This is my final contribution to this thread.
Note to self: Try not to get on Blue Velvet's bad side (or get off it as soon as possible, if I'm already there!)
Ha, dont worry. Im little more than a bitchy troll and a shameless arsehole, which is why I feel so confident in identifying and pinning down others who are just the same. It takes a thief to catch a thief, one to know one, after all.
More seriously, though, this thread is a textbook case of hubris. Knowing that this thread will be forever linked to the OP and that it might even provoke further discussion, if anyone thinks it's a splendid idea to challenge the entire team three admins, several moderators and once, the involvement of Arn to put your record and private correspondence in the public domain, then expect someone who is not involved, like me or anyone else with a big mouth, to come and stomp all over it. Ive been relatively gentle and merciful. I said:
Ill leave the dissection of it for others.
Meaning that I really felt I couldnt go there, because I felt embarrassed on behalf of the OP to see that hed written things to the team, like:
What really pisses me off is that some childish moderator (probably much younger than me)
and:
Therefore, I hereby demand
I mean, Im not sure what kind of lawyer goes into any form of adjudication trying to win minds and hearts with this kind of attitude and Im quite sure that no-one here would want someone like this to represent them.
If I or anyone else had continued in this vein, since the OPs moderation record is out there for public consumption and feedback, anybody could even treat this as a quasi-moderator thread and weigh in, discussing the OPs record in detail, in the third person, in public,
as if theyre really not there.
So, its a useful lesson to others, I think, in case anyone feels like pulling a similar stunt. And dont get me wrong; Im not automatically on the mods side of things and have vented at them before they hate me, really, and try to ignore me but this kind of thread, especially when it comes to light that the OP has been presenting a different account of events than what has actually occurred, and then takes it to the brink, is too juicy to pass up.
In a genuine spirit of goodwill, if I personally was
BRLawyer at this point, realising that Id backed myself into a corner, Id scrape up what little self-awareness I had and politely contact an administrator, Ann or Q perhaps, ask them to lock the thread, or move it into the moderator's forum, so that its no longer an easy public target.
Id then take a few weeks off from MacRumors and enjoy other things in life, because Cupertino is not waiting to read my posts
and then Id return at some later point when its all blown over and start posting again, bearing in mind the advice Id been given.
Enjoy your weekends, everyone.
