original story, saying that he killed his ID is a little over simplified. Chrysalis killed an ID and emerged with a new ID and an explanation. DMW, who had spent 8 yrs developing very close relationships with other members, opened seperate accounts (plural) to announce that that the person, not just an ID but the person, everyone had grown to love was dead. This isn't merely an unfunny April foolsday joke.
Imagine if you will your best friend using a voice modulator to call you and tell you that he was lost at sea. Think you'd be torn up a bit? How do you think you'd feel a few months later when you learned it was a hoax. Think you'd be mad?
I think some on this thread are taking an unfair stance.
Lex, I'd like to direct you to the last passage of post #50. It was posted by a very intelligent man.
There will be no witch hunt for who already knew about his presence here, but I would like to say any who have known about it and had the gall to seek moderator assistance in their own personal cause ought to be ashamed of themselves. Wear your hypocrisy with pride.
I'm here for my amusement.
Last year when I, like many others, felt some shock and witnessed others who had formed relationships with DMW go into very intense grieving, I felt upset, but relatively like a bystander. I didn't lose a friend. I had little invested. He contributed as a very popular persona, largely because of his ability to amuse. I never gave a fuck if he was not a 33 year old Cuban ex-stripper. It's a naive construct to expect that everyone on this forum is in reality the person they portray in their posts. I was very upset by the way his awful lack of judgement and consideration led him to orchestrate an intensely upsetting departure. Many felt gravely hurt and some left the board as a result. Time passes and wounds or abrasions heal.
Spoogesicle caught my eye because of his posting style, not as a result of me being a pal who was let in on the game. We are not close at all. I challenged him privately, got enough of a confirmation to satisfy my curiousity, and left it at that. I felt my anger in March, and blasted him then, but am open enough to forgive when I feel ready for it.
If we look at his posting history as Spoogesicle it's been a much more humble, down to earth approach than that of DMW. The wit and playfulness has been there. I can say he fits my criteria for usefulness here. He's intelligent and amusing.
I think the fact he came back without permission may irk the admins, because it is disrespectful. Beyond that, when I see someone I know and like such as Spladle or Danny here on the sly I will keep my thoughts to myself. I favour some folks over others, and over the rules because I see no harm in it, and it fits my agenda for amusement.
I know I could never be a moderator.