Topic: Should George resign

[livo]

Sverige, with all due respect, I recall your first post, and I can honestly say that you have been involved in a lot of controversial postings from the outset.

[Sverige]

Meow!!  ;D

[Peripatetic Phil]

What made Gav Iscon think he had the right to implement "The Poll" in the first place?  His thread was a bit too much like a public lynching for my liking.  I had privately and now publicly support George for removing it.

Livo, you are relatively new here, but if you read back through the archives you will see that I have consistently supported George through thick and thin [1], taking considerable flak in the process.  But George's action in deleting an entire thread which was, in effect, a referendum, was the last straw.  At that point, even I stopped supporting George.  If George objected to the thread (as he had every right to do), then he should have used the "Report to moderator" button to draw it and its contents to his fellow moderator's attention; the two of them should then have discussed whether it was to be deleted or allowed to stay, and then announced their joint decision before any further action was taken.  But to unilaterally delete the the thread was completely unacceptable behaviour from someone in a position of responsibility, and therefore, for the very first time, I was forced to accept that George's time as moderator must surely be at an end.

And I cannot agree that Gav's poll was in any way similar to a public lynching; it was, whether you accept my use of the word "democratic" in this context or not, an action based in the very roots of democracy -- the people rising up, spontaneously, to protest at the rule of a tyrant and demand his overthrow.  In a lynching, the people are judge, jury and executioner -- in a poll such as Gav's, the people are simply the jury, reporting their findings to the judge (Stu) in public and awaiting his decision.

** Phil.

[1] Except when he made personal attacks on others, in which cases I reported the offending message using the "Report to moderator" button.

[Gav Iscon]

Having been away from the kitchen for several months really, and more recently, on a boat at sea, I have returned to shore and required the references of this site for some recipe information to prepare a guest cooked meal for my current hosts. What a disappointment it is to find the same old in-fighting going on about moderation and 'unruly' language. Refer to earlier threads about language and the site rules. I had hoped this was all sorted last year.

Well I find it a disappointment as well. I you read back through the years (apart from CA) you'll find a lot of the arguments which have nothing to do with curry are started or fueled by George. For my part, and don't forget he said he would resign if CH was made moderator for which he back peddled, he is the main culprit of why this forum will look ridiculous at times to the outsider, not members having a 'playful'  dig at kormas or special sauce. Posting a members personal message  was a step too far in my opinion for his position regardless off the content. And as for the democratic vote, yes you are right about using the word democratic but then I thought I was a member of a curry forum and not an english forum but nonetheless, it was fairly run with one vote per member.

[Les]

You will never win people, Not as long as George has his finger on the delete button. ;D
 

[Gav Iscon]

You will never win people, Not as long as George has his finger on the delete button. ;D

But we have our fingers on the Post button  ;D

[Les]

But we have our fingers on the Post button  ;D

As I did Gav, Just to have them deleted, Although there where no swear words ,
So what's the bloody point ;D

[livo]

Meow!!  ;D

Ouch again. Sverige: The master of quick repartee, and very original as well. Never seen that one before.    This response clearly demonstrates your credentials to NOT be involved in an issue as complex as the present one.

[livo]

-- in a poll such as Gav's, the people are simply the jury, reporting their findings to the judge (Stu) in public and awaiting his decision.

** Phil.

Now that everybody has had a little rest, are we all prepared to accept the decision, either way and baring in mind that no decision is actually a decision to maintain the status quo.

I am, and this should be the end of this episode, hopefully.

PS I applaud Onions' removal of the poll result banner signature from his profile. Well done.

[Naga]

-- in a poll such as Gav's, the people are simply the jury, reporting their findings to the judge (Stu) in public and awaiting his decision.

** Phil.

Now that everybody has had a little rest, are we all prepared to accept the decision, either way and baring in mind that no decision is actually a decision to maintain the status quo.

I am, and this should be the end of this episode, hopefully.

PS I applaud Onions' removal of the poll result banner signature from his profile. Well done.

Well, that wasn't patronising..