Hi I'm not trying to change the way staff observes posters on help forums. I'm just saying there's always two sides to every story, and you should listen to both sides before you make the decision to ban them before you hear their side. Now that will cause me problems here on TS, but what you see is what you get. I am who I am. That's the only way I know. There are also rules here on TS and you need to obey them. I will mess up occasionally and hopefully my posts will be deleted and hopefully addressed by staff and we will move on . That's my 2 cents tonight.. I can't believe I'm still awake tonight.
There are elephants in the room you're ignoring. The biggest, fattest one, is the fact they've basically already heard
"your side of the story".
That happened when you hit,
"post reply".
The second elephant, is you taking credit for taking this thread off topic. If anybody took it, "off topic", it was me. But if you think about it, the topic simply begged to go down the rabbit hole I chose to enter. "Poop for dinner again, dear"? Said the Muskonaut to his wife., and so forth. Which by the way,
"Muskonaut", Wiyosaya gets full credit for that one liner.
The third elephant is the fact that, the policies you're espousing, are already in place. If someone makes a bad post, it's removed, and a member's direct reply to it is removed as well.
Now, neither you nor I can constantly start nonsense threads, or post constant cheer leading, back slapping doggerel, concerning your goals for yourself, or the site. It doesn't belong to you or I, it belongs to Julio France. He's been successful at piloting it for many years, and I have no doubts he'll be able to do so for many more years, without your help
Which leads me to the following conclusion, you're a
manic-depressive,
you're extremely lonely, you have a constant need to be at the center of attention, but can't figure out how to craft a plan to go with your goals. All of which have an extremely high annoyance factor. You've already been forgiven for all of those forgoing traits, but I sincerely doubt that will happen again.
Please consider the little,
"time out" you were given, as a
last warning, and the need for such action in the future,
will likely result in a permanent ban.
The main point you simply cannot grasp, is that this "News & Comments", is first an Op-Ed forum, but beyond that, it's an internet gathering place where people can talk, laugh, and socialize. You can't expect to be taken "seriously" about your goals, when there are really no goals to achieve. And as for the "tech help forums", you need to be qualified to help before you can help. But you need to be qualified on your own, and not here trying to recruit others to do it for you.
Now that I know your age, I can safely speculate about, and forgive the fact you may even be getting a bit doddy. No harm, no foul, it's happens to all of us in time. It's not until it interferes with your ability to communicate and get along with others, that it becomes an issue.
Now please consider this post carefully, and accept it as an observation and some suggestions going forward. It's not a put down, I'm just holding up a proverbial mirror, for you to reflect in.
