
Originally Posted by
Norellicus
Eh, I still think it's doable, it's just hard to write it out in such a way that you can stand by your rules and clearly point to the reasons for an infraction. Since the mods are effectively judge, jury, and executioner, I can see the danger.
Personally I get a kick out of most arguments, even dumb ones. It's fun to see either a) a Vajra get his retardism beaten with a stick or b) an actual discourse between two opposing sides, even if neither side is particularly right or horribly well thought out.
It's the horribly polarized people who motivate even the most slightly related topics to their platform (Neosutra) that drive me up a wall. I still remember the thread that led me to put Neosutra on perma-ignore, it was some news post that was more fascinating science than religi-political bullshit and like the third post was a three paragraph SEE THIS IS WHY CHRISTIANITY IS RETARDED from him. I raged pretty hard and then decided rather than add more fuel to his fire I'd just leave him be from then on.
So yeah, I'm probably a little biased in the matter, and the aforementioned lack of moderating scope doesn't help.