As I recall, you completely lost your cool when I enquired as to whether you were Canadian after a post of yours on a legal issue. I thought the country of legal training was relevant to a post on a legal issue, and if not an important issue, then at least not offensive. I wondered how actual, proud Canadians felt when you recoiled at the question.
As I remember, it was “A$$”, “adults are talking here”, and “mrn”. (Although perhaps the “mrn” was from Grand Prix.)
May I point out AGAIN that the forum rules state that to the extent a poster has a “grievance” with another poster, they are ASKED to flag the posts and bring them to the attention of the mods INSTEAD of hashing out the grievance in the thread. So instead of calling me an A$$ and a MRN, why didn’t you report to the mods that I had enquired as to whether you were Canadian? Perhaps because it seemed unlikely the mods would consider such a question offensive?
My question as to whether speculating on posters’ identities was permitted was a genuine question, as I had not seen a prohibition in the posted rules. The impression that I had gotten from the self appointed moderators like Smoofox, you and Grand Prix was that speculating on identity was acceptable for anyone other than me because I was a newbie (more likely because I post stuff you disagree with), and it didn’t make sense to me that some were allowed to speculate and not others.
I think the flak I get does have a lot to do with me. I post straightforward, civil posts containing opinions the majority of posters disagree with. Other posters always have the choice of how they respond; either to 1) scroll on by, 2) respond to the substance of the post, 3) report it to the mods if you think it is offensive, 4) respond with insults, mockery, and foul language. If you choose option 4) please take responsibility for your choice.
If you want to imply or say straight out that I am a ninny for reporting offensive posts to the mods, go right ahead.
