Mike-
My responses were to a PM I forwarding to all three of you this morning, where an assumed friend of snakemaster24's said to me, and I'm quoting, "You are an idiot." It was well beyond inflammatory posting, and into the realm of distinct name-calling.
Dean-
I understand your point, and yes, my statement about a "snot-nosed kid" could be argued either way. My major problem with Susan's response to my PM is not that she feels I may have crossed a line somewhere, but that she all but gave this kid permission to call me an idiot in her response to him. To clarify:
Susan said:
I would highly recommend that you simply ignore this kid who is obviously a friend of snakemaster24 (both are 14, both live in Virginia, ThomasH joined as soon as the problems started in that thread, he has never made a single post, I checked IP addresses and they are different, but it could still be David at a friend's house). Remarks said to you are along the same lines as your own posts so IMO, you've reaped what you've sown and I wash my hands of the whole mess. No major rule infractions have been made, IMO, so until they are made, I don't need to get further involved.
Susan
Copies of this have been sent to ThomasH and the other mods.
tyflier said:
ThomasH said:
Youre arrogance is your biggest downfall. Never once have I said you were wrong, aside from your "fact" about Lyresnakes having never caused a death.
If there's such a case than prove it through links. David DID cite his resources and was right, you are just an idiot. You don't even know what an LD50 is. AHAHAHAHAHA!
TBH
I am forwarding this to the three of you. I responded and sent a copy of this PM along withy my response to Dean, and also have forwarded a copy of my response here:
Nice. LD50 is "Lethal Dose 50" which is the mean average dose of enzymatic venom used to describe lethality. LD50 is considered a lethal dose...fatal....the copperhead rating your buddy cited.
You want information on envenomation and venom properties of colubrids? Here:
http://www.wemjournal.org/wmsonline...&issn=1080-6032&volume=015&issue=02&page=0082
Be aware I am forwarding your PM to the moderators...
Thanks guys. I know your job is hard enough, but this time, I'm gonna take the high road and just send it to you, instead of going back and forth with this kid...
I'm sorry, but in no way do I agree that any post I made in this topic is even remotely "along the same lines" as being called an idiot. And on top of that I come to the topic, and read threats of banning. That's simply uncalled for. Especially when you consider that the last few posts I made were an effort to reconcile with David, and an effort to help him understand where his attitude caused the problems, not his information.
Lines WERE crossed when I was directly called an idiot. And I pointed it out. And the response I got seemed to confirm what ThomasH said as true...
from a moderator. Susan may as well have given him permission and congratulated him for calling me an idiot. And calling me an idiot is a DIRECT violation of the rules of the forum...not semantics and diplomacy.
Sorry...that's not anywhere near what has transpired in this thread. It's not similar, it's not along the same lines, and it cannot be construed any other way. Saying "You're an idiot" is not even close to the statement I made as a generality. There is a difference between "walking a line" and "crossing the line". Sure...many of us "walk the line" in a good number of these debates. But blatantly crossing the line deserves reprimanding, not congratulations, and
especially not congratulations from a moderator...