Okay.....so this is what this all about. First you made it about taking the thread off topic, then it was because Poorboy was asking a rhetorical question and not an "actual" question, and now its because I accused Layout of Trolling. So, not only do you speak for Poorboy and know what his intentions are, now you are defending Layout. He can't do that himself? You're a mod, he's a mod, if he took exception to my post that was directed towards HIM, let him take issue with it.
No, that's not what it's all about. It's all about precisely what I said it was all about. But it's what prompted me to speak up. Taking things off topic a tad during a normal conversation isn't a problem in and of itself, generally, until you go and start whining about someone trolling, who wasn't trolling at all, and by doing so you're trolling yourself. You never even gave any normal conversation a chance. It's hypocritical.
You have your hands full Turtle if your job is to babysit the other moderators.
Fortunately, that's not my job.
It was a simple question.
In another context, perhaps, but not in the context in which you asked it.
Lets face it, the GUY and the ISSUE are pretty much synonymous. Anyone who has been in the Soapbox, active or lurking, would know this.
Again, hypocritical. You and your Beck rants and your rants about how people in the Soapbox watch him are synonymous, yet you whined and whined when people pointed that out and used your posts from other threads to do so. You can't complain about something, and then turn tight around and do the same thing to someone else, and not get called on it.
Again, in my opinion they have become synonymous.
Nobody said you shouldn't have an opinion. You just need to voice your opinion within the constraints of civility and outside the bounds of hypocrisy.
And what in the h*ll is so wrong with that?
A basic concept you seem to have a hard time grasping. Once you confront the poster personally, rather than the issue, all intelligent discussion stops. It is no longer about making your case for the issue, it's about beating down your opponent. It serves no purpose to the discussion or to the community. That's what's so wrong with that.
Sorry, but when I read a post, especially one that has been debunked over and over again, and that same person has repeatedly made clear of his beliefs in the past, then yes, I will ask the poster what they believe. You know why, because it fascinates me. People that believe in conspiracy theories fascinate the h*ll out of me. That being said, even though this issue of the birth certificate should've been put to bed long ago, it obviously hasn't for some, and that just plain fascinates me. That is why I asked Poorboy the question. I truly did not know if he had changed his mind on the authenticity of the birth certificate or not, so I asked him.
Fine, then figure out a way to ask within the topic of the thread. If you hadn't already established a pattern of confrontation, and didn't admit to seeing nothing wrong with that, and didn't scream hypocrisy when you do it, none of this would have happened.
That one made me chuckle.
I figured it would.
Speaking of patterns, I would say this particular member definately has shown to have a pattern on this particular subject.
Again, does it matter? If it does, then you give up your right to whine some someone treats you the same way. Can't have it both ways.
You may want to try and refrain from the personal attacks there Mr. Moderator, its not very becoming of you.
There ya go, hypocrisy. I make an observation about your established pattern, and it's a personal attack. But it's OK for you to confront someone over what you observe to be a pattern with them.
Yeah.....I'm just flooding the admin by clicking on the "Report Post" requests and going into other forums in EO and bad mouthing other members. Oh the humanity.
Poor baby. It'll be OK.