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Re: Commodore trademark has a new daddy
« on: January 04, 2012, 12:41:04 PM »
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So the trademarks are now officially owned by Nicholas then? This is excellent news! Thank goodness for that, someone we can actually trust for once.


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Re: Commodore trademark has a new daddy
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 12:49:58 PM »
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[Reads TOS]  Hrmmm could you point out where being "smug, holier-than-thou attitude sprinkled with elitism" is against TOS?   I must have missed it. :(


It isn't. And neither is expressing your opinion provided that you don't violate the TOS itself. I think it's a bit unfair to jump on J Golden for this, it's not as if he actually banned anybody; he merely expressed his opinion that Dammy's posts were deliberately divisive.

What he probably doesn't realise is that Dammy has been around a long time and when he gets behind something, he does tend to do so fully and without reservation. Today it's CUSA which has not had the best of beginnings with the amiga community and so his cheerleading naturally stirs up resentment. However, I don't think that's necessarily intentional. After all, I can recall a time when it was AROS, rather than CUSA, that he was behind with more or less the same level of enthusiasm.
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Re: Commodore trademark has a new daddy
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 03:06:13 PM »
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Unfortunately, I don't agree with this, Karlos. As a moderator, he needs to show a little more even handedness. If he ever does "moderate" someone, actions like the above will call his decisions into question.

Moderators are still entitled to opinions, even if they should know better when and how to word them.

As for the crux of your argument, in my experience, moderator decisions are always called into question on forums like this, no matter how even-handed you try to be.

If we could all try to keep a bit more civil whenever our favourite pet hate subject crops up, we'd all get on fine.
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