Some people are such big meanies!

[Brad and Vika 129]

Also, if mox can't bait or insult other vjers (and that is fine), mods should not be able to do it either. Just saying.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

Bullying doesn't change the process.

it does if it's a mod doing it

then we can claim black is white and down is up, and everyone is supposed to nod and smile...

[Kathryn41 3,205]

The thread involved has been reported to Captain Ewok and we can see what he decides about it. That being said, sometimes it is hard when you are the only mod on line at the time and you try to make the best decision you can under the circumstances. If there had been someone else available I am sure Charles would have happily referred the thread to their attention. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. Even Captain Ewok has been known to have to work and sleep at times (I know, ridiculous, isn't it, to have a life outside of VJ ) and sometimes responses are not as quick as we would like them to be. It would be great if we could come up with the perfect responses at the perfect time all the time, but unfortunately, I honestly don't see that happening. We do the best we can and sometimes, maybe it isn't enough. So, I think the ideal thing to do now is to let Captain Ewok handle things.

btw Ovaltine Jenkins, I also responded to your PM. You may not have been ignoring the proper process, but Mox certainly was.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

...sometimes it is hard when you are the only mod on line at the time and you try to make the best decision you can under the circumstances. If there had been someone else available I am sure Charles would have happily referred the thread to their attention...

because I guess when Ewok asked Charles NOT to moderate Mox, he just meant 'sometimes'

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

I'm sorry....am I the only one still waiting for an answer (like a deer in the headlight) to why the thread "I married a woman, not a country" was closed???? I must be....

Edited February 27, 2010 by Joe & Nadya

[Ovaltine Jenkins 5]

Yes, why was it closed?

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

sometimes it is hard when you are the only mod on line at the time and you try to make the best decision you can under the circumstances. If there had been someone else available I am sure Charles would have happily referred the thread to their attention. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

sure. Instead he has chosen to poke Mox.

That doesn't call for impartiality.

[slim 1,519]

I'm with the mods on this one. Plain and simple, mox violated TOS, and you can only do that for so long before it catches up with you. Usually they're good about giving a "gentle warning" and if you continue to violate it - especially blatant violations - then you will be locked and thrown out.

Some of the stuff is funny and yes, we have a more liberal "interpretation" of the TOS here in the RUB forum. But, blatant violations of TOS have never been tolerated anywhere.

Quite frankly, I'd love it if we kept all the juvenile TOS-line-toeing posts in the Off Topic forum. That's where they belong anyway. This forum is for rich old bald guys with smokin-hot wives, pie and guns. Period.

[SMR 368]

I'm with the mods on this one. Plain and simple, mox violated TOS, and you can only do that for so long before it catches up with you. Usually they're good about giving a "gentle warning" and if you continue to violate it - especially blatant violations - then you will be locked and thrown out.

Some of the stuff is funny and yes, we have a more liberal "interpretation" of the TOS here in the RUB forum. But, blatant violations of TOS have never been tolerated anywhere.

Quite frankly, I'd love it if we kept all the juvenile TOS-line-toeing posts in the Off Topic forum. That's where they belong anyway. This forum is for rich old bald guys with smokin-hot wives, pie and guns. Period.

Well, I actually found the thread to be interesting on the level of cultural adaptation and international family relationships. The conversation wasn't exactly civil the whole time, but I actually felt it was going somewhere. I definitely feel like it was out of line to close the thread. Yeah, Mox violated the TOS by reopening the thread, but I think Charles was out of line to start that.

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

I'm with the mods on this one. Plain and simple, mox violated TOS

I agree with you Slim, he did violated the TOS the 2nd, 3rd and 4th time...not the 1st one though

[slim 1,519]

Hold on... going back to re-read.

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

Hold on... going back to re-read.

don't waste your time.

By the way... Captain Ewok

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...44125&st=45

[slim 1,519]

Seems it's back open now.

It looked to me like charles! (who we all know gets along with mox about as well as VV) posted a warning to the extent of "tone it down" and was not only brushed off, but told to stfu. Now, realizing that's just how they play together, it's not that big of a deal but a few posts later when the "debate" of the thread - which was about cultural dislikes (always a TOS gray-area in and of itself) - continued to be infused with low points instead of "debate" the thread was closed.

Blatantly reopening a thread that's been posted as "do not reopen" is a direct violation of TOS and subsequent suspension follows.

Whether or not you agree with why the thread was locked, it was locked, and it was locked because of TOS violations.

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

Seems it's back open now.

It looked to me like charles! (who we all know gets along with mox about as well as VV) posted a warning to the extent of "tone it down" and was not only brushed off, but told to stfu. Now, realizing that's just how they play together, it's not that big of a deal but a few posts later when the "debate" of the thread - which was about cultural dislikes (always a TOS gray-area in and of itself) - continued to be infused with low points instead of "debate" the thread was closed.

Blatantly reopening a thread that's been posted as "do not reopen" is a direct violation of TOS and subsequent suspension follows.

Whether or not you agree with why the thread was locked, it was locked, and it was locked because of TOS violations.

so, just because Mox and Charles don't play well together, the thread must be closed?

[Joe_&_Nadiya 1]

See what you started Brad?!?!?!

You darn, devil you..