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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charley, post: 7967678, member: 5372&quot;]THEN READ RULE 2, MODERATOR!</p><p>You are being disingenuous. You were the person that allowed, as a Moderator, members telling the OP to shut up, leave the forum, and question the mental health of the member, and comments about the OP family. You joined in with your belittling post.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t question the issue of use of a photo or non-use. I question, again, your choice to&nbsp; moderate&nbsp; impartially. YOU chose to belittle the OP, and YOU chose to support the calls by members for the OP to shut up and leave the forum, and and YOU chose to be snarky would the &quot;thou shalt not steal&quot; comment, and now you attempt to deflect your lack of equitable moderation by again avoiding&nbsp; your failure and trying to convince members it is about the Rules.</p><p><br /></p><p>Refresh your knowledge of the Rules, SPECIFCALLY RULE 2 , which you ignored, and by doing so, allowed the situation to continue. The OP said he would remove the the offending photo. The OP tried. The Op notified you he could not. Moderation removed it. Instead of reducing the climate, you decided to heat it up, by your own discourteous post and by not posting a simple comment that members can utilize the ignore feature or just not read the OP posts and opinions. No, you chose to ignore your responsibility as a Moderator. </p><p><br /></p><p>Enough deflection and lack of partiality and allowing the OP to be the receiver of personal attacks, as a Moderator.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is YOUR issue. I don&#039;t have any disagreement with the Rules. I have a disagreement with any person that exercises their authority unfairly. You did so. The OP posts about coins. The OP has a valid point...as I invited you to check via Google and the FBI&nbsp; website. How is it against any Rule? Th OP replies have been courteous.</p><p><br /></p><p>You describe the posts as ad nauseum. Very impartial, do you think? You used the &quot;Thou Shall Not Steal&quot; rude post. Very impartial, do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>The thread ran a full course. Members posted their opinions. You could have been done with this hours ago,&nbsp; as an impartial Moderator. What do you do? An hour after the last post, you decide to admonish 3 members.....members that voiced opinions of your lack of impartiality and your personal snarky comments toward the OP. You were grandstanding. You were wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Close the Thread. Or move it. Or erase the comments, but, try not to present a position that you are somehow the injured party and the entire &quot;problem&quot; was a photo, and you were just doing your job and upholding the Rules. Nonsense. Again, Rule&nbsp; 2. Again, I wonder if an Ideology of Division was at work.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may take any action you prefer as a Moderator concerning my posts. In doing so, ask yourself if your impartiality was lacking?&nbsp; I will state again....I despise abuse of authority by anybody, but especially when it is a Moderator of a public coin forum.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have offered my opinion. Other members can agree or disagree.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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