Seems like a valid complaint to me in that I do not see anything in the discussion board rules that would cover this situation..ie...the fact that someone can insert a comment in a quoted post that may make it look like the person that made the original post also made the added statement to some people..I read the post and did not take it that you made that portion of the statement, but that Tom did....but then again that was just my perception and obviously someone could have seen it otherwise.
The "your rules" you mentioned are not my rules, the rules for the discussion boards are set by the owner, moderators only enforce them as best they can. In this case, I would suggest that you contact Peter (owner) via email [email protected] and ask him to address this issue. Rule #5 states that complaints about the administration of the boards are to be addressed by email..not on the boards.
As for your continued comments about Tom and the racist stuff....I am not going to address any of that other than to say that when someone notifies me as a moderator that a violation of the boards has occurred, I look at the post that is being complained about and then make my own judgement in accordance with the guidance given me by the owner as I am sure the other moderators do the same.
Note: As I have mentioned in another post here...I am no longer moderating this board...for just this reason that I am tired of reading all the bickering, slamming, etc that goes on this board and none of it has anything to do with fishing. It took less than 24 hours for this current bickering about race with posts that violate the rules to occur after the owner posted his request that you folks on this board help clean it up....my point has been made..thank you.
