Originally posted by Manjana
Many of us have their experience with that both rules. It is always a point of wantage of the 'board nannies' (isn't my thing, but it isn't a very nice word even if it is said by an Admin.. it sounds so devaluing, but it was't meant or?) if the poster may or if they say something against it.
Far be it from me to put words in Death's mouth, but had I used that term, I would certainly have meant it to be devaluating. It's one thing to complain to Admin/Moderators about something being wrong, and it's entirely another to take the law into your own hands.
(*extreme analogy time*)
Similarly, if you kill somebody because you saw him kill someone, you
are a murderer, and you deserve to be punished the same way he would have been.
I also had things and also a confrontation about a thing which all moderators/ admins ignored but one really was agry about. There I asked myself whether they'll always find an equal line which all follow. But so they just say something if it goes very much against the rules or if they have something against the poster.
We always try to do what is right. Often, this means that we will ignore minor "crimes" even though they're against the rules, simply because we know from experience that they're not likely to explode into something bigger. At other times, we can see that what seems relatively minor can explode into something much bigger.
So please explain to me, what are we supposed to do? When we enforce the rules to the letter, people accuse us of being too strict. But when we don't, people accuse us of being biased. Be fair - you can't have it both ways.
And just so you know, I really hate it when people suggest that I did or didn't do something because I "have something against the poster". It's insulting.