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Originally posted by longsuffering@Nov 4 2004, 08:16 PM
Am I the only one who is concerned by what seems to be a personal attack being made on a forum member by a moderator, apparently with the full support of the site owner/administrator?
Talk about using the bully pulpit!
It is not, or ever, appropriate to dig out a 3 year old email, then post it on a message board in an attempt to ridicule someone you dont' agree with, or have a personal difference with. It's much, much worse when a moderator does it.
Cow, you and I have our differences, but you've crossed the line with this thread.
Bingo, I respect you and what you've made of this board, but even you have gotten too personal in your attacks against Lanny.
If anyone else other than Cowperson had posted an ancient, and if I understand, private email in order to mock another forum member, I'm quite certain it would have been pulled and the poster warned.
In this case, because of his 'status' on this board, Cowperson has been able to do what no one else would have been permitted to do.
I think that's wrong.
Bingo, I'd suggest you look at this thread with a dispassionate eye and consider whether it should remain on the board.
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You would have a valid complaint if Lanny hadn't dared me to post it, even if he's in denial about it.
"What ever turns you on Cow. Toss it out there if it makes you feel better." - Lanny MacDonald.
Lanny also knew the contents of it beforehand and he knew exactly what I would say about it beforehand as we had an exchange privately about it a week ago.
There were zero surprises for him in this thread. None at all.
Period. End of discussion. Trying to zip around those facts isn't going to work.
By the way, since we moved to the new format, I haven't bothered to ask what the password is for the Moderator handle so I'm a little out of the loop on that. In case you hadn't noticed, moderators shut down some threads I was in regarding the Martin Gelinas non-goal. Apparently I was arguing past the point of irritation.
Did you even read my post? Or skim it? - Five Hole
I found your post illuminating and intelligently stated. Sucked it all in like a sponge. What is it with "ad hominum attacks" anyway? Geezus, talk American!! (Just kidding). Or was that an ad hominum attack?
What I've seen in your two posts is an observation on your part that Lanny frequently engages in abrupt, unprovoked and highly personal attacks with anyone who happens to cross his path, which might explain his banishment at Hockey's Future and cautions where ever else he turns up.
In addition, what I heard you say in your two posts is your belief this thread is similar in nature to a typical Lanny attack, even though Lanny openly invited the thread - dared me in fact - and knew ahead of time the contents.
In other words, he can't claim to be surprised or offer an assertion the thread was unprovoked.
Similar? I was amusing myself by jabbing him privately for a week until he unexpectedly threw out an invite to show the world.
He seems to be having second thoughts.
it doesn't seem like you're too far above them either
I don't recall putting myself on a pedestal above Lanny in any way shape or form.
In fact, earlier in this thread I wrote that he was down in the muck with the rest of us. Equals like. NOW.
I also defended his right to change his mind in case you hadn't noticed.
Cowperson