Originally Posted by: Jon BroderickThe moderators thought it would be courteous to specifically reply to your message so that you would have an idea of what we are doing. We weren't aware I was being lured into an argument.

It's ironic that you threaten to quit in the middle of a discussion of whether or not we are going to kick you out. But if you want to leave, that would be fine.

I don't think the primary intent was to get you or anyone else into an argument, more so to make our feelings on the situation known. At least that's how I'm approaching it. Personally, I don't think the problem is as big as it's being made out to be.

But then again (unless my assumptions are wrong) I'm also one of the people that is being scoped as a regular that makes jokes and nothing else. So of course I'm not going to see it as a problem since all I'm doing is what comes naturally. And what you're essentially doing is asking me to change what comes naturally. You're asking me to alter my personality to match what you wish it to be. Like one would do in a relationship with a significant other. Compromise.

Well, personally I don't really feel comfortable with altering who I am for other people. I wouldn't take away my sense of humor if a girl asked me to, and I'm not going to because you've asked me to. I'm not always trying to crack jokes even though people find them funny. It's just the nature of the way I word things. In the Iowa thread, I wasn't trying to make anyone laugh. I was being serious. I mean, think about it. Iowa is like Idaho. It's not exactly a landmark place, so I wasn't exactly expecting the number of members in Iowa to rival that of say, Californians. I'm sorry if you thought that was out of context, but I was just telling everyone what I thought.

I'm not trying to butt heads. I'm just expressing my side of things. As a person that regulates this forum and has formed a friendship with a number of the people here, I don't find it much at all to ask to speak my mind, especially when it's something as intense as this.

I don't disagree with the notion to add some rules, but if we're using the Iowa thread as an example on what you're trying to eliminate, then that seems drastic, especially considering there were mods involved in that as well. So, I hold the stance I last had. Call the shots as you will.