I didn't intend to post again here, but now I have no choice I guess...
This is the kind of statement that just kills any desire I have to be sociable on this site.
I have a friend (he is on my friends list, and I am on his) whom I am unable to contact, because he has disabled all private and visitor messages from his profile page. (He probably did this after being annoyed by thoughtless people).
Though I do not owe anyone an explanation, I will give one anyway. If you look at Mr. gravyslime's 'location' in his profile, you will see the title and first line of a Maria Muldaur song (google it, if you'd like). I simply quoted to my friend the second line of the song. I thought he'd get a laugh out of it. I also wished him a nice day. And lastly, I put my message in an appropriate sub-forum - this one here called 'Random'.
How any of this could be construed as 'trolling', I have no idea.
I talked about trolling because this thread came out of the blue, with a really unusual topic, and as I said I didn't see a problem from my point of view, which was wrong in fact. I just wanted to tickle you a bit, and you react as if I insulted you or your friend.
I tried to make a serious statement first (that you seem to ignore now), plus a final joke because I didn't get the full picture of the opening message.
As you claim to be a good friend of gravyslime, I would say that you should have other means to communicate with him. There are surely places in the sections you have common interests, to have some direct communication.
So if gravyslime has disabled all his private communications, are you gonna post a thread everytime you need to tell him something?
Mr. elgringo14, I feel that your response to this thread was thoughtless and unkind, and I don't appreciate it. And since you are a moderator, I will probably receive an infraction, or worse be banned for this post. However, it would be unfair of you to consider yourself above criticism simply because of your position.
This is the kind of statement that just kills any desire I have to be a moderator on this site.
We have already enough problems on a daily basis, to not add with complains of moderators abusing their powers. I thought we were giving another impression.
You seem to take things seriously, this is just the internet. Giving an infraction for your post? Don't make me laugh. I take all criticism seriously, and try to be honest and fair with all members (except the spammers).
If I have hurt your sensibility with my joke tentative, I feel sorry about it.
I will neither respond to, nor defend myself again in this matter. I am done with it.
Good day to you ,sir.
I hope you read this at least. And the others, sorry to bother you.
gravyslime has still not replied to this thread...