Lizzie -
I received a private message about the fact that I had publicly warned Wyatt about getting personal on this thread, while I hadn't warned you. I was accused of employing a double standard in enforcing the thread rules.
The person who wrote quoted this line from the post I'm responding to:
"Many people admire Steve Jobs, thats a fact Wyatt, and almost nobody admires you! Sorry, thats just reality. :-p"
I had thought that remark was a lighthearted joke, and pointed out the emoticon at the end as evidence. I was told that the ":-p" emoticon is "sticking your tongue out" and "the equivalent of flipping somebody the bird."
I don't know whether you were serious or not, but in either case, the bit I quoted above does cross the line.
I note that just a few posts before you posted that, Wyatt said this to you: "The best I can say is that you never fail to disappoint." Thus, I can see that you were provoked. But I still would like to ask you to please not engage in personal attacks on this thread.
I do want to enforce the rules fairly here. Of course, since I am only human, and because people may differ on what constitutes fairness, I will never be able to please everyone. But I will try.
- Allen |
