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Sorry. I try not to be contentious but do bristle a bit
We are all passionate about the subject. That's why we're here. So it's understandable if someone gets a bit of temper. No one is perfect all the time.
But as President, I feel I have a duty to engage in some moderation, despite my having absolutely no mod powers or authority to compel any type of behavior of enforce any sort of rule, so all I can do is suggest/remind my fellow members of the sort of tone we want to promote when I believe that things have gotten a bit too heated.
I trust that you admonished the member I was responding to as well?
After reading the above, I hope you realize that I'm walking a very fine line here. I have no official mod powers, and usually, even asking other posters to change their tone is considered acting as a mod which is against the rules but I have gotten a provisional OK from the mods to do that if I tread lightly, so I'm only going to do so when I feel it's truly called for.
As far as the other poster goes, his post suggests that the policy you're pushing for would lead to feudalism and a denial of civil rights. That is a criticism of your policy and not your person. Though I would like to see less heated rhetoric from everyone, what he said was not personal (ie an attak on your character or your personality, etc). That's where I was drawing the line.
I hope you can understand my position and I appreciate your cooperation in the matter as well as you not getting all worked up because I suggested you tone down.